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This Joomla plugin enables to put up some dynamic JSON informations into your content.

How to use this plugin in an article?

Follow these steps:

• Download the current version as ZIP from here.
• Install the ZIP at your Joomla site (Administrator - Extension)
• Enable the plugin (Administrator - Extension - Plugins)
• Put the following text into a new or existing article: {json url=[https://api.github.com/repos/momo10216/plg_json/releases] execute=[client] scope=[all] view=[table] fields=[tag_name,name,zipball_url] labels=[Version,Description,ZIP] sortField=[tag_name] sortDirection=[desc]}

How to use this plugin in a module (Custom HTML)?

• Add new module (Customized HTML)
• Set options "Prepare content" = Yes
• Now you can use any plugins installed

Options

Option	Optional	Default	Description	Example
caching	Y	no	How long should the json data be cached in seconds (only works for execute=server)	3600
execute	Y	client	Where should the data be inserted (client/server)?	client
fields	Y		Fields to be displayed (only used by table or record view)	tag_name,name,zipball_url
labels	Y		Labels for lists to be displayed (only used by table or record view)	Version,Description,ZIP
scope	Y	all	Define the scope of the data to be displayed. You can use: numbers, ranges, oldest, latest, all	1-oldest, 1-, oldest-latest
sortDirection	Y		Define order (asc, desc) to be used for sorting. Empty for not sorting.	desc
sortField	Y		Define field to be used for sorting.	tag_name
url	N		URL of the JSON service.	http://ip.jsontest.com/
view	N		Define the type (table, records, fields) of display to be used.	table

Examples

Project	Description	Code
Github	Show all releases	{json url=[https://api.github.com/repos/momo10216/plg_json/releases] scope=[all] view=[table] fields=[tag_name,name,zipball_url] labels=[Version,Description,ZIP] sortField=[tag_name] sortDirection=[desc]}
Github	Show latest release	{json url=[https://api.github.com/repos/momo10216/clubmgnt/releases] scope=[latest] view=[table] fields=[tag_name,published_at,name,zipball_url] labels=[Version,Date,Description,ZIP] sortField=[tag_name] sortDirection=[desc]}
Github	Show all issues	{json url=[https://api.github.com/repos/momo10216/clubmgnt/issues] scope=[all] view=[table] fields=[number,title,body] sortField=[number] sortDirection=[asc]}
Github	Show user information	{json url=[https://api.github.com/users/momo10216] scope=[latest] view=[fields]}On Github I'm registred as {jsonfield name=[login]} as {jsonfield name=[name]} since {jsonfield name=[created_at]}. {jsonfield name=[html_url]}
JSON-Test	Display ip address	{json url=[http://ip.jsontest.com/] scope=[latest] view=[fields]}Your IP address is: {jsonfield name=[ip]}