diff --git a/src/administrator/components/com_weblinks/weblinks.xml b/src/administrator/components/com_weblinks/weblinks.xml
index a872b1cc3e6..7674c7cf816 100644
--- a/src/administrator/components/com_weblinks/weblinks.xml
+++ b/src/administrator/components/com_weblinks/weblinks.xml
@@ -63,5 +63,10 @@
 			##BACKEND_LANGUAGE_FILES##
 		</languages>
 	</administration>
+	<api>
+		<files folder="api/components/com_weblinks">
+			##API_COMPONENT_FILES##
+		</files>
+	</api>
 </extension>
 
diff --git a/src/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_weblinks.xml b/src/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_weblinks.xml
index 35dc0531bc4..03965f0db5f 100644
--- a/src/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_weblinks.xml
+++ b/src/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_weblinks.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 		<file type="plugin" id="weblinks" group="search">plg_search_weblinks.zip</file>
 		<file type="plugin" id="weblinks" group="system">plg_system_weblinks.zip</file>
 		<file type="plugin" id="weblinks" group="editors-xtd">plg_editors-xtd_weblink.zip</file>
+		<file type="plugin" id="weblinks" group="webservices">plg_webservices_weblinks.zip</file>
 	</files>
 	<languages folder="language">
 		<language tag="en-GB">en-GB/en-GB.pkg_weblinks.sys.ini</language>
diff --git a/src/api/components/com_weblinks/Controller/WeblinksController.php b/src/api/components/com_weblinks/Controller/WeblinksController.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee895cb3922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/components/com_weblinks/Controller/WeblinksController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @package     Joomla.API
+ * @subpackage  com_weblinks
+ *
+ * @copyright   Copyright (C) 2005 - 2019 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * @license     GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
+ */
+
+namespace Joomla\Component\Weblinks\Api\Controller;
+
+defined('_JEXEC') or die;
+
+use Joomla\CMS\Access\Exception\NotAllowed;
+use Joomla\CMS\Application\CMSApplication;
+use Joomla\CMS\Form\Form;
+use Joomla\CMS\MVC\Controller\ApiController;
+use Joomla\CMS\MVC\Factory\LegacyFactory;
+use Joomla\CMS\MVC\Factory\MVCFactoryInterface;
+use Joomla\CMS\MVC\View\JsonApiView;
+use Joomla\CMS\MVC\Controller\Exception\ResourceNotFound;
+use Joomla\Component\Fields\Administrator\Helper\FieldsHelper;
+use Joomla\Input\Input;
+use Tobscure\JsonApi\Exception\InvalidParameterException;
+
+/**
+ * The weblinks controller
+ *
+ * @since  4.0.0
+ */
+class WeblinksController extends ApiController
+{
+	/**
+	 * The content type of the item.
+	 *
+	 * @var    string
+	 * @since  4.0.0
+	 */
+	protected $contentType = 'weblinks';
+
+	/**
+	 * The default view for the display method.
+	 *
+	 * @var    string
+	 * @since  3.0
+	 */
+	protected $default_view = 'weblinks';
+
+	/**
+	 * Method to save a record.
