show_resource.rst

Getting a Single Resource

Your newly created controller service supports basic CRUD operations and is configurable via routing.

The simplest action is showAction. It is used to display a single resource. To use it, the only thing you need to do is register a proper route.

Let's assume that you have a app.book resource registered. To display a single Book, define the following routing:

# app/config/routing.yml

app_book_show:
    path: /books/{id}
    methods: [GET]
    defaults:
        _controller: app.controller.book:showAction

Done! Now when you go to /books/3, ResourceController will use the repository (app.repository.book) to find a Book with the given id (3). If the requested book resource does not exist, it will throw a 404 Not Found exception.

When a Book is found, the default template will be rendered - App:Book:show.html.twig (like you configured it in the config.yml) with the Book result as the book variable. That's the most basic usage of the simple showAction.

Using a Custom Template

Okay, but what if you want to display the same Book resource, but with a different representation in a view?

# routing.yml

app_admin_book_show:
    path: /admin/books/{id}
    methods: [GET]
    defaults:
        _controller: app.controller.book:showAction
        _sylius:
            template: Admin/Book/show.html.twig

Nothing more to do here, when you go to /admin/books/3, the controller will try to find the Book and render it using the custom template you specified under the route configuration. Simple, isn't it?

Overriding Default Criteria

Displaying books by id can be boring... and let's say we do not want to allow viewing disabled books. There is a solution for that!

# routing.yml

app_book_show:
    path: /books/{title}
    methods: [GET]
    defaults:
        _controller: app.controller.book:showAction
        _sylius:
            criteria:
                title: $title
                enabled: true

With this configuration, the controller will look for a book with the given title and exclude disabled books. Internally, it simply uses the $repository->findOneBy(array $criteria) method to look for the resource.

Using Custom Repository Methods

By default, resource repository uses findOneBy(array $criteria), but in some cases it's not enough - for example - you want to do proper joins or use a custom query. Creating yet another action to change the method called could be a solution but there is a better way. The configuration below will use a custom repository method to get the resource.

# routing.yml

app_book_show:
    path: /books/{author}
    methods: [GET]
    defaults:
        _controller: app.controller.book:showAction
        _sylius:
            repository:
                method: findOneNewestByAuthor
                arguments: [$author]

Internally, it simply uses the $repository->findOneNewestByAuthor($author) method, where author is taken from the current request.

Using Custom Repository Service

If you would like to use your own service to get the resource, then try the following configuration:

# app/config/routing.yml

app_book_show:
    path: /books/{author}
    methods: [GET]
    defaults:
        _controller: app.controller.book:showAction
        _sylius:
            repository:
                method: ["expr:service('app.repository.custom_book_repository')", "findOneNewestByAuthor"]
                arguments: [$author]

With this configuration, method findOneNewestByAuthor from service with ID app.repository.custom_book_repository will be called to get the resource.

Configuration Reference

# routing.yml

app_book_show:
    path: /books/{author}
    methods: [GET]
    defaults:
        _controller: app.controller.book:showAction
        _sylius:
            template: Book/show.html.twig
            repository:
                method: findOneNewestByAuthor
                arguments: [$author]
            criteria:
                enabled: true
            serialization_groups: [Custom, Details]
            serialization_version: 1.0.2