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Navigation Menu API Basics
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Navigation Menu API Basics Liferay's REST APIs provide services for Liferay's navigation menus. You can create and edit navigation menus with the API. Start by seeing an example of adding a new...
Adding the UAD Framework
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Adding the UAD Framework You can manage and delete user data with Liferay's User Associated Data (UAD) management tool. The tool is available out-of-the-box for many of Liferay's applications (e.g....
Roles API Basics
Official Documentation
Roles API Basics You can create and manage roles from the Application menu, but you can also use Liferay's REST APIs. Call these services to manage roles. Associate a User to a Regular Role Then,...
Notifications API Basics
Official Documentation
Notifications API Basics Liferay's headless delivery application provides REST and GraphQL services for subscribing to or unsubscribing from notifications for platform events across several default...
Workflow Definition Link API Basics
Official Documentation
Workflow Definition Link API Basics Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ You can manage workflow definition links from the Liferay UI or using Liferay's REST APIs. In Liferay, the Control Panel →...
Postal Address API Basics
Official Documentation
Postal Address API Basics Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ Use Liferay's REST APIs to manage postal addresses. Add Postal Address to Account Then, follow these steps: Download and unzip Postal Address...
Consuming APIs
Official Documentation
Consuming APIs APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces, serve as the bridge between different software applications, allowing them to communicate and exchange data. By consuming external APIs,...
Client Secret JWT
Official Documentation
Client Secret JWT Liferay supports client secret JWT as an authentication method for OAuth 2 clients. In this flow, the client itself creates the assertion and signs it using the client secret....
Configuring the JWT Bearer Flow
Official Documentation
Configuring the JWT Bearer Flow The JWT Bearer flow trades a signed JWT from an external token service in exchange for an access token from Liferay. To use this flow, create an OAuth 2 client and...
Issuing JWT Access Tokens
Official Documentation
Issuing JWT Access Tokens Liferay DXP 7.4 U45+/GA45+ You can configure Liferay to issue access tokens in the JWT format from System Settings. Enabling JWT Tokens Open the Global Menu...
JSON Web Token Assertions
Official Documentation
JSON Web Token Assertions An assertion helps in sharing identity and security information across different domains. There are two uses for assertions: Authorization grants Client authentication...
Batch Engine API Basics - Exporting Data
Official Documentation
Batch Engine API Basics - Exporting Data Liferay's Headless Batch Engine provides REST APIs to import and export data. Call these services to export data from Liferay. Exporting Data Then,...
Configuring JSON Web Services
Official Documentation
Configuring JSON Web Services Liferay’s services are exposed as JSON web services out-of-the-box. This is enabled by default. You can access these services via the API page at...
Consuming REST Services
Official Documentation
Consuming REST Services Liferay DXP contains REST services for most of its applications. These services are fully OpenAPI compliant. Here, learn how to consume them. This takes only three steps: ...
API Query Parameters
Official Documentation
API Query Parameters Whether you consume REST APIs or GraphQL APIs, different query parameters are available to help you filter the responses. Fields Parameter Use this parameter to specify and...
API Headers Reference
Official Documentation
API Headers Reference API headers are components of HTTP requests that provide essential information to the server about the client's request and how the server should handle it. You can use API...
Data Migration Center
Official Documentation
Data Migration Center Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ [Beta Feature](../../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) Currently,...
JSON Web Tokens (JWTs)
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JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) represent encoded data. They are compact, self-contained, and secure. There are two primary types of JSON Web Tokens: Encrypted JWT: ensures the...
Account Users and Roles APIs
Official Documentation
Account Users and Roles APIs You can manage Account Users and Account Roles from the Applications menu, but you can also use Liferay's REST APIs. Call these services to create and manage account...
Account Groups API Basics
Official Documentation
Account Groups API Basics Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ You can manage account groups from the Applications menu or use Liferay's REST APIs. Call these services to create and manage account groups. ...
