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Title: How can I retrieve all downloads in a category via plugin?
Post by: accepttransf on 09.02.2026 05:02:05

Hello,

May I ask a developer-related question? I've written a third-party plugin that needs to retrieve all downloads from one or more specific categories. Is there an API call or built-in method in jDownloads that would allow this?

Title: Re: How can I retrieve all downloads in a category via plugin?
Post by: Arno on 09.02.2026 14:06:16

Hi,
We are also planning a 'Joomla Web Services (API application)' for jDownloads 6.

For now, you could use a file like the one below (untested!).
Would then need to be copied by you to the /src/Helper directory during plugin installation.

jDownloads Support Forum

jDownloads for Joomla 4.x and 5.x => jDownloads 4.x - (This is the current version!) => General => Topic started by: accepttransf on 09.02.2026 05:02:05