Drupal 7 and RESTWS with Basic Authentication – Getting Started (Tutorial)

I couldn’t find a good tutorial on how to do this from the ground up, so here is a definitive one that’ll get you started.

For this tutorial, you will need

  • Drupal 7 set up and ready to go (I’m using a local server)
  • The Following Modules Installed:Β RESTful Web ServicesΒ & Entity API (required by restws)
  • Your favorite REST client for testing. I’m using “Advanced REST Client” (Google Chrome Extension)
  • A basic-medium knowledge of already how to use Drupal 7 (installing, enabling modules, etc.)

Ok, let’s get started! Here’s a basic new installation. Yay.

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