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js calls to crmAPI don't work on joomla because the callback url is written in drupalish.
we do call the function a few times in the code successfully by appending the url var and running it through the civi function to cms-ize it.:
ajaxURL: {/literal}"{crmURL p='civicrm/ajax/rest' h=0}"{literal}

not sure if we can do that to the original call by default.

for example:

drupal: civicrm/ajax/rest?id=16962&custom_1=Charged&fnName=civicrm%2Fcontribution%2Fadd&json=1

joomla: administrator/index2.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/ajax/rest&id=16962&custom_1=Charged&fnName=civicrm%2Fcontribution%2Fadd&json=1


...so joomla prepends "administrator/index2.php?option=com_civicrm&task=" -- but also should not have a second question mark (drupal appends get variables after the civi path call, but joomla has already constructed the url with get vars)

Hey lcdweb, have you figured this out? My issues is when on Joomla and I try to use a url structure like this:

/administrator/index2.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/ajax/rest&fnName=civicrm/entity_tag/get&json=1&entity_id=1

it asks me to authenticate for the joomla admin. Once I am logged in it works fine. I think the only way around this to point to an actual file, right?

Oh, I guess I thought it has some function for frontend use as well. So for an external access I should really be using the REST api?