CaveApi

Aim

• In this project I'll be trying to create an CRUD-API with vanilla PHP
• To both strenthen my knowledge in PHP and to understand how Routes work in LARAVEL

Navigating

• All the styles are kept in the /styles folder mostly SCSS

• The logic handling the ROUTES and RESPONSES are found in ./control.php

• Disclaimer : The data in data/data.json was gotten from https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/

• Disclaimer : The data in data/dogfacts.json was gotten from https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/

• The ROUTE handler now accepts an extra parameter to know the number of data to return

• API now sends returns data

• Added a 404 page for invalid routes

• receiver.php will receive and handle POST requests

• receiver.php returns a response to the clinet(the browser that sent the post)

• POST Requests now works when JSON data is sent

• We use php://input instead of $_POST to fetch the data sent because $_POST checks for data sent from forms or with header Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data while php://input checks for any POST data regardless of it's content-type

• A .env file is used to store sensitive data

• To use a .env file in PHP first create a file named .env

• Add the credentials you want to keep hidden like API_KEY=1234

• Make sure you add .env to your .gitignore file

• Then run

composer require vlucas/phpdotenv

• Require the library

    require_once __DIR__ . "/vendor/autoload.php"

• For more info about vlucas/phpdotenv read their documentation

• For a better example of phpdot usage checkout walternomas

• CaveKey (API key) validation now in place to stop any nupermitted POST request

MVC complete

• It retuns data when a GET request is sent
• Accepts data when POST request is sent and with validation
• It's an API