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This tutorial uses a deprecated micro-framework called Silex. The fundamentals of REST are still valid, but the code we use can't be used in a real application.

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The REST API Tutorial

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The REST API Tutorial

Well hey there! I hope you’re ready to work, because we’re going to build an API from the ground up! It’s not going to be easy: there’s a lot to do and a lot of theory to sort through. But I promise you that you’ll be happy you made the effort.

We’ll of course use best practices and learn all about the theory behind REST. But we’re also going to be pragmatic. If you stick to the rules too much, you’ll get buried in technical draft specifications and blog post. You’ll also get the feeling that a perfectly RESTful API might be impossible, and it would probably be pretty tough to use anyways.

Instead, we’ll build a really nice API, keep to the best parts of REST, tell you when we’re breaking the rules and when the rules are still being debated. And we’re not going to stick to the easy stuff. Nope, we’ll attack the ugliest areas of an API, like custom methods and where each piece of documentation should live and why.