+	 *
+	 * @param   integer  $recordKey  The primary key of the item (if exists)
+	 *
+	 * @return  integer  The record ID on success, false on failure
+	 *
+	 * @since   4.0.0
+	 */
+	protected function save($recordKey = null)
+	{
+		$data = (array) json_decode($this->input->json->getRaw(), true);
+
+		foreach (FieldsHelper::getFields('com_weblinks.weblink') as $field)
+		{
+			if (isset($data[$field->name]))
+			{
+				!isset($data['com_fields']) && $data['com_fields'] = [];
+
+				$data['com_fields'][$field->name] = $data[$field->name];
+				unset($data[$field->name]);
+			}
+		}
+
+		$this->input->set('data', $data);
+
+		return parent::save($recordKey);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/api/components/com_weblinks/View/Weblinks/JsonApiView.php b/src/api/components/com_weblinks/View/Weblinks/JsonApiView.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..304e7fc97f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/components/com_weblinks/View/Weblinks/JsonApiView.php
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @package     Joomla.API
+ * @subpackage  com_weblinks
+ *
+ * @copyright   Copyright (C) 2005 - 2019 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * @license     GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
+ */
+
+namespace Joomla\Component\Weblinks\Api\View\Weblinks;
+
+defined('_JEXEC') or die;
+
+use Joomla\CMS\MVC\View\JsonApiView as BaseApiView;
+use Joomla\Component\Fields\Administrator\Helper\FieldsHelper;
+
+/**
+ * The weblinks view
+ *
+ * @since  4.0.0
+ */
+class JsonApiView extends BaseApiView
+{
+	/**
+	 * The fields to render item in the documents
+	 *
+	 * @var  array
+	 * @since  4.0.0
+	 */
+	protected $fieldsToRenderItem = [
+		'id',
+		'catid',
+		'title',
+		'alias',
+		'url',
+		'description',
+		'hits',
+		'state',
+		'checked_out',
+		'checked_out_time',
+		'ordering',
+		'access',
+		'params',
+		'language',
+		'created',
+		'created_by',
+		'created_by_alias',
+		'modified',
+		'modified_by',
+		'metakey',
+		'metadesc',
+		'metadata',
+		'featured',
+		'xreference',
+		'publish_up',
+		'publish_down',
+		'version',
+		'images',
+		'tags',
+	];
+
+	/**
+	 * The fields to render items in the documents
+	 *
+	 * @var  array
+	 * @since  4.0.0
+	 */
+	protected $fieldsToRenderList = [
+		'id',
+		'title',
+		'alias',
+		'checked_out',
+		'checked_out_time',
+		'catid',
+		'created',
+		'created_by',
+		'hits',
+		'state',
+		'access',
+		'ordering',
+		'language',
+		'publish_up',
+		'publish_down',
+		'language_title',
+		'language_image',
+		'editor',
+		'access_level',
+		'category_title',
+	];
+
+	/**
+	 * Execute and display a template script.
+	 *
+	 * @param   array|null  $items  Array of items
+	 *
+	 * @return  string
+	 *
+	 * @since   4.0.0
+	 */
+	public function displayList(array $items = null)
+	{
+		foreach (FieldsHelper::getFields('com_weblinks.weblink') as $field)
+		{
+			$this->fieldsToRenderList[] = $field->name;
+		}
+
+		return parent::displayList();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Execute and display a template script.
+	 *
+	 * @param   object  $item  Item
+	 *
+	 * @return  string
+	 *
+	 * @since   4.0.0
+	 */
+	public function displayItem($item = null)
+	{
+		foreach (FieldsHelper::getFields('com_weblinks.weblink') as $field)
+		{
+			$this->fieldsToRenderItem[] = $field->name;
+		}
+
+		return parent::displayItem();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Prepare item before render.
+	 *
+	 * @param   object  $item  The model item
+	 *
+	 * @return  object
+	 *
+	 * @since   4.0.0
+	 */
+	protected function prepareItem($item)
+	{
+		foreach (FieldsHelper::getFields('com_weblinks.weblink', $item, true) as $field)
+		{
+			$item->{$field->name} = isset($field->apivalue) ? $field->apivalue : $field->rawvalue;
+		}
+
+		return parent::prepareItem($item);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/webservices/weblinks/en-GB/en-GB.plg_webservices_weblinks.ini b/src/plugins/webservices/weblinks/en-GB/en-GB.plg_webservices_weblinks.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1b9bf6b752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/webservices/weblinks/en-GB/en-GB.plg_webservices_weblinks.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+; Joomla! Project
+; Copyright (C) 2005 - 2019 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.
