I want to pull a JSON file out of a view that has images. This is similar to the way views_datasource works in D6. I am not a drupal coder, but I would like to give this a try. but I am guessing that is would be something like http://mearra.com/blogs/juha-niemi/drupal-7-custom-node-view-modes#comment-218
but I would like to make this a module as much as possible. any sample code, examples would be great. thanks
There is now a Drupal 7 version of Views Datasource. Here is a quote about it (from the module's project page):
... is a set of plugins for Drupal Views for rendering content in a number of shareable, reusable formats based on XML, JSON and XHTML. These formats allow content in a Drupal site to be easily used as data sources for Semantic Web clients and web mash-ups. Views Datasource plugins output content from node lists created in the Drupal Views interface in a variety of formats - XML data documents using schemas like OPML and Atom, RDF data documents using a vocabulary like FOAF, JSON data documents in a format like Exhibit JSON, and XHTML data documents using a microformat like hCard.
The project consists of 4 Views style plugins (and related row plugins):
- views_xml - Output as raw XML, OPML, and Atom;
- views_json - Output as Simile/Exhibit JSON, Canonical JSON, JSONP/JSON in script;
- views_rdf- Output as FOAF, SIOC, and DOAP;
- views_xhtml - Output as hCard, hCalendar, and Geo.
The referenced article is about view mode which have nothing to do with Views and almost none with the output format of a page.
Note there is an ongoing effort to port Views Datasource to Drupal 7 with a dev. version available outside of Drupal.org.
This module is meant for people doing heavy-duty JS work. Knowledge of JSON, jQuery, and a bit of Views internals is needed to fully utilize this module.
Views Datasource is a set of plugins for Drupal Views for rendering content in a number of shareable, reusable formats based on XML, JSON and XHTML. These formats allow content in a Drupal site to be easily used as data sources for Semantic Web clients and web mash-ups. Views Datasource plugins output content from node lists created in the Drupal Views interface in a variety of formats - XML data documents using schemas like OPML and Atom, RDF data documents using a vocabulary like FOAF, JSON data documents in a format like Exhibit JSON, and XHTML data documents using a microformat like hCard.
Views Datasource can be thought of as a userland complement to the work going on in the Services and RDF APIs as a site operator only needs to know Views to be able to create datasources in the different formats.
