Joomla

aid: joomla
name: Joomla
description: 'Joomla is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) built in PHP that includes a built-in REST
  API for managing core content types. The Web Services API provides JSON endpoints for articles, categories, contacts, banners,
  menus, modules, tags, fields, and user accounts. Authentication is handled via Bearer tokens with optional HMAC security,
  and every endpoint requires authentication unless explicitly marked public. Joomla is maintained entirely by volunteers
  and released under the GNU General Public License.

  '
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/joomla/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- CMS
- Content Management
- Open Source
- PHP
- REST API
- Articles
- Categories
- Contacts
- Menus
- Modules
- Users
apis:
- aid: joomla:joomla-web-services-api
  name: Joomla Web Services API
  description: 'The built-in Joomla Web Services API provides RESTful JSON endpoints for managing articles, categories, contacts,
    banners, menus, modules, tags, custom fields, and user accounts in a Joomla installation. Authentication uses Bearer tokens
    issued per-user. The API is available in Joomla 4.x and later and follows the {base_url}/api/index.php/v1/ URL pattern.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.joomla.org/J4.x:Joomla_Core_APIs
  baseURL: https://{your-joomla-site}/api/index.php/v1
  tags:
  - Articles
  - Categories
  - Contacts
  - Banners
  - Menus
  - Modules
  - Users
  - Tags
  - Fields
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.joomla.org/J4.x:Joomla_Core_APIs
  - type: Specification
    url: https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla_Api_Specification
  contact:
  - FN: Joomla Developer Community
    url: https://developer.joomla.org
    email: ''
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.joomla.org
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.joomla.org/J4.x:Joomla_Core_APIs
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/joomla
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/joomla
- type: Blog
  url: https://community.joomla.org/blogs.html
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.joomla.org/download.html
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/joomla
- type: Plans
  url: plans/joomla-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/joomla-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/joomla-finops.yml
- type: BlogPosts
  url: blogs/blogs.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/joomla.json
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com