1 This files describes API changes in /webservice/*
2 information provided here is intended especially for developers.
4 This information is intended for authors of webservices, not people writing webservice clients.
8 * The deprecated functions can not be added to services anymore and
9 a debugging message for developers is triggered when viewing an existing
10 services using them. It is recommended to replace calls to the deprecated
11 functions for calls to the proposed replacements. If you are using a moodle
12 mobile app fork, it is recommended to update your customisations on top of
13 the latest moodle mobile app version.
15 The web services functions that will be finally deprecated in the next
17 - moodle_course_create_courses
18 - moodle_course_get_courses
19 - moodle_enrol_get_enrolled_users
20 - moodle_enrol_get_users_courses
21 - moodle_enrol_manual_enrol_users
22 - moodle_file_get_files
24 - moodle_group_add_groupmembers
25 - moodle_group_create_groups
26 - moodle_group_delete_groupmembers
27 - moodle_group_delete_groups
28 - moodle_group_get_course_groups
29 - moodle_group_get_groupmembers
30 - moodle_group_get_groups
31 - moodle_message_send_instantmessages
32 - moodle_notes_create_notes
34 - moodle_role_unassign
35 - moodle_user_create_users
36 - moodle_user_delete_users
37 - moodle_user_get_course_participants_by_id
38 - moodle_user_get_users_by_courseid
39 - moodle_user_get_users_by_id
40 - moodle_user_update_users
41 - core_grade_get_definitions
42 - core_user_get_users_by_id
43 - moodle_webservice_get_siteinfo
45 * External function core_webservice_external::get_site_info now returns additional optional fields:
46 - advancedfeatures: Array listing Moodle advanced features and if enabled or not.
47 - usercanmanageownfiles: Whether the my files option is disabled.
48 - userquota: User storage quota.
49 - usermaxuploadfilesize: Files upload size limit.
54 * All webservice server.php and simpleserver.php scripts must define('WS_SERVER', true)
55 before including config.php file.
60 * webservice/upload.php
61 Accepts 2 new post parameters to allow uploading of files to a users draft area.
62 - filearea should be either 'private' (default) or 'draft'
63 - itemid unused if the filearea is 'private', for 'draft' it can be the id of a previously
64 created draft area - or 0 which will generate a new draft area for the files.