How can I retrieve all downloads in a category via plugin?

[accepttransf]

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?

[Arno]

Hi,
wir planen für jDownloads 6 auch eine 'Joomla Web Services (API-Application)'.

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.