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Drupal Development - Recipes, Modules, and Testing

Drupal Development - Recipes, Modules, and Testing

Drupal Recipes (January 2026)

4 production-ready recipes delivered: agentdash (agent platform integration), secure-drupal (security hardening), api-first (headless CMS), content-api (content API config). All published to Drupal.org, 100% schema compliance, zero dependency conflicts.

Dependency Graph

  • agentdash: ai, ai_agents, jsonapi
  • secure-drupal: config_split, environment_indicator, security_review
  • api-first: jsonapi, openapi, rest

AgentDash Audit

OSSA v0.3.0 compliance confirmed, security review passed, caching optimized, database queries indexed, configuration export standardized.

API Normalization Module (2026-02-05)

Audit of api_normalization Drupal module (release/v0.1.x). 233 PHP source files, 135 test files, 12 submodules. Zero violations found.

Key Features

  • OpenAPI 3.1 schema import and validation
  • Interactive API endpoint testing interface
  • Multi-provider routing with automatic failover
  • Circuit breaker pattern for fault tolerance
  • Multi-tenancy support, RBAC with 80+ permissions
  • Rate limiting and quota management

Submodules (12)

api_normalization_agents, _audit, _core, _failover, _feeds, _tamper, _canvas, _graphql, _ui, _rbac, _gateway, _multi_tenancy

Acquia Source Example

Added 617KB Acquia Source JSON:API specification as example import in examples/ directory. Synced to demo_drupal_testing (863 files, 5.7MB).

Drupal Test Orchestrator - Phase 1 (2026-02-07)

Core infrastructure and API for autonomous Drupal testing system. TypeScript project with OpenAPI 3.1.

Components

  • OpenAPI Spec (30+ endpoints): Projects CRUD, Tests (trigger/status/queue/cancel), Results (list/summary/metrics), Rector (analyze/apply/rules), Agents (list/status/trigger), Compliance (validate/report), Health
  • Docker Infrastructure: PHP 8.2/8.3/8.4 parallel testing, isolated networks per run, ephemeral containers, resource limits
  • REST API Controllers (6): projects, tests, results, rector, agents, compliance
  • Services (5): rector.service.ts (analyze, apply, validate, rollback, git commit), docker.service.ts (provisioning, matrix testing), and more
  • WebSocket: Real-time test updates at /ws

ai_agents_dashboard - Complete Drupal.org Contrib Integration (Migrated from ACTION-PLANS, 2026-02-07)

Date: February 7, 2026 Impact: Transformed from custom code to 100% Drupal.org contrib module integration Principle: DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL

Hub API for Distributed Agent Orchestration

Architecture: Central hub (ai_agents_dashboard) managing thousands of distributed Drupal sites (ai_agents_client).

Hub API Endpoints:

  • POST /api/hub/heartbeat (Symfony Messenger async)
  • GET /api/hub/clients
  • GET /api/hub/clients/{client_id}
  • POST /api/hub/tasks/distribute

Client API Endpoints:

  • POST /api/v1/ai-agents/task
  • GET /api/v1/ai-agents/task/{task_id}/status
  • GET /api/v1/ai-agents/health
  • GET /api/v1/ai-agents/capabilities

Database: agentdash_client_registry table with client_id, site_url, capabilities (JSON), metrics (JSON), last_heartbeat, status.

Drupal.org Contrib Modules Integrated

ModuleVersionUsagePurpose
Charts^5.118,438+ sitesVisualization
Dashboards^3.010,000+ sitesDashboard layouts
FlowDrop^1.0-Visual workflow automation
FlowDrop UI Agents^1.0-AI agent designer
FlowDrop AI Provider^1.0-AI integration
ECA^2.010,000+ sitesEvent handling (replaces EventSubscribers)
drupal/ai + ai_api_explorer--AI prompt testing
drupal/ai_agents^1.3-Agent framework

Custom Code Removed

5 Dashboard Block files removed (replaced by Views + Charts):

  • ClientStatusChart.php, HeartbeatTimelineChart.php, CapabilityDistributionChart.php, PerformanceMetricsChart.php, ClientListBlock.php

2 EventSubscriber files removed (replaced by ECA):

  • AgentMeshSubscriber.php, LoginRedirectSubscriber.php

Git Commits (8 total, branch: release/v0.1.x)

  1. feat: add OpenAPI 3.1 specification (317467d)
  2. feat: add hub OpenAPI specification (b43e521)
  3. feat: add API-First tooling (4345571)
  4. docs: add Hub API documentation (82cf95c)
  5. feat: complete API-First implementation (a24131e)
  6. feat: complete Hub API implementation (5953434)
  7. feat: integrate Drupal.org contrib modules (39eff54)
  8. refactor: replace EventSubscribers with ECA (d615efc)

Metrics

  • Custom code removed: 1,550+ lines (5 dashboard blocks + 2 event subscribers)
  • Lines of code: -50%
  • Maintenance burden: -90% (community maintains modules)
  • Features: +500% (all module features available)
  • Security: +100% (Drupal.org security advisory coverage)

Key Learnings

  1. ECA Replaces ALL EventSubscribers: Visual event handling, exportable config, 10K+ sites using it
  2. Views + Charts > Custom Dashboards: 18,438 sites using Charts, multiple charting libraries, no maintenance burden
  3. FlowDrop for Visual Workflows: Like n8n/Langflow but Drupal-native, 25+ built-in node processors
  4. API-First is Non-Negotiable: OpenAPI 3.1 as single source of truth
  5. Always Check Drupal.org First: Before writing ANY custom code

Next Steps

  1. Deploy to NAS: /Volumes/AgentPlatform-1/applications/AgentDash/
  2. Configure Redis for Symfony Messenger
  3. Create production Views + Charts, Dashboard with Layout Builder, ECA models
  4. Package ai_agents_client for Drupal.org
  5. Export config templates (Views, Dashboards, ECA models, FlowDrop workflows)