server/settings/ajax/navigationdetect.php

<?php
/**
 * @author Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
 * @author Robin McCorkell <robin@mccorkell.me.uk>
 *
 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2016, ownCloud, Inc.
 * @license AGPL-3.0
 *
 * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 *
 */
OC_Util::checkAdminUser();
OCP\JSON::callCheck();

$navigation = \OC_App::getNavigation();

OCP\JSON::success(['nav_entries' => $navigation]);