Typo3 C# interface (SOAP or REST)

Question

I've got the task to connect a platform based on .net via a plugin to Typo3. I'm not very familiar with Typo3, but with the .net stack (actually using C#). The requirements include writing data to Typo3 and retrieving data from Typo3.

Looking at the Typo3 API documentation (http://api.typo3.org/), I don't find any information on the interfaces I could use, or even how to stuff data into the system. I used all my favorite search engines, but ended up here. (Or I just searched for the wrong terms?!)

Following requirements have been provided additionally:

• No writing/reading to/from the database (we don't get access to it for multiple reasons)
• Use of a general solution (which could be re-used for different entities)
• Synchronous process (so we get an error when inserting data has failed, etc.)
• No batch import/export solution
• Authentication must be used

What I search for is a simple interface which I can consume from my plugin. Something like SOAP, REST or any variant which I can call via http/https - including authentication.

Do you have an idea?

Answer 1

There is no external API built in TYPO3 out of the box. Quick search for REST or SOAP based extensions (http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/) to provide e.g. page structure and contents from TYPO3 doesn't provide any results either.

The only solution is to write an own extension providing a SOAP or REST API to access TYPO3 data.