PHP REST API

Description

This is a simple REST API written in PHP for instrucional purposes only. It is written from scratch without using any framework, uses MySQL as database and PDO for database operations. It is developed following an MVC architecture.

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. To run the API, you need to have PHP and MySQL installed on your system. You can use XAMPP or WAMP. I used Laragon while developing this API.
3. Check if the Apache configuration file points to the public folder. If not, then change it to point to the public folder.
4. Set the database credentials in the .env file, that you can clone from .env.example file.
5. Clone the .hataccess file from .hataccess.example file.
   1. If your URL is http://localhost/php-api, then the RewriteBase should be /php-api/.
6. Import the database file in the database folder.

API Documentation

Standard JSON Response

{
  "success": "true/false",
  "status": "200/400/401/404/500",
  "message": "Message",
  "error": "Error message if any",
  "data": {
    "object": {
      "key": "value"
    }
  }
}

Endpoints

User

List users

GET /users

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "status": 200,
  "message": "Records found",
  "data": {
    "users": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "fullname": "Johnny Doe",
        "username": "johndoe",
        "email": "john@email.com",
        "address": "123 King St"
      },
      {
        "id": 2,
        "fullname": "Jane Doe",
        "username": "janedoe",
        "email": "jane@email.com",
        "address": "124 Queen St"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Get user

GET /users/{id}

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "status": 200,
  "message": "Record found",
  "data": {
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "fullname": "John Doe",
      "username": "johndoe",
      "email": "john@email.com",
      "address": "123 King St"
    }
  }
}

Create user

POST /users/create

Request

{
  "fullname": "Jack Doe",
  "username": "jackdoe",
  "email": "jack@email.com",
  "password": "password",
  "address": "125 King St"
}

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "status": 200,
  "message": "Record created",
  "data": {
    "user": {
      "id": 3,
      "fullname": "Jack Doe",
      "username": "jackdoe",
      "email": "jack@email.com",
      "address": "125 King St"
    }
  }
}

Update user

PUT /users/{id}

Request

{
  "fullname": "Jack Doe",
  "username": "jackdoe",
  "email": "jack@email.com",
  "address": "126 King St"
}

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "status": 200,
  "message": "Record updated",
  "data": {
    "user": {
      "id": 3,
      "fullname": "Jack Doe",
      "username": "jackdoe",
      "email": "jack@email.com",
      "address": "126 King St"
    }
  }
}

Delete user

DELETE /users/{id}

Response

No JSON is returned in the response body. The status code is 204.

Reference

1. https://medium.com/@bojanmajed/standard-json-api-response-format-c6c1aabcaa6d