Organizations API Basics
Official Documentation
Organizations API Basics You can Create and Manage Organizations from the Application menu, but you can also use Liferay's REST APIs. Call these services to manage organizations. Adding an...
User Groups API Basics
Official Documentation
User Groups API Basics You can Create and Manage User Groups from the Application menu, but you can also use Liferay's REST APIs. Call these services to manage user groups. Adding a User Group ...
Batch Engine API Basics - Importing Data
Official Documentation
Batch Engine API Basics - Importing Data Liferay's Headless Batch Engine provides REST APIs to import and export data. Call these services to import data to Liferay. Importing Data Then follow...
Consuming GraphQL APIs
Official Documentation
Consuming GraphQL APIs Liferay DXP contains GraphQL APIs for most of its applications. The GraphQL APIs are available at http://[host]:[port]/o/graphql. Here's how to consume them in three steps: ...
Making Unauthenticated Requests
Official Documentation
Making Unauthenticated Requests By default, Liferay DXP restricts API access for the sake of security, requiring authentication to get a valid response. However, in certain cases it may make sense...
OAuth 2 Scopes
Official Documentation
OAuth 2 Scopes In OAuth 2.0, applications are granted access to limited subsets of user data. These are called scopes (not to be confused with Liferay scopes). You can create them in two ways: ...
Using Private Key JWT (JSON Web Token)
Official Documentation
Using Private Key JWT (JSON Web Token) Liferay supports private key JWT as an authentication method for OAuth 2 clients. In this flow, the client itself creates the assertion. Liferay authenticates...
Sample API Tutorials
Official Documentation
Sample API Tutorials Follow the links below for sample API tutorials that include example requests and example code. Building Applications (Objects) Custom Objects API Basics Custom Objects...
Using External Reference Codes
Official Documentation
Using External Reference Codes Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ Many of Liferay's headless API endpoints support an external reference code (ERC). The ERC field is useful in wide range of scenarios. For...
Using OAuth 2.0
Official Documentation
Using OAuth 2.0 OAuth 2.0 is an industry-standard authorization protocol. Users with accounts on a Liferay-based website can share select credentials with various clients seamlessly. OAuth 2.0...
Authorizing Account Access with OAuth2
Official Documentation
Authorizing Account Access with OAuth2 Once you have an application registered, you can start authorizing users. To do that, you must construct the URL to the authorization server (Liferay DXP)....
Creating an OAuth2 Application
Official Documentation
Creating an OAuth2 Application When you have an application that can use OAuth 2.0 for authorization, you must register that application so Liferay can recognize it. Open the Global Menu...
JAX-RS
JAX-RS JAX-RS web services work in Liferay modules the same way they work outside of Liferay, though you must register the class in the OSGi framework. To learn how to create these applications,...
REST Builder
Official Documentation
REST Builder REST Builder is a code generation tool that makes it easy for you to take your local APIs and make them available on the web. It uses the OpenAPI Specification to generate REST and...
Creating a Workflow Powered Application
Official Documentation
Creating a Workflow Powered Application Subscribers Workflow Powered Applications require data from multiple stakeholders. These process-driven applications can go through multiple stages before...
Creating the Role Change Request App
Official Documentation
Creating the Role Change Request App Subscribers The Role Change Request App starts with the employee submitting a request form. Processing then proceeds to the Current Manager, then to the...
Data Sets
Official Documentation
Data Sets Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). Data sets collect data from Liferay headless APIs for you to manage and...
Creating Data Sets
Official Documentation
Creating Data Sets Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). You can create data sets from different resources available through...
Using OAuth2 to Authorize Users
Official Documentation
Using OAuth2 to Authorize Users You can create applications that access Liferay's headless REST APIs using the OAuth 2.0 authorization protocol. The provided sample React app demonstrates three...
App Builder
Official Documentation
App Builder Liferay CE/DXP 7.3 (deprecated and removed in 7.4) App Builder is a low-code application development solution for Liferay DXP. Build a data model, define the application's forms (for...