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19 - PHP MVC Frameworks Rest API

REST (Representational State Transfer) is a software architecture style for building scalable web services. Resources in a REST API are uniquely identified by URIs and support standard CRUD operations that map to HTTP methods. A REST client like Postman can be used to test APIs by sending requests with different HTTP methods to the appropriate URIs and receive JSON or XML responses. Symfony controllers can be configured for specific HTTP methods to build RESTful endpoints that perform create, read, update and delete operations on resources.

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19 - PHP MVC Frameworks Rest API

REST (Representational State Transfer) is a software architecture style for building scalable web services. Resources in a REST API are uniquely identified by URIs and support standard CRUD operations that map to HTTP methods. A REST client like Postman can be used to test APIs by sending requests with different HTTP methods to the appropriate URIs and receive JSON or XML responses. Symfony controllers can be configured for specific HTTP methods to build RESTful endpoints that perform create, read, update and delete operations on resources.

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REST API with Symphony

Table of Contents

• RESTful Web Services


– Representational State Transfer (REST)
– CRUD Operations and HTTP Methods
– Postman – REST Client

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RESTFUL WEB SERVICES

Lightweight Architecture for Web Services


What is REST?

"Representational State Transfer (REST) is a


software architecture style consisting of
guidelines and best practices for creating
scalable Web services."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer
• Application state and functionality are resources
– Every resource is associated with unique URI
– Each resource supports standard operations (CRUD)
• This natively maps to the HTTP protocol
– HTTP methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, OPTIONS, …
REST & HTTP

• Request methods:
– GET - Get resource
– POST - Create resource
– PUT - Update resource
– PATCH - Partly update resource
– DELETE - Delete resource
– HEAD - Get headers for resource
• Response: json, xml

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CRUD Operations in REST APIs

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RESTful Web Services and HTTP Methods

• One URI per resource


– Multiple operations per URI
• Get all resources / single resource by ID
– GET http://myservice.com/api/Books
– GET http://myservice.com/api/Books/3
• Add a new resource
– POST http://myservice.com/api/Books
• Modify (update) a resource
– PUT http://myservice.com/api/Books/3
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RESTful Web Services and HTTP Methods
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• Delete (remove) a resource


– DELETE http://myservice.com/api/Books/3
• Update a resource partially
– PATCH http://myservice.com/api/Books/3
• Retrieve resource meta-data
– HEAD http://myservice.com/api/Books/3
• Inspect resource (typically used in AJAX to request
permissions)
– OPTIONS http://myservice.com/api/Books/3
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Postman
Postman – REST Client

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REST Controllers

• A Symfony controller configured for specific http method

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REST Controllers

• Add prefix to your controller using the @Route annotation

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REST Controllers

• GET method

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REST Controllers

• GET method

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REST Controllers

• GET by Id method

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REST Controllers

• GET by Id method

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REST Controllers

• POST method

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REST Controllers

• POST method

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REST Controllers

• DELETE method

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REST Controllers

• DELETE method

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REST Controllers

• PUT method

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REST Controllers

• PUT method

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RESTful API – Example

Server
Auth
Register
Web Client (JavaScript and jQuery)
Login
$.post("api/register", credentials, 'json');

Operations
$.post("api/login", credentials, 'json');

Users
$.getJSON("api/users");

Remove User

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JSON

• JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)


– Standard for representing data structures and associative
arrays
– Lightweight text-based open standard
– Derived from the JavaScript language
{
"firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "age": 25,
"address": { "streetAddress": "17 Tintyava Str.",
"city": "Sofia", "postalCode": "1113" },
"phoneNumber": [{ "type": "home", "number": "212 555-1234"},
{ "type": "fax", "number": "646 555-4567" }]
},
{ "firstName": "Bay", "lastName": "Ivan", "age": 79 }

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Summary

§ REST
§ Rest concepts
§ Rest URIs
§ Responses
§ CRUD Operations and HTTP Methods

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