Create a course with a database using the image gallery preset Enrol a couple of users as teacher and student in that course As the student or teacher add a couple of entries to the database Enable "Mobile services": Site administration ► Mobile app ► Mobile settings Create a Token in the mobile app service for the student in the course: Click on Site administration ► Plugins ► Web services ► Manage tokens Next, you can do a CURL REST call simulating a WS client with the student. You need to replace the wstoken, databaseid (database instance id) and the URL of your moodle instance curl 'http://localhost/m/stable_master/webservice/rest/server.php?moodlewsrestformat=json' --data 'databaseid=8&wsfunction=mod_data_get_entries&wstoken=12a2a65aeea2a177055e233f9e303218&moodlewssettingfilter=true&returncontents=1' | python -m "json.tool" Now check that you receive the correct number of entries You should also check that the contents (in the field contents for each entry) for each entry match the ones you created. You should also check that in the listviewcontents field you see HTML output with the entries rendered (as they are rendered in the Moodle web version) except for the template header and footer. If you execute the curl request again but removing the (&returncontents=1) you will receive just the list of entries (and not the contents) If you configure the database to require approval and create using other students accounts new entries you should not be able to see them (via the curl request) until they are approved In general the output of the curl request should match what you see in the Moodle web version