How to Create Web Services in Moodle #moodle #webservices #api

In this video you are going to learn How Web Services Infrastructure Works in Moodle.
Web services enable other systems to login to Moodle Sites and perform certain operations.

To run the web service and make it works, you can visit the end point from the browser or via curl.
For example to call a function via REST protocol, we can use below endpoints:

1) Generating a Token for Web Service

username : xyz
password : abc
service : service123

2) Making an API Call

wstoken : 04e3a50c7c60b0ffdb175c45bdecd850
wsfunction : local_custom_service_update_courses_sections
moodlewsrestformat : json
PARAM1 : 123
PARAM2 : 557
PARAM3 : 777

Read more about moodle web services here :

Read more about moodle by visiting :

Explore this sample plugin for making custom services :

I hope you gain something out of this video. Incase you got any queries, do comment the same in the comment box. Also please make sure to like this video and subscribe to my channel.

[georgeishere]

Just FYI to those using a later version than in the video, you may find that the 'web services' subcategory shown at 3:40 has moved from the plugins tab to the Server tab.

This is the case for 3.11.6 but may be the case for earlier versions too.

[astuteaarthi]

New subscriber here.Thanks for the content.please do more videos on moodle especially in development.Thanks again

[itsjustaname]

thanks a lot!
part from 11:00-14:00 is crucial to understanding the whole!
give this part more attention, folks =)

[fate]

thank you so much, you've saved my life

[muhammadnaveedkhan]

Thank you Sir. Please make more videos on moodle especially in development.

[LMCH]

Great!!! You help me, so much thank you!!!😀

[muhammadnaveed]

Please upload videos on a regular basis. It's really necessary.

[varenneriocha]

You are on a Linux desktop, right? What is the distribution and the window manager?

[panupongsirirat]

Can web service post to login moodle session without using SSO?

[meeramolennasseril]

Hi, Could u pls share the custom files ie.Service.php and version.php etc

[Javed.humayun]

Hello . very useful video. Kindly make tutorial for moodle mobile app plugin. or moodle mobile support for plugin.

[chandankumar-jpli]

Please make a video on How to setup Global search in moodle in webserver?

[muhammadnaveed]

Hi sir, please make a video series on how to create a mod plugin in Moodle?

[hikingmiles]

I want to give discount to students if they are member on another website and also i have created api to handle request by user member id but i ma stuck on how to achive this in moodle to change the original price of course and give them discounts if they are a member please suggest me any lead

[christianmiguez]

Hi guys,

I need to allow students to subscribe to courses depending on the response from a third party web service. I mean the user will be allowed or not first depending on this external service.

I am new developing moodle, I know the best way is to create a plugin to handle it, but can you put me in the right direction on how would be the best way to do it? Some documentation or something similar built before.

Thanks in advance!

[rahullad]

Arjun I am not able to get web service link in the Plugin section, Can you please help me out same

[gabrieladedayo]

Hi, thanks for this video. But mine is not showing web service under plugins

[jorgeprada]

Me aparece el plugin en overview pero no en external services ayuda

[vcfaiz]

Hi, can we edit the existing functions on moodle ?

[raviyerra]

How can I get the course quiz and its password via request ?