Restructure documentation

Signed-off-by: Roberto Rosario <roberto.rosario@mayan-edms.com>

docs/chapters/rest_api.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+========
+REST API
+========
+
+Mayan EDMS provides an HTTP REST Application Program Interface (or API). This
+API allows integration with 3rd party software using simple HTTP requests.
+
+Several API authentication methods are provides: **Session**, **Token**,
+and **HTTP Basic**.
+
+The URL for the API can be found via the :menuselection:`Tools --> REST API
+menu. The API is also self-documenting. The live API documentation can be
+found in the :menuselection:`Tools --> API Documentation (Swagger)` menu for
+the Swagger version and in the
+:menuselection:`Tools --> API Documentation (ReDoc)` menu for the ReDoc version.
+
+The are a few ways to structure REST APIs. In the case of Mayan EDMS, API
+endpoints are structured by resource type. Examples:
+
+* /cabinets - To view or create new cabinets
+* /cabinets/<id> - To view the details, edit, or delete an existing cabinet.
+* /cabinets/<id>/documents - To view, add, or remove documents from an existing
+  cabinet.
+* /cabinets/<id>/documents/<id> - To view, add, or remove one document from an
+  existing cabinet.
+
+The API supports the HTTP verbs: **GET**, **POST**, **PUT**, **PATCH**,
+and **DELETE**.
+
+
+Example use
+===========
+
+Install Python Requests (http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/)::
+
+    pip install requests
+
+Get a list of document types::
+
+    import requests
+
+    requests.get('http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/document_types/', auth=('username', 'password')).json()
+
+    {u'count': 1,
+     u'next': None,
+     u'previous': None,
+     u'results': [{u'delete_time_period': 30,
+       u'delete_time_unit': u'days',
+       u'documents_count': 12,
+       u'documents_url': u'http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/document_types/1/documents/',
+       u'filenames': [],
+       u'id': 1,
+       u'label': u'Default',
+       u'trash_time_period': None,
+       u'trash_time_unit': None,
+       u'url': u'http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/document_types/1/'}]}
+
+Upload a new document::
+
+    with open('test_document.pdf', mode='rb') as file_object:
+        requests.post('http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/documents/', auth=('username', 'password'), files={'file': file_object}, data={'document_type': 1}).json()
+
+    {u'description': u'',
+    u'document_type': 1,
+    u'id': 19,
+    u'label': u'test_document.pdf',
+    u'language': u'eng'}
+
+Use API tokens to avoid sending the username and password on every request. Obtain a token by making a POST request to ``/api/auth/token/obtain/?format=json``::
+
+    requests.post('http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/auth/token/obtain/?format=json', data={'username': 'username', 'password': 'password'}).json()
+
+    {u'token': u'4ccbc35b5eb327aa82dc3b7c9747b578900f02bb'}
+
+Add the API token to the request header::
+
+    headers = {'Authorization': 'Token 4ccbc35b5eb327aa82dc3b7c9747b578900f02bb'}
+
+    requests.get('http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/document_types/', headers=headers).json()
+
+    {u'description': u'',
+    u'document_type': 1,
+    u'id': 19,
+    u'label': u'test_document.pdf',
+    u'language': u'eng'}
+
+
+Use sessions to avoid having to add the headers on each request::
+
+    session = requests.Session()
+
+    headers = {'Authorization': 'Token 4ccbc35b5eb327aa82dc3b7c9747b578900f02bb'}
+
+    session.headers.update(headers)
+
+    session.get('http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/document_types/')
+
+    {u'description': u'',
+    u'document_type': 1,
+    u'id': 19,
+    u'label': u'test_document.pdf',
+    u'language': u'eng'}