Restful Controller for Silex

The RestfulControllerProvider provides an alternative way of implementing class-based route controllers.

Getting started

Just register the RestfulControllerProvider for a specific route:

<?php

use spanitz\Silex\Provider\RestfulControllerProvider;

$app = new Silex\Application();
$app->mount('/api', new RestfulControllerProvider());

Usage

Let's take the well-known Todo example:

<?php
namespace Api\Controller;

use spanitz\Silex\RestfulController;

class Todo extends RestfulController
{
    public function get ($id = null)
    {
        $data = array();
        // fetch multiple todos, or a single one by its $id...

        return $data;
    }

    public function put ($id = null)
    {
        // update todo...
    }

    public function post ()
    {
        // create todo...
    }

    public function delete ($id = null)
    {
        // delete todo...
    }
}

The implementation above exposes the following routes:

• GET /api/todo/<id>
• PUT /api/todo/<id>
• POST /api/todo/
• DELETE /api/todo/<id>

As you see, the implemented methods corresponds to HTTP methods. If your controller extends from RestfulController, you're able to access the Silex Application instance in your methods with $this->app; and the corresponding Request with $this->request.

Your method can either return an array, which is returned as JsonResponse; or any kind of Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response instance.

Configuration

If the default namespace Api\Controller doesn't fit your needs, just overwrite the configuration in the constructor:

$app->mount('/api', new RestfulControllerProvider(array(
   'namespace' => 'My\Controller\Namespace'
)));

Your derived class of RestfulController also takes care of the correct response codes. If you want to overwrite this behaviour, the following configuration can be set:

$app->mount('/api', new RestfulControllerProvider(array(
   'status-codes' => array(
       'post' => 200
       'put' => 200
   )
)));

Installation

Simply install via composer. Add the following lines to your composer.json:

{
    "require": {
        "spanitz/silex-restful-controller": "1.0.*@dev"
    },

    "autoload": {
        "psr-4": {"Api": "src/"}
    }
}