GET cms/version/:option

Return Joomla CMS version information in different formats.

Additional Information

shortversion

Gets a PHP standardized version string for the current Joomla.

longversion

Gets a version string for the current Joomla with all release information.

useragent

Returns the user agent.

helpversion

Method to get the help file version.

Resource URL

https://yourdomain.com/api/v1/cms/version/:option

Resource Information

Parameters

Example Request

GET https://yourdomain.com/api/v1/cms/version/shortversion

Example Result

JSON Response

Guest

{
  "msg": "Guests cannot view version information.",
  "error": false,
  "status": 403
}

Logged In

{
  "shortVersion": "3.7.0",
  "error": false,
  "status": 200
}

{
  "longVersion": "Joomla! 3.7.0 Stable [ Amani ] 25-April-2017 15:36 GMT",
  "error": false,
  "status": 200
}

{
  "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 Joomla!/3.7.0 Framework/3.7",
  "error": false,
  "status": 200
}

{
  "helpVersion": ".37",
  "error": false,
  "status": 200
}

Response Headers

{
  "server": "Apache/2.4.6",
  "content-type": "application/json",
  "date": "Wed, 03 May 2017 02:19:43 GMT",
  "connection": "Keep-Alive",
  "access-control-allow-origin": "https://getcapi.io",
  "content-length": "51",
  "keep-alive": "timeout=5, max=100"
}