JsonApiBundle is a Symfony bundle. It is the fastest way to generate API based on JsonApi using woohoolabs/yin Library.
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Install symfony
composer create-project symfony/skeleton YOUR_PROJECT
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Install the maker bundle
composer require symfony/maker-bundle phootwork/collection --dev
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Install the bundle
composer require paknahad/jsonapi-bundle
For Symfony 4 use:
composer require paknahad/jsonapi-bundle:^3.1
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Add below line to
config/bundles.php
Paknahad\JsonApiBundle\JsonApiBundle::class => ['all' => true],
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Use below command to generate entities one by one:
bin/console make:entity
for example, Book and Author entity is as follows:
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM; class Book { /** * @ORM\Id() * @ORM\GeneratedValue() * @ORM\Column(type="integer") */ private $id; /** * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=255) */ private $title; /** * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=20, nullable=true) */ private $isbn; /** * @ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity="App\Entity\Author", inversedBy="books") */ private $authors; ...
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; class Author { /** * @ORM\Id() * @ORM\GeneratedValue() * @ORM\Column(type="integer") */ private $id; /** * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=255) * @Assert\NotBlank() * @Assert\Length(min=3) */ private $name; /** * @ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity="App\Entity\Book", mappedBy="authors") */ private $books; ...
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Generate CRUD API:
bin/console make:api
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You can find the generated "collections" for postman and swagger in the following path and then test the API:
collection/postman.json collection/swagger.yaml
http://example.com/books?page[number]=5&page[size]=30
- Ascending on name field:
http://example.com/books?sort=name
- Decending on name field:
http://example.com/books?sort=-name
- Multiple fields:
http://example.com/books?sort=city,-name
- Field on a relation:
http://example.com/books?sort=author.name
http://example.com/books?include=authors
multiple relationships
http://example.com/books?include=authors.phones,publishers
As the JSON API specification does not specify exactly how filtering should work different methods of filtering can be used. Each method is supplied with a Finder service. Each registered Finder will be able to append conditions to the search query. If you register multiple Finders they are all active at the same time. This enables your API to support multiple filtering methods.
A basic Finder is included in this library offering simple filtering capabilities:
This request will return all the books that author's name begin with hamid
http://example.com/books?filter[authors.name]=hamid%
Below line has additional condition: books which have "php" in their title.
http://example.com/books?filter[title]=%php%&filter[authors.name]=hamid%
By using $resourceCollection->getQuery()
you can get access on the query object.
use "r" alias for referring to the current entity. in this example the "r" refers to the "ProjectEntity"
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
class ProjectController extends Controller
{
/**
* @Route("/", name="projects_index", methods="GET")
*/
public function index(ProjectRepository $projectRepository, ResourceCollection $resourceCollection): ResponseInterface
{
$resourceCollection->setRepository($projectRepository);
$resourceCollection->getQuery()->where('r.user_id = :s1')->setParameter(...);
$resourceCollection->handleIndexRequest();
return $this->jsonApi()->respond()->ok(
new ProjectsDocument(new ProjectResourceTransformer()),
$resourceCollection
);
}
Currently, the following Finders are available via other bundles:
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mnugter/jsonapi-rql-finder-bundle - RQL based Finder
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paknahad-jsonapi-querifier-bundle - Querifier based Finder
A Finder can be registered via a service tag in the services definition. The tag paknahad.json_api.finder
must be
added to the service for the Finder to be resigered.
Example:
<service class="Paknahad\JsonApiBundle\Helper\Filter\Finder" id="paknahad_json_api.helper_filter.finder">
<tag name="paknahad.json_api.finder" />
</service>
Each Finder must implement the Paknahad\JsonApiBundle\Helper\Filter\FinderInterface
interface. Take a look at
\Paknahad\JsonApiBundle\Helper\Filter\Finder
for an implementation example.
If you need more control over the finders, you can instead use \Paknahad\JsonApiBundle\Helper\Filter\FinderSupportsInterface
interface and implement conditional logic inside supports()
method:
use Paknahad\JsonApiBundle\Helper\Filter\FinderSupportsInterface;
use Paknahad\JsonApiBundle\Helper\FieldManager;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
class CustomFinder implements FinderSupportsInterface
{
public function supports(Request $request, FieldManager $fieldManager): bool
{
// based on some request data
if ($request->query->has('some-flag')) {
return true;
}
// based on document field manager
if ($fieldManager->getRootEntity() === Author::class) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
}
Error on validating associations
{
"jsonapi": {
"version": "1.0"
},
"errors": [
{
"detail": "Invalid value for this relation",
"source": {
"pointer": "/data/relationships/authors",
"parameter": "1"
}
}
]
}
Validate attributes if you have defined validators on entities.
{
"jsonapi": {
"version": "1.0"
},
"errors": [
{
"detail": "This value is too short. It should have 3 characters or more.",
"source": {
"pointer": "/data/attributes/name",
"parameter": "h"
}
}
]
}
All errors such as:
- Internal server error (500)
- Not found (404)
- Access denied (403)
has responses like this:
{
"meta": {
"code": 0,
"message": "No route found for \"GET /book\"",
"file": "/var/www/vendor/symfony/http-kernel/EventListener/RouterListener.php",
"line": 139,
"trace": [
{
"file": "/var/www/vendor/symfony/event-dispatcher/EventDispatcher.php",
"line": 212,
"function": "onKernelRequest"
},
{
"file": "/var/www/vendor/symfony/event-dispatcher/EventDispatcher.php",
"line": 44,
"function": "doDispatch"
},
{
"file": "/var/www/vendor/symfony/http-kernel/HttpKernel.php",
"line": 125,
"function": "dispatch"
},
{
"file": "/var/www/vendor/symfony/http-kernel/HttpKernel.php",
"line": 66,
"function": "handleRaw"
},
{
"file": "/var/www/vendor/symfony/http-kernel/Kernel.php",
"line": 188,
"function": "handle"
},
{
"file": "/var/www/public/index.php",
"line": 37,
"function": "handle"
}
]
},
"links": {
"self": "/book"
},
"errors": [
{
"status": "404",
"code": "NO_ROUTE_FOUND_FOR_\"GET_/BOOK\"",
"title": "No route found for \"GET /book\""
}
]
}
NOTICE: the "meta" field gets filled just on development environment.
You can configure this bundle with following options:
#config/packages/json_api.yaml
json_api:
documentationSchema: 'openapi'
controllerNamespace: 'Controller'
Supported documentation schemas are openapi
and swagger
.
If you want to generate controllers in a different namespace, for example Controller\Api
you can use controllerNamespace configuration option.
To prefix Api routes you can use Symfony routes configuration:
#config/routes/annotations.yaml
api:
resource: ../../src/Controller/Api
type: annotation
prefix: /api