> The idea is that I will call this method asynchronously from my Javascript code. The module/plugin will then make a call to a 3rd party API (i.e. Youtube) and return back some data in XML or JSON format.  The 3rd party API is REST based and requires a login/pass to be passed in as part of its query, which is why I don't want to call it directly from my JS code.

> In the Java (Spring) world, I would do this by writing a class and/or method and associating it with a URL. Then it just becomes a matter of calling this URL from my JS and passing it the proper parameters.  Is there a way to do this in Joomla?

> Thanks in advance.

> 1) Check out Joomla docs

> http://docs.joomla.org/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=defau...
> (beware of outdated docs)
> 2) Some Joomla packages use ajax (installer, administrator/
> com_languages, com_finder)
> 3) Search forums for similar quesions, this has been discussed here
> before
> 4) For API calls, check out JHttp package

> https://github.com/joomla/joomla-platform/tree/staging/libraries/joom...
> and JGoogle package

> Once you get on track, it's a lot of fun.

> On Sep 11, 9:24 am, rostom <rostom.aghan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I want to develop a custom module or plugin that I can call
> asynchronously (i.e. via Ajax). How would I go about doing this in Joomla
> (v2.5)?

> > The idea is that I will call this method asynchronously from my
> Javascript code. The module/plugin will then make a call to a 3rd party API
> (i.e. Youtube) and return back some data in XML or JSON format.  The 3rd
> party API is REST based and requires a login/pass to be passed in as part
> of its query, which is why I don't want to call it directly from my JS
> code.

> > In the Java (Spring) world, I would do this by writing a class and/or
> method and associating it with a URL. Then it just becomes a matter of
> calling this URL from my JS and passing it the proper parameters.  Is there
> a way to do this in Joomla?

> > Thanks in advance.