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Symfony RESTful API: Basics++ (Course 3)

Boost your API skills with Symfony RESTful API: Basics++. Learn to include next/prev links and evaluate expressions!

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

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
        "white-october/pagerfanta-bundle": "^1.0" // v1.2.4
    },
    "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
    }
}

The basics, check! Errors, double check! Now let's get back to some core API concepts and take things up a level by covering a bunch of features that you need... but sometimes can't find related to REST!

  • REST Pagination
  • Including next/prev pagination links
  • Filtering collections
  • Advanced serialization customization (serializer subscriber)
  • Including links via custom annotations
  • Evaluating expressions
  • Making embedded resources configurable/conditional

Next courses in the APIs: REST in Symfony 2 & 3 section of the APIs Track!

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Default user avatar Marius Puiu 6 years ago

Hey! I am waiting for these episodes like Christmas! :)

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:) Well then good news - this one *is* recorded... so look for it in the next few weeks. We'll publish the new Behat tutorial then this next :)

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Default user avatar Rasel Khan 6 years ago

I need urgent this tuts, let me know when i'll go this . thanks

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Default user avatar Kyle Crawford 6 years ago

Great tutorials guys. Can I get