[Ask] Menu "Application"

[asrar]

Hy all , what function of “application” menu in xibo?
thanks all

[alex]

It’s where you configure external applications access to use the API.

So if you were using an application that accessed Xibo via it’s API, you’d go there to create an API key and secret for it to use with your CMS.

[theogrs]

have you any exemple of applications please ?

[alex]

Have a look at the API guide. That makes use of this section of the CMS:

Scripting Content Management - A Brief tour of the API (with example code)

EDIT: 1.8 has a new API and a new guide here: 1.8 API Introduction The following article is applicable to 1.7 Series. One common use case people put forward is that they want to update a particular piece of content in a layout automatically on a schedule. That could take the form of a video being updated on a daily basis, or an image. Since Xibo 1.5 series, there has been a “work in progress” OAuth authenticated API for scripting actions in the Xibo CMS. As of Xibo 1.6.0-rc1, there are enou…