Capability

Sites

Liferay sites are customizable spaces for building personalized digital experiences. Each site includes applications for creating content, designing pages, and more. With these features, you can bring your custom solutions to life, whether intranets, public sites, customer portals, or e-commerce storefronts. In fact, you can leverage Liferay's multi-site capabilities to create multiple such sites in the same Liferay instance.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
Liferay Security APIs
Liferay Security APIs You can use headless APIs to interface with important Liferay security features, including CAPTCHA configurations and SCIM. Here are resources to help you understand and...
Published Date: Jun 28, 2025 6:30 PM
Workflow Definition Link API Basics
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 →...
Published Date: Feb 19, 2025 12:28 PM
Search API Basics
Search API Basics [Release Feature](../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#release-feature-flags) 7.4 U88+ and GA88+ You can search for content...
Published Date: Sep 7, 2024 3:46 PM
SCIM User API Basics
SCIM User API Basics Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Liferay provides a headless API to perform CRUD operations on SCIM users to keep their identity information in sync with your company's...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
SCIM Group API Basics
SCIM Group API Basics Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Liferay provides a headless API to perform CRUD operations on SCIM groups to keep their information in sync with your company's...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Search APIs
Search APIs You can search with headless APIs using the endpoints at /o/search. Search Headless APIs Availability The first search headless endpoint, /portal-search-rest, was released behind a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Search Suggestions API
Search Suggestions API DXP 7.4 U36+/Portal GA36+ You can return suggestions with the using the /suggestions headless API. This API is used by Liferay's Search Bar Suggestions feature. There are...
Published Date: Sep 7, 2024 3:46 PM
Batch Engine API Basics - Importing Data
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Roles API Basics
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,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Countries API Basics
Countries API Basics Liferay 7.4 U24+ and GA24+ Use Liferay's Rest APIs to create and manage countries. Adding a Country Then, follow these steps: Download and unzip Countries API Basics. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Regions API Basics
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
User Account API Basics
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...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:53 PM
API Query Parameters
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Making Unauthenticated Requests
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Navigation Menu API Basics
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Adding the UAD Framework
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....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Postal Address API Basics
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
User Groups API Basics
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 ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Consuming APIs
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,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Account Users and Roles APIs
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Accounts API Basics
Accounts API Basics Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ You can manage accounts from the Applications menu or use Liferay's REST APIs. Call these services to create and manage accounts. Adding an Account ...
Published Date: Feb 12, 2025 1:01 PM
Account Groups API Basics
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. ...
Published Date: Feb 13, 2025 12:50 PM
Site APIs
Site APIs Use Liferay’s REST APIs to manage site elements programmatically. This guide introduces the Navigation Menu API and shows how to create, retrieve, update, and delete navigation menus...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
User Management APIs
User Management APIs You can use headless APIs to interface with important Liferay user management features, including user accounts, organizations, and roles. Here are resources to help you...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Organizations API Basics
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
API Headers Reference
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Consuming REST Services
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: ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Using OAuth 2.0
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Authorizing Account Access with OAuth2
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)....
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Creating an OAuth2 Application
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...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
JSON Web Tokens (JWTs)
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...
Published Date: Feb 25, 2025 12:39 PM
Using Private Key JWT (JSON Web Token)
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...
Published Date: Mar 6, 2025 4:05 PM
REST Builder
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Low Code
Low Code
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Producing and Implementing APIs with REST Builder
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Creating a Standard Application
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Creating the Role Change Request App
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Creating the Role Change Request Object
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Using Camunda Business Processes
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...
Published Date: Jun 4, 2025 6:31 PM
Calling Liferay APIs from Camunda
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...
Published Date: Jun 26, 2025 6:24 PM
Creating Data Sets
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Managing Data Sets
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....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Triggering Events in Camunda with Liferay Webhooks
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...
Published Date: Jun 26, 2025 6:24 PM
Creating a Workflow Powered Application
Creating a Workflow Powered Application Subscribers Workflow Powered Applications require data from multiple stakeholders. These process-driven applications can go through multiple stages before...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Data Sets
Data Sets Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). Data sets are like virtual containers that help organize and manage related...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Data Set Actions
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Using Data Set Actions
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Consuming GraphQL APIs
Consuming GraphQL APIs Liferay DXP contains GraphQL APIs for most of its applications. Here's how to consume them in three steps: Identify the API you wish to consume. Identify the site...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Configuring JSON Web Services
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...
Published Date: Nov 16, 2024 3:32 PM
Data Migration Center
Data Migration Center Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ [Beta Feature](../../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) Currently,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Using External Reference Codes
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Batch Engine API Basics - Exporting Data
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,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Sample API Tutorials
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Issuing JWT Access Tokens
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...
Published Date: Feb 25, 2025 12:39 PM
JSON Web Token Assertions
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...
Published Date: Feb 25, 2025 12:39 PM
OAuth 2 Scopes
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: ...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Configuring the JWT Bearer Flow
Configuring the JWT Bearer Flow To use JWT Bearer as a grant type in Liferay, you must create an OAuth 2 client with the Client Authentication Method set to Client Secret Basic or Post. The client...
Published Date: Feb 25, 2025 12:39 PM
Using OAuth2 to Authorize Users
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...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
App Builder
App Builder Available: 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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM