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Account Users and Roles APIs
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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...
User Account API Basics
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User Account API Basics You can add and manage users from the Control Panel, but you can also use Liferay's REST APIs. You can call these services to add, edit, delete users. Start with adding a...
Consuming APIs
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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,...
Organizations API Basics
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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...
Regions API Basics
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Regions API Basics Liferay 7.4 U24+ and GA24+ Use Liferay's REST APIs to create and manage regions. Adding a Region Then, follow these steps: Download and unzip Regions API Basics. curl...
Roles API Basics
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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,...
User Groups API Basics
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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 ...
API Headers Reference
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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...
Postal Address API Basics
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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...
Using Liferay as a Headless Platform
Using Liferay as a Headless Platform Liferay provides a suite of APIs that perform the same kinds of actions available in the web interface. This is essential when you must get data in a...
Batch Engine API Basics - Importing Data
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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...
API Query Parameters
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API Query Parameters Whether you consume REST APIs or GraphQL APIs, different query parameters are available to help you filter the responses. Some endpoints do not make use of the filter, sort,...
Batch Engine API Basics - Exporting Data
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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
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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...
Using External Reference Codes
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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...
Sample API Tutorials
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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...
Creating an OAuth2 Application
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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...
Consuming GraphQL APIs
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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: ...
Using OAuth 2.0
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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...
Data Migration Center
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Data Migration Center Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ [Beta Feature](../../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) Currently,...
Making Unauthenticated Requests
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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...
Authorizing Account Access with OAuth2
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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)....
Consuming REST Services
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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: ...
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...
Using OAuth2 to Authorize Users
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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...
OAuth 2 Scopes
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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: ...
Client Secret JWT
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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....
Using Private Key JWT (JSON Web Token)
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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...
Issuing JWT Access Tokens
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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
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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...
Configuring the JWT Bearer Flow
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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...
Low Code
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Low Code
REST Builder
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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...
App Builder
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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...
Using Camunda Business Processes
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Using Camunda Business Processes Liferay 7.4+, and all quarterly releases Liferay's native workflow features are designed for business processes requiring basic review and approval. If your...
Producing and Implementing APIs with REST Builder
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Producing and Implementing APIs with REST Builder With REST Builder, you can define the API you want to build, and REST Builder provides the framework and endpoints for you. Deploy an Example REST...
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,...
Creating the Role Change Request App
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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...
Creating a Standard Application
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Creating a Standard Application To create applications based on a custom object takes four steps: create the object, create at least one form view, create at least one table view, and deploy the...
Creating a Workflow Powered Application
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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 Object
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Creating the Role Change Request Object Subscribers Consider a Human Resources application that collects employee requests to change Roles within the software engineering department: the Role...
Calling Liferay APIs from Camunda
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Calling Liferay APIs from Camunda The Liferay Connector enables calling Liferay APIs from your Camunda tasks. It's a protocol connector built on top of the Camunda HTTP REST connector. Follow...
Data Sets
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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...
Triggering Events in Camunda with Liferay Webhooks
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Triggering Events in Camunda with Liferay Webhooks You can send payloads from Liferay's webhook object actions to your Camunda process instances. This enables inbound communication from Liferay to...
Managing Data Sets
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Managing Data Sets Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). Once you create a data set, you can customize how users see it....
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...
Data Set Actions
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Data Set Actions Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). While managing data set, define actions to be used in the data set...
Building Forms with Conditional Fields
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Building Forms with Conditional Fields Forms can become dynamic forms where the answer to one question may allow the respondent to skip the next three questions, or require the respondent to answer...
Data Set Sorting
Official Documentation
Data Set Sorting Liferay DXP 2024.Q1/Portal GA112 Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). While managing data sets, you can set default sorting rules for Data Sets...
Forms
Official Documentation
Forms The Forms application is in maintenance mode as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. Migrate your forms to objects and form container fragments to future-proof your solutions. You can use...
Data Set Visualization Modes
Official Documentation
Data Set Visualization Modes Liferay DXP 2024.Q2+/Portal GA120+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). To customize the data display in your data set, use the...
Creating and Managing Forms
Official Documentation
Creating and Managing Forms The Forms application is in maintenance mode as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. Migrate your forms to objects and form container fragments to future-proof your...
Creating Forms
Official Documentation
Creating Forms You can create multi-field forms with the Forms application. Only authenticated users with the requisite permissions can create forms. At minimum, they should have permission to...
Data Set Filters
Official Documentation
Data Set Filters Liferay DXP 2024.Q1/Portal GA112 Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). While managing data sets, you can define pre-applied filters to be used...
Using Data Set Actions
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Using Data Set Actions Liferay DXP 2024.Q1/Portal GA112 Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). Here are some examples for how to use data set actions and perform...
Customizing Auto-Save Behavior
Official Documentation
Customizing Auto-Save Behavior The Forms application automatically saves the form creation progress as you create a form. By default, a form's draft is auto-saved every minute. To change the...
Field Autocompletion
Official Documentation
Field Autocompletion You can configure form field autocompletion in the Forms application: Autocompletion TypeConfigurationField Types ManualType a list of autocompletion optionsText Data...
Customizing the Submit Button
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Customizing the Submit Button Available 7.4+ When a User is finished entering data into a form, they must submit the form. By default a button that says Submit is displayed for this purpose. ...
Exporting and Importing Forms
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Exporting and Importing Forms You can export all your forms as a LAR file and then import them into a different Site for reuse. See Exporting/Importing Site Pages and Content to learn about the...
Customizing Form Layouts
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Customizing Form Layouts By default, new elements on your form are added to a new row and occupy the entire width of the form. Form with all elements occupying entire width of form. Sometimes it...