php-rest-lightly

a lightweight component for implementing a REST API

this library helps you to leverage namespacing to implicitly define API endpoint routes rather than write them by hand; adding new endpoints wont require you to update a routes list

authentication or other operations can be done within the endpoint classes themselves

installation instructions

composer require evalok/php-rest-lightly

example usage: https://github.com/EvaLok/php-rest-lightly/blob/master/demo/public/index.php

demo

configure .htaccess in demo/public

Examples

• GET: api/v1/Thing1/555

{
	id: 555,
	owner: {
		*owner: null
	},
	class: "api\v1\Thing1",
	method: "api\v1\Thing1::get",
	message: "testing testing 123",
	params: [ ]
}

• GET: api/v1/Thing1/555/Thing2/777?some=thing

{
	id: 777,
	owner: {
		*id: 555,
		*owner: { }
	},
	class: "api\v1\Thing1\Thing2",
	method: "api\v1\Thing1\Thing2::get",
	message: "testing testing 123",
	params: {
		some: "thing"
	}
}

• api/v1/Restricted/Thing3/888

"403: Forbidden"

TODO

• tests
• versioning deprecation demo
• non-json responses
• support for request headers