Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Merge pull request #1147 from nextcloud/refactor/nextcloud/docs
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
Update nextcloud package docs
  • Loading branch information
provokateurin authored Nov 16, 2023
2 parents dd0fdd9 + 489ffcb commit d6b3dcc
Show file tree
Hide file tree
Showing 2 changed files with 53 additions and 13 deletions.
53 changes: 40 additions & 13 deletions packages/nextcloud/README.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
# nextcloud

A Nextcloud client written in Dart.
A Nextcloud API client written in Dart.

This client will become the replacement for https://github.com/provokateurin/dart-nextcloud at some point ([See](https://github.com/nextcloud/neon/issues/1)).


## Installing
## Installation

In the future this code will be available at https://pub.dev/packages/nextcloud, but for now you have to include it via git in your pubspec.yaml:
```yaml
Expand All @@ -25,15 +22,45 @@ dependency_overrides:
```
You can either remove the `ref` or use a commit hash. It's not recommended to remove it, because then the version will be updated very often.

## Development
## Usage

### Authentication

Except for WebDAV all client code is generated using OpenAPI specs which can be found in the `../../specs/` folder.
Templates for these OpenAPI specs are generated from the Nextcloud codebase to make development easier.
There are multiple ways to authenticate.
First there is HTTP Basic auth which works with the normal user credentials (e-mail and other identifiers also work):
```dart
final client = NextcloudClient(
Uri.parse('http://localhost'),
loginName: 'admin',
password: 'admin',
);
```

Secondly there is Http Bearer auth which works with app passwords:
```dart
final client = NextcloudClient(
Uri.parse('http://localhost'),
loginName: 'admin',
appPassword: 'xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx',
);
```

To generate such a template take a look at `../../tool/generate-nextcloud.sh`.
After you have generated a template, you need to fill it out. Some endpoints can or have to be discarded.
Not all endpoints work with just HTTP Basic auth, so it is advised to use app passwords obtained either directly in the Web UI by the user or using the [login flow](https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/client_apis/LoginFlow/index.html#login-flow-v2).
Some endpoints do not need any authentication at all or provide extended information when the request is optionally authenticated.

Then you start writing tests for the endpoints you added.
To easily inspect the responses for an endpoint, just set the `type` to `string` inside the `schema` blocks of the spec and let the output be printed in the tests.
### Endpoints

It is not guaranteed that an API request will work unless the app is installed and enabled on the server (and has a supported version).

To get an easier overview of the available endpoints you can browse the [server OpenAPI documentation](https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/_static/openapi.html), but be aware that the package might not be in sync with it.
Alternatively you can also go to https://pub.dev/documentation/nextcloud/latest (once the package has been republished at https://pub.dev/packages/nextcloud).

The endpoints are grouped by app and most apps also group their endpoints again.
They can be accessed using getters on the `NextcloudClient`.

For an example checkout the [example](./example/example.dart).

## Development

Sometimes you will have to look at the source code of Nextcloud, because the API is not always intuitive. Make sure to check if there is any API documentation that can help you.
Except for WebDAV all client code is generated using OpenAPI specifications which can be found in the `lib/src/api/` folder.
These OpenAPI specifications are [generated](https://github.com/nextcloud/openapi-extractor) from the PHP source code.
13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions packages/nextcloud/example/example.dart
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
import 'package:nextcloud/nextcloud.dart';
import 'package:nextcloud/provisioning_api.dart';

Future<void> main() async {
final client = NextcloudClient(
Uri.parse('http://localhost'),
loginName: 'admin',
password: 'admin',
);

final response = await client.provisioningApi.users.getCurrentUser();
print(response.body.ocs.data.id); // Will print `admin`
}

0 comments on commit d6b3dcc

Please sign in to comment.