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01

POST To Create

7:47
02

Finish POST with a Form

4:42
03

Handling data with a Form

5:03
04

GET one Programmer

3:20
05

Tightening up the Response

3:51
06

GET a Collection of Programmers

5:24
07

Add a Test!

3:00
08

Test Code Reuse

2:31
09

Tests with the Container

4:23
10

Mad Test Debugging

3:03
11

Test Fixtures and the PropertyAccess Component

6:24
12

The ResponseAsserter!

6:21
13

Using a Test Database

6:52
14

PUT is for Updating

6:41
15

Read-Only Fields

3:26
16

DELETE is for Saying Goodbye

2:59
17

PATCH is (also) for Updating (basically)

3:18
18

Using a Serializer

5:47
19

Centralize that Response!

2:40
20

Taking Control of the Serializer

5:21

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Nina 8 years ago

Hello,

When I write in ProgrammerController.php
public function newAction(Request $request)
{
$body = $request->getContent();
return new Response($body);
}
ide highlights getContent();
and when I type testing.php in the cmd I get:
> php testing.php
HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
Host: localhost:8000
Connection: close
Cache-Control: no-cache
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 03:29:33 GMT
X-Debug-Token: 1943b6
X-Debug-Token-Link: /_profiler/1943b6
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

What could be the reason the error?
How can I to fix this problem?

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MolloKhan SFCASTS Nina 8 years ago edited

Hey Nina

I believe you chosed the wrong type of Request, make sure you are using "Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request"
if that's not the case, let me know :)

Cheers!

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Gregory 8 years ago

Hi,

Thanks for you tutorail it are always amazing.
I have a little question, I try to use Postman to make my call for "api/programmes" with in body form-data (nickname in key and Bob for value etc for the others data) I have nothing in $request->getContent()

Edited:
I found how to send data I need to use raw but why can I use form-data ?

If I use Guzzle I have no pb.
Do you know why?

Thanks again.

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Victor SFCASTS Gregory 8 years ago

Hey Greg,

That's because Postman sends form-data/raw with a different headers. For the raw type "Content-Type" header equals to "text/plain" so the Symfony's Request object do not parse it itself, you need to call $request->getContent() to get request content. But for the form-data type "Content-Type" header of request is "multipart/form-data", so Request object parse content and you put data on the "$request" property for POST data and on the "$query" property for GET request. So if you send a POST request with "form-data" type via Postman - then you can get already parsed data in app with $request->request->get('your-sent-key-here').

P.S. use "dump($request->request->all())" to dump all sent POST data in your app.

Cheers!

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Felipe 8 years ago

Hello guys and gals from KnpU!

My question is, since the Programmer resource has a relation attached to the user who created it. I suppose that a resource /programmers from a user 1 is different from a resource /programmers from a user 2, although they have the same URL. Would it be better to explicit this relation in the URI? e.g: app/users/{slug}/programmers.
What are the pros and cons when using this approach? I heard that it its good for using http caching.

Regards.

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weaverryan SFCASTS Felipe 8 years ago edited

Hey Felipe!

Ah, GREAT question. Basically, yes! If you follow the rules of REST, then really, if you want to return a collection of all of the programmers from a specific user, you should have something like /users/{slug}/programmers, not /programmers. Caching is one reason. But more broadly, in in REST, each URL is an address to a specific resource... and I shouldn't be able to suddenly get back a different resource just by sending a different authentication token. As a by product of that rule, you can use HTTP caching more easily :). It's also a bit more explicit!

In the real world, it does seem like most API's follow this practice, but it's not an absolute rule. For example, if you use Facebook's API, I believe you use the URL /me to fetch your user profile, and /me/photos for my photos. On the bright side, "cheating" like this makes it even easier for your clients :).

Cheers!

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Felipe weaverryan 8 years ago

Cool! Thanks Ryan.

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Caro 8 years ago

For those of us who choose to purchase just this tutorial, I think providing the full picture (e.g. the Programmer model) would make this easier to replicate.

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weaverryan SFCASTS Caro 8 years ago edited

Hey Caro!

I totally want you to be able to replicate this :). On this page, you should see a "Download" link in the upper right corner, with a "Course Code" option in it. This will download a .tar file. Inside, there is a "start" directory (how the code looks at the beginning of this tutorial) and a "finish" directory (how the code looks at the end of the tutorial).

Does this help? Or is there still something missing?

Cheers!

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Caro weaverryan 8 years ago

yes it did, thank you so much!

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Dan 8 years ago

Hi there,

Everything looks normal except when I compare my output to the expected output shown at 2:00 in the video I don't see the JSON output. The headers look exactly the same as the expected output:
----------------------------------------------------
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Host: localhost:8000
Connection: close
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.6.27
Cache-Control: no-cache
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 09:19:18 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
X-Debug-Token: 7a9b8d
X-Debug-Token-Link: /_profiler/7a9b8d

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The source for testing.php and ProgrammerController.php is an exact copy also. There is even an exact number of lines after the header, just no JSON line. Is there anything I should check, maybe one of the dependencies, or something I may have missed?

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Dan Dan 8 years ago

Actually no need to answer this one I worked it out, it was just a case of mistaken identity - got lost in my own folder structure.

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Victor SFCASTS Dan 8 years ago edited

Hey Dan ,

I'm glad you figured it out by yourself so quickly!

Cheers!

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This tutorial uses an older version of Symfony. The concepts of REST are still valid, but I recommend using API Platform in new Symfony apps.

Symfony 2

What PHP libraries does this tutorial use?

// composer.json
{
    "require": {
        "php": ">=5.3.3",
        "symfony/symfony": "2.6.*", // v2.6.11
        "doctrine/orm": "~2.2,>=2.2.3,<2.5", // v2.4.7
        "doctrine/dbal": "<2.5", // v2.4.4
        "doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "~1.2", // v1.4.0
        "twig/extensions": "~1.0", // v1.2.0
        "symfony/assetic-bundle": "~2.3", // v2.6.1
        "symfony/swiftmailer-bundle": "~2.3", // v2.3.8
        "symfony/monolog-bundle": "~2.4", // v2.7.1
        "sensio/distribution-bundle": "~3.0,>=3.0.12", // v3.0.21
        "sensio/framework-extra-bundle": "~3.0,>=3.0.2", // v3.0.7
        "incenteev/composer-parameter-handler": "~2.0", // v2.1.0
        "hautelook/alice-bundle": "0.2.*", // 0.2
        "jms/serializer-bundle": "0.13.*" // 0.13.0
    },
    "require-dev": {
        "sensio/generator-bundle": "~2.3", // v2.5.3
        "behat/behat": "~3.0", // v3.0.15
        "behat/mink-extension": "~2.0.1", // v2.0.1
        "behat/mink-goutte-driver": "~1.1.0", // v1.1.0
        "behat/mink-selenium2-driver": "~1.2.0", // v1.2.0
        "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.6.0" // 4.6.4
    }
}

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