Introduction

plone.restapi is a RESTful hypermedia API for Plone.

Documentation

https://plonerestapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Getting started

A live demo of Plone 6 with the latest plone.restapi release is available at:

https://demo.plone.org/

An example GET request on the portal root is the following.

curl -i https://demo.plone.org/++api++ -H "Accept: application/json"

An example POST request to create a new document is the following.

curl -i -X POST https://demo.plone.org/++api++ \
    -H "Accept: application/json" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data-raw '{"@type": "Document", "title": "My Document"}' \
    --user admin:admin

Note

You will need some kind of API browser application to explore the API. You will also need to first obtain a basic authorization token. We recommend using Postman which makes it easier to obtain a basic authorization token.

Installation

plone.restapi is included in Plone 6 if you install the Plone package.

If it is not installed, add it using requirements.txt or as a dependency of another package.

Python / Plone Compatibility

plone.restapi 10 requires Python 3 and works with Plone 6.2, 6.1, 6.0, and 5.2.

plone.restapi 9 entered "maintenance" mode with the release of plone.restapi 10 (end of 2025). It is not planned to backport any features to this version and we highly recommend to upgrade to the latest version of plone.restapi.

Python versions that reached their end-of-life, including Python 3.6 and Python 3.7, are not supported any longer.

Use plone.restapi 7 if you are running Python 2.7 or Plone versions below 5.2.

Contribute

• Issue Tracker: https://github.com/plone/plone.restapi/issues
• Source Code: https://github.com/plone/plone.restapi
• Documentation: https://plonerestapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest

Examples

plone.restapi has been used in production since its first alpha release. It can be seen in action at the following sites:

• Zeelandia GmbH & Co. KG: https://www.zeelandia.de (by kitconcept GmbH)
• VHS-Ehrenamtsportal: https://vhs-ehrenamtsportal.de (by kitconcept GmbH)
• German Physical Society: https://www.dpg-physik.de (by kitconcept GmbH)

Support

If you are having issues, please let us know via the issue tracker.

If you require professional support, here is a list of Plone solution providers that contributed significantly to plone.restapi in the past.

• kitconcept GmbH (Germany)
• 4teamwork (Switzerland)
• CodeSyntax (Spain)

License

The project is licensed under the GPLv2.