{"id":2606,"date":"2019-03-06T19:02:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T13:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=2606"},"modified":"2025-02-24T16:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T10:49:04","slug":"how-to-enable-restful-api-in-sitefinity-backend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-restful-api-in-sitefinity-backend","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable RESTful API in Sitefinity Backend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-restful-api-in-sitefinity-backend\/#Follow_Below_Steps_to_enable_RESTful_API_in_Sitefinity_Backend\" title=\"Follow Below Steps to enable RESTful API in Sitefinity Backend\">Follow Below Steps to enable RESTful API in Sitefinity Backend<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-restful-api-in-sitefinity-backend\/#i\" title=\"\u00a0\">\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-restful-api-in-sitefinity-backend\/#2_Create_a_Web_Service\" title=\"2. Create a Web Service\">2. Create a Web Service<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A RESTful API is an application program interface that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Sitefinity CMS web service API is made of RESTful web services.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Follow_Below_Steps_to_enable_RESTful_API_in_Sitefinity_Backend\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\">Follow Below Steps to enable RESTful API in Sitefinity Backend<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"i\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366; font-size: 18pt;\">1. Go to Administrator and Click on Web Services Tab<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-1.png\" alt=\"Restful API in Sitefinity 1\" width=\"355\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-1.png 355w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-1-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After that you will see Create a Web Service screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Create_a_Web_Service\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #003366; font-size: 18pt;\">2. Create a Web Service<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-2.png\" alt=\"Restful API in Sitefinity 2\" width=\"515\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-2.png 515w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-3.png\" alt=\"Restful API in Sitefinity 3\" width=\"466\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-3.png 466w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-3-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After that click on Create the service button and it will show you the Create a Web Service screen and now it is ready to use. After this, click on Use in your app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-4.png\" alt=\"Restful API in Sitefinity 4\" width=\"975\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-4.png 975w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-4-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-4-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Restful-API-in-Sitefinity-4-560x336.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Related Blog:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/blog\/bind-data-in-react-js-using-restful-api\">Bind Data in React JS Using RESTful API<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Contributed By<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Manoj Singh<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A RESTful API is an application program interface that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. 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