In Sugar 8 / Spring '18, Sugar administrators can now configure API platforms using the Administration panel. The Platform extension is still available if you want to register a custom API platform as part of a Module Loadable Package. Sugar uses platforms…

In our most recent set of security releases , we made some changes in Sugar that address input sanitization issues reported by a 3rd party security researcher. Conveniently, these issues can be addressed with the input validation and CSRF form authentication…

Post originally written by Jim Bartek. UPDATE October 3rd 2017 Removed references to compileSql() function which was deprecated and removed in Sugar 7.9. You have found yourself in a bind, and you need to query the database directly. There is no other…

Post originally written by dwheelz. Here is an important message from David Wheeler , a long time Software Engineer and Architect at SugarCRM, about using e-mail fields correctly. E-mail handling is core to CRM software. Almost everyone we know uses multiple…

Sugar v11 REST API In order to support some cool new dashboard features , we made some enhancements to our Dashboard APIs in the Fall '17 release. So we added a new REST API version, v11, in that release in order to ensure clients and integrations that…

RESTful APIs have always been a big part of the Sugar application, as well as the most appropriate touchpoint for integrating with other enterprise systems. Unfortunately, for a long time they weren't tested especially appropriately. Traditionally, REST…

Post originally written by sugarmajed. Welcome to the School of REST - our first installment in the Sugar 7 Cookbook Series! We've always believed that DATA belongs to you and it should always be accessible to you! With Sugar 7 we've added a completely…

Post originally written by sugarmajed. This is the final section of the School of Rest. We'll be covering filtering on relationships as well as Global Search, Favorites, and Deleting records. We've already created our Account "Burger Palace" in Part 1…

Post originally written by sugarmajed. This is part 2 of 3 of The School of REST. In Part 1 we covered creating our Account "Burger Palace" and using the filter API to get just the records we wanted. Today we'll cover retrieving records, creating our…

Important security changes in Sugar 7.8 As we near the release of Sugar 7.8, we wanted to update the Sugar Developer community on a couple of important security changes that are coming in this release. The oauth_token URL parameter is disabled by default…

At SugarCRM, we have been accelerating the rate at which we share technology with the Sugar Developer community. Back in June at UnCon , we shared more open source code examples and tools than ever before. In April, we announced Sucrose Charts and the…

At SugarCRM Engineering, open source is part of our DNA. We build Sugar on open source technology and open standards. We host and run our software on open source platforms in Sugar On-Demand. And all of our developers use open source tools for developing…

If you were at UnCon in April 2015 then you know that one of our hottest topics was plans for a SugarCRM Mobile SDK. Since mobile devices and mobile use cases are such a key part of what Customer Relationship Management and Customer Experience is today…

For Sugar 7.7 and later versions, you can access metadata from within the Sidecar clients using SUGAR.App.metadata.get() Many Sugar Developers are looking to build intelligent API integrations with Sugar that goes beyond Create-Read-Update-Delete (CRUD…

Post originally written by sugarraagaard. 1. Introduction So you have yourself in a bit of a bind, you need to get an existing API to do something different. Maybe you need more information on an Account record, or perhaps your custom module needs some…

Post originally written by sugarraagaard. So you've seen what the REST API can do and you want more. In this recipe we'll be covering how to create your own REST endpoint. Our sample endpoint is going to go beyond the filter API and give us a list of…