Chapters

28 Chapters | 1:45:06 |

01

The REST API Tutorial

3:07
02

HTTP Basics

2:10
03

REST: Resources and Representations

3:12
04

Transitions and Client State

2:11
05

Project Routing

5:22
06

POST: Creation, Location Header and 201

4:53
07

GET’ing Resources, and Content-Type

4:36
08

Updating the Location Header

1:47
09

GET /programmers: A collection of Programmers

3:32
10

Fixing the Content-Type on POST

2:37
11

Testing your API with PHPUnit

2:34
12

Behat for Testing

4:35
13

Handling Data in Tests

3:57
14

PUT: Editing Resources

4:13
15

Debugging Tests

1:12
16

PUT: Killing Duplicated Code

2:12
17

GET Representation != POST Representation

2:46
18

PUT Versus POST

5:07
19

Deleting Resources

2:29
20

PATCH: The Other Edit

4:53
21

Handling Errors

5:41
22

The application/problem+json Content-Type

4:26
23

Enforcing Consistency with ApiProblem

5:13
24

Error in Invalid JSON

4:28
25

ApiProblemException and Exception Handling

5:38
26

Handling 404 Errors

6:17
27

Exposing more Error Details

4:56
28

What’s Next

1:02

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Junaid Farooq 8 years ago

Hey there,

Thanks for this wonderful series. I would like to know how come your server responds so fast and your tests run within a second while my server responds so late and my tests take more than minute to run.

cheers!

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weaverryan SFCASTS Junaid Farooq 8 years ago edited

Hey Junaid Farooq!

Hmmm. Exactly *how* slow are your tests? And how slow are your server responses? Did you follow this tutorial exactly, or do you have a different app that's slow?

Cheers!

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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.

Silex

What PHP libraries does this tutorial use?

// composer.json
{
    "require": {
        "silex/silex": "~1.0", // v1.3.2
        "symfony/twig-bridge": "~2.1", // v2.7.3
        "symfony/security": "~2.4", // v2.7.3
        "doctrine/dbal": "^2.5.4", // v2.5.4
        "monolog/monolog": "~1.7.0", // 1.7.0
        "symfony/validator": "~2.4", // v2.7.3
        "symfony/expression-language": "~2.4" // v2.7.3
    },
    "require-dev": {
        "behat/mink": "~1.5", // v1.5.0
        "behat/mink-goutte-driver": "~1.0.9", // v1.0.9
        "behat/mink-selenium2-driver": "~1.1.1", // v1.1.1
        "behat/behat": "~2.5", // v2.5.5
        "behat/mink-extension": "~1.2.0", // v1.2.0
        "phpunit/phpunit": "~5.7.0", // 5.7.27
        "guzzle/guzzle": "~3.7" // v3.9.3
    }
}

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