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This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by James Berkovich on 2nd November 2011 86 Hawley Avenue, Milford, 06460 Drupal Web Services Integrate social and multimedia web services and applications with your Drupal website Trevor James BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by James Berkovich on 2nd November 2011 86 Hawley Avenue, Milford, 06460 Drupal Web Services Copyright © 2010 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, Packt Publishing, nor its dealers or distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. First published: November 2010 Production Reference: 1161110 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. 32 Lincoln Road, Olton Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK. ISBN 978-1-849510-98-1 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by Javier Barria ([email protected]) This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by James Berkovich on 2nd November 2011 86 Hawley Avenue, Milford, 06460 Credits Author Editorial Team Leader Trevor James Aanchal Kumar Reviewers Project Team Leader John K Murphy Lata Basantani Michael L. Ruoss Project Coordinator Zainab Bagasrawala Acquisition Editor Steven Wilding Proofreaders Aaron Nash Development Editors Akash Johari Denise Dresner Meeta Rajani Graphics Nilesh Mohite Technical Editors Ajay Shanker Production Coordinator Mohd. Sahil Kruthika Bangera Copy Editor Cover Work Lakshmi Menon Kruthika Bangera Indexers Hemangini Bari Monica Ajmera Mehta Rekha Nair This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by James Berkovich on 2nd November 2011 86 Hawley Avenue, Milford, 06460 About the author Trevor James is a Drupal consultant and web developer based in Middletown, MD, USA. Trevor has been designing websites for 14 years using a combination of HTML, XHTML, CSS, and ColdFusion, and has been using Drupal intensively for over 3 years. Trevor’s focus is on building web portals for higher education, public education (K-12), non-profit, medical systems, and small business environments. He is interested in best methods of integrating web services with Drupal sites, Drupal site performance, and using CCK, Views, and Panels to develop frontend interfaces to support data intensive websites. He loves teaching people about Drupal and and also about how to use this excellent open source content management framework. Trevor has designed and developed websites for non-profit, education, medical-based systems, and small business organizations. He is currently working on a number of Drupal-related projects. Trevor co-authored the Packt title Drupal 6 Performance Tips, published in February, 2010. For more on this title visit: https://www.packtpub.com/drupal-6-performance-tips-to-maximize-and- optimize-your-framework/book Trevor created an 11+ hour video tutorial series titled Introduction to Drupal 6 for VTC (Virtual Training Company) in 2009. The video is available via the VTC website at: http://www.vtc.com/products/Introduction-To-Drupal-6-Tutorials.htm This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by James Berkovich on 2nd November 2011 86 Hawley Avenue, Milford, 06460 Acknowledgements Without the love and support of my wife Veronica and our twin daughters Clare and Francesca, this book would not have seen the light of day. I cannot express enough love and grace to the three of you for your encouragement and enthusiasm for my writing career. Thanks (again!) to my father-in-law Tony Gornik for offering his residence in Hershey, PA as writing space on weekends. Many thanks to the entire Packt editorial, project, marketing, and production teams for inviting me to work on this project and for continuing to publish exceptional titles on Drupal and open source applications. Many thanks to Steven Wilding, Packt Acquisition Editor, for serving as the lead editor on this title. Steven’s encouragement and wisdom kept me on task with this book. Thanks to Zainab Bagasrawala, Project Coordinator; Poorvi Nair, Project Coordinator; Akash Johari, Development Editor; Meeta Rajani, Development Editor; Lata Basantani, Projects Team Leader; Mohd Sahil, Technical Editor; and Patricia Weir, for keeping the project on track and for guiding the construction of this title. A special thanks to Radha Iyer, Marketing Research Executive at Packt. I’ve worked closely with Radha on all aspects of marketing my first book, as well as having the opportunity to write multiple book reviews for Packt under Radha’s guidance and vision. I am always impressed with Radha’s ability to locate new marketing opportunities and applications to help increase knowledge about Drupal and open source. Thank you to Jim Mason and Eric Condren for their help and knowledge using Drupal and CiviCRM at Frederick County Public Schools on multiple projects. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by James Berkovich on 2nd November 2011 86 Hawley Avenue, Milford, 06460 Susan Morrison and Ryan Wexler of Medical Business Systems were instrumental in testing and implementing many of the social application service integrations documented in this book. While writing the book, I worked closely with them on a redesign of the MBS website and integrated Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn with their new site. They taught me a great deal about these integrations from the end user and website manager perspectives. Last but certainly not least, thanks to my friend and colleague Will McGrouther. Will is an expert on social web applications and the many discussions we had over the course of this book’s roadmap inspired the text in many ways. I look forward to working with you all in the near future. Drupal on! This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by James Berkovich on 2nd November 2011 86 Hawley Avenue, Milford, 06460 About the reviewers John K Murphy is a software industry veteran with more than 25 years experience as a programmer and database administrator. A graduate of the University of West Virginia, he began writing computer games in the 1980s before pursuing a career as a computer consultant. Over the years, John has enjoyed developing software in most major programming languages while striving to keep current with new technologies. In his spare time, John enjoys scuba diving, skydiving, and piloting small planes. He lives with his wife and two children in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Michael Ruoss is founder of and senior developer at UFirst Group. He holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. After his studies, he worked for Optaros for two years as a developer/ consultant. In 2010, he founded UFirst Group, a company doing system integrations based on open source frameworks. During the past years, working for Optaros and UFirst Group, Michael Ruoss gained much experience in the integration of Drupal, Magento, Alfresco, and other CMS and eCommerce solutions. Michael also maintains two Drupal community modules, the SEO Compliance Checker, and the Overlay Gallery. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by James Berkovich on 2nd November 2011 86 Hawley Avenue, Milford, 06460 This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by James Berkovich on 2nd November 2011 86 Hawley Avenue, Milford, 06460 The book is dedicated to my wife Veronica and our daughters Clare and Francesca.