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Is there any way to get all fields attached to an entity in D8 (including widget types), using REST services? I've tried the following endpoints, but none of them had the list of fields:
/entity/node_type/{node_type}
/entity/entity_form_display/{entity_form_display}
/entity/entity_form_mode/{entity_form_mode}
I need this if for an app that will generate dynamic forms, based on what's defined in the Drupal backend.
The /entity/entity_form_display/{entity_form_display} should works.
Example:
/entity/entity_form_display/node.article.default?_format=json
It will return json like this:
{
"uuid": "058dd73d-366d-466d-9393-ad0d5d44e928",
"langcode": "en",
"status": true,
"dependencies": {
"config": [
"field.field.node.article.body",
"field.field.node.article.comment",
"field.field.node.article.field_image",
"field.field.node.article.field_location",
"field.field.node.article.field_tags",
"image.style.thumbnail",
"node.type.article"
],
"module": [
"comment",
"image",
"path",
"text"
]
},
"id": "node.article.default",
"targetEntityType": "node",
"bundle": "article",
"mode": "default",
"content": {
"body": {
"type": "text_textarea_with_summary",
"weight": 1,
"region": "content",
"settings": {
"rows": 9,
"summary_rows": 3,
"placeholder": ""
},
"third_party_settings": []
},
"comment": {
"type": "comment_default",
"weight": 20,
"region": "content",
"settings": [],
"third_party_settings": []
},
"created": {
"type": "datetime_timestamp",
"weight": 10,
"region": "content",
"settings": [],
"third_party_settings": []
},
"field_image": {
"type": "image_image",
"weight": 4,
"region": "content",
"settings": {
"progress_indicator": "throbber",
"preview_image_style": "thumbnail"
},
"third_party_settings": []
},
"field_location": {
"weight": 121,
"settings": [],
"third_party_settings": [],
"type": "options_select",
"region": "content"
},
"field_tags": {
"type": "entity_reference_autocomplete_tags",
"weight": 3,
"region": "content",
"settings": {
"match_operator": "CONTAINS",
"size": 60,
"placeholder": ""
},
"third_party_settings": []
},
"path": {
"type": "path",
"weight": 30,
"region": "content",
"settings": [],
"third_party_settings": []
},
"promote": {
"type": "boolean_checkbox",
"settings": {
"display_label": true
},
"weight": 15,
"region": "content",
"third_party_settings": []
},
"status": {
"type": "boolean_checkbox",
"settings": {
"display_label": true
},
"weight": 120,
"region": "content",
"third_party_settings": []
},
"sticky": {
"type": "boolean_checkbox",
"settings": {
"display_label": true
},
"weight": 16,
"region": "content",
"third_party_settings": []
},
"title": {
"type": "string_textfield",
"weight": 0,
"region": "content",
"settings": {
"size": 60,
"placeholder": ""
},
"third_party_settings": []
},
"uid": {
"type": "entity_reference_autocomplete",
"weight": 5,
"region": "content",
"settings": {
"match_operator": "CONTAINS",
"size": 60,
"placeholder": ""
},
"third_party_settings": []
}
},
"hidden": []
}
administer node form display permission is required. this sounds like a security issue if all you're trying to do is build forms dynamically for any user?
You have to define your own endpoint to implement this, core does not offer this information.
You can access bundle definitions via and export with https://www.drupal.org/project/bundle_copy. This could be modified or permissions could be used to access them from a client-side app or static generator.
