add REST module updates with advanced url queries

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REST module.

[] indicates an optional value

<> indicate a required value

To start, you need an authentication token which can be retrieved from the by sending a GET request to token

/rest/token/?api=[&username=&password=]

Username and password are not required if there is already a logged in user

This token needs to be appended to every subsequent request.

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To get a single record send a GET request to

/rest/index//id/?token=

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To search/retrieve multiple records send a GET request to

/rest/index//[fieldname]/[value]?token=

Fields marked deleted are excluded from the list request, to access all records regardless of deleted status use the deleted request.

/rest/deleted//[fieldname]/[value]?token=

Both index and delete support advanced search criteria ie /rest/index//?token= where works as follows

• if it starts with /SKIP/ search results are skipped according to the parameter
• if it starts with or skip is followed by /LIMIT/ a limit is applied to the number of search results (by default 10)
• if AND or OR is found, a query group is created
  • END closes as sub group
  • otherwise config pairs are processed as , until AND or OR is found or the end of the configuration
  • if AND or OR is found again, a sub query group is created
• if criteria pairs are found before AND or OR, the default condition is AND eg

  fred and age 4-60

  /LIMIT/10/namelike/fred/agebetween/40___60

  freds aged 0-20,80+ or jill

  /SKIP/10/LIMIT/10/AND/name_like/fred/OR/age_between/020/agegreater/80/END/namelike/jill

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To delete records, send a POST request to

/rest/delete//[id]?token=

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To save records POST record data to

/rest/save//?token=