Rest api compatibility

[luigi_marano]

Hi everyone,

Are the REST APIs for Magento v2 compatible with Magento 1? If not, any best practice advise? Thanks

[Damian Culotta]

Hi @luigi_marano,

Can you explain a little bit more about what you're trying to achieve?

[luigi_marano]

Use magento APIs to develop my app. I will need to support both magento 1.x and 2.x and I was wondering if I have to use different endpoints depending on the version

[Damian Culotta · Accepted solution]

Hi @luigi_marano,

Yes, of course.

Magento1:

• http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/m1x/api/soap/introduction.html
• http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/m1x/api/rest/introduction.html

Magento 2:

• http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/rest/bk-rest.html

[rahul_yadav8]

Hello,

@Damian Culotta  Can you please suggest me that, can I use the Magento 1.x rest API in one of my Magento extension? I mean what is the scope of Magento 1 API how long it will be available? Is it good to use Magento 1 Rest API nowadays? Please suggest to me so I can move further with my work.

Thanks,

[Damian Culotta]

Hi @rahul_yadav8 ,

I'm not sure if I understand correctly the scope of your question.

Here you'll find the documentation for the API:

• SOAP: https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/m1x/api/soap/introduction.html
• REST: https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/m1x/api/rest/introduction.html

As you can see, the REST API hasn't the same number of endpoints and possibilties than SOAP.

You should extended (is not complicated) the REST API with custom modules if you want to add new endpoints and new features.