How to develop a mobile application using prestashop

[Jeniiifer]

HI, am developping an Android mobile application ( m-commerce ). I have already installed WampServer and Prestashop on localhost. Then am blocked !!! I want to visualize the existing catalogs in my database on the simulator ( am using eclipse with android plug-in ). Please i need help soon !!! thx

[Burhan BVK]

Try the new webservice feature in 1.4. You should read up on soap protocol.

[Jeniiifer]

Thanks, but am using presta 3.7, and the boutique is already on line. I used http and json to connect to the DB through a php file. Now am wondering if it is possible to call the functions and méthods already developped on presta in my application. For example, when authenticaton, i need to know what type of encryption presta uses for passwords so that i can do it through my phone. Please I appreciate any help. Thanks

[MrBaseball34]

Yes, you can use the functions within PS as long as you include these two includes:

include(dirname(__FILE__).'/config/config.inc.php');
include(dirname(__FILE__).'/init.php');

PS uses MD5 for it's password encryption. Here's how it's done in a utility I wrote to regenerate passwords:

include('../config/settings.inc.php');
$cookieKey = _COOKIE_KEY_;
$newPassword = $_POST['newPassword'];
$pwd = md5($cookieKey.$newPassword); // You can save to database the return value.
echo $pwd;

Say, if you upgrade to 1.4, you can override each class to output JSON any data you need and not be affected by upgrades.
That means you don't have to modify the original classes.

[Jeniiifer]

Thanks very much, really appreciate your help

[DarinS]

how are things going with the mobile app for presta?

[Jeniiifer]

Great ) almost finished, just need to figure out how to implement the payment process

[Lord Moon]

hi... is it finished?

[Jeniiifer]

Patience gays am doing both Android and iPhone app, so i think it needs couple more weeeks.

[Chrille]

MrBaseball34/Jeniiifer, exactly how do you do to make the classes output JSON?

[jtrlho]

Jeniiifer: How's it going with the iPhone app? I'm also planning to build an app for our jewelry shop so our customers and browse our jewelry etc. using the app.

Have you got your hands on a wdsl? How are you processing the xml from the prestashop web service? Have you written all of the xml processing code 'by hand'?

Thanks.

[darinschmidt]

any update?

[kip]

any update about android app?