DrupalCon Barcelona 2015: Remote Entities: Standardizing External Integrations in Drupal

This talk explores the integration of external data into Drupal through the use of Remote Entities and the Entity API. The speaker shares insights from a project that enables users to load, create, and save external data objects from REST APIs, effectively allowing these objects to act like native entities. Key topics include the rationale for utilizing remote entities, the advantages and challenges of this strategy, and the process of defining custom remote entities for different endpoints. Attendees will also learn about writing a custom query class for remote queries and how to achieve automatic views integration. By the end of the session, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to implement remote entities for standardizing external service integrations.