+; License GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt, see LICENSE.php
+; Note : All ini files need to be saved as UTF-8
+
+PLG_WEBSERVICES_WEBLINKS="Web Services - Weblinks"
+PLG_WEBSERVICES_WEBLINKS_XML_DESCRIPTION="Used to add weblinks routes to the API for your website."
diff --git a/src/plugins/webservices/weblinks/en-GB/en-GB.plg_webservices_weblinks.sys.ini b/src/plugins/webservices/weblinks/en-GB/en-GB.plg_webservices_weblinks.sys.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1b9bf6b752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/webservices/weblinks/en-GB/en-GB.plg_webservices_weblinks.sys.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+; Joomla! Project
+; Copyright (C) 2005 - 2019 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.
+; License GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt, see LICENSE.php
+; Note : All ini files need to be saved as UTF-8
+
+PLG_WEBSERVICES_WEBLINKS="Web Services - Weblinks"
+PLG_WEBSERVICES_WEBLINKS_XML_DESCRIPTION="Used to add weblinks routes to the API for your website."
diff --git a/src/plugins/webservices/weblinks/weblinks.php b/src/plugins/webservices/weblinks/weblinks.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2fd61a4546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/webservices/weblinks/weblinks.php
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @package     Joomla.Plugin
+ * @subpackage  Webservices.Weblinks
+ *
+ * @copyright   Copyright (C) 2005 - 2019 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * @license     GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
+ */
+
+defined('_JEXEC') or die;
+
+use Joomla\CMS\Plugin\CMSPlugin;
+use Joomla\CMS\Router\ApiRouter;
+
+/**
+ * Web Services adapter for com_weblinks.
+ *
+ * @since  4.0.0
+ */
+class PlgWebservicesWeblinks extends CMSPlugin
+{
+	/**
+	 * Load the language file on instantiation.
+	 *
+	 * @var    boolean
+	 * @since  4.0.0
+	 */
+	protected $autoloadLanguage = true;
+
+	/**
+	 * Registers com_weblinks's API's routes in the application
+	 *
+	 * @param   ApiRouter  &$router  The API Routing object
+	 *
+	 * @return  void
+	 *
+	 * @since   4.0.0
+	 */
+	public function onBeforeApiRoute(&$router)
+	{
+		$router->createCRUDRoutes('v1/weblinks', 'weblinks', ['component' => 'com_weblinks']);
+
+		$router->createCRUDRoutes(
+			'v1/weblinks/categories',
+			'categories',
+			['component' => 'com_categories', 'extension' => 'com_weblinks']
+		);
+
+		$this->createFieldsRoutes($router);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create fields routes
+	 *
+	 * @param   ApiRouter  &$router  The API Routing object
+	 *
+	 * @return  void
+	 *
+	 * @since   4.0.0
+	 */
+	private function createFieldsRoutes(&$router)
+	{
+		$router->createCRUDRoutes(
+			'v1/fields/weblinks',
+			'fields',
+			['component' => 'com_fields', 'context' => 'com_weblinks.weblink']
+		);
+
+		$router->createCRUDRoutes(
+			'v1/fields/groups/weblinks',
+			'groups',
+			['component' => 'com_fields', 'context' => 'com_weblinks.weblink']
+		);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/webservices/weblinks/weblinks.xml b/src/plugins/webservices/weblinks/weblinks.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d0fecd4b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/webservices/weblinks/weblinks.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<extension version="3.1" type="plugin" group="webservices" method="upgrade">
+	<name>plg_webservices_weblinks</name>
+	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
+	<creationDate>August 2017</creationDate>
+	<copyright>(C) 2005 - 2019 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.</copyright>
+	<license>GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt</license>
+	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
+	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
+	<version>4.0.0</version>
+	<description>PLG_WEBSERVICES_WEBLINKS_XML_DESCRIPTION</description>
+	<files>
+		##FILES##
+	</files>
+	<languages folder="administrator/language">
+		##LANGUAGE_FILES##
+	</languages>
+</extension>