Slim REST API

---

This is a JSON REST API build with the use of Slim Framework and Doctrine.

Installation

Git clone

To get the latest source you can use git clone.

$ git clone https://github.com/jeroenweustink/slim-rest-api.git /path/to/slim-rest-api

Composer

Installation can be done with the use of composer. If you don't have composer yet you can install it by doing:

$ curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

To install it globaly

$ sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Vendor

$ cd /path/to/slim-rest-api
$ composer update
$ composer install

Database credentials

$ cp /path/to/slim-rest-api/config/local.ini.dist /path/to/slim-rest-api/config/local.ini

Edit the credentials in the local.ini file

[database]
driv = 'pdo_mysql'
host = 'localhost'
port = '3306'
user = ''
pass = ''
name = ''

Create schema

$ /path/to/slim-rest-api/vendor/bin/doctrine orm:schema-tool:create

Update schema

$ /path/to/slim-rest-api/vendor/bin/doctrine orm:schema-tool:update --force

Entities

To find out how Doctrine entities work, see Object Relation Mapper. The entities can be found in:

$ cd /path/to/slim-rest-api/app/entity/

Example

A user resource has been created for testing purposes. These are some cURL commands you can use

// Create a user
$ curl -i -X POST -d "email=test@test.com&password=foo" http://yourapi.com/user

// Get a user
$ curl -i -X GET http://yourapi.com/user/1

// Get all users
$ curl -i -X GET http://yourapi.com/user

// Update a user
$ curl -i -X PUT -d "email=foo@bar.com&password=bar" http://yourapi.com/user

// Delete a user
$ curl -i -X DELETE http://yourapi.com/user/1

// Resource options
$ curl -i -X OPTIONS http://yourapi.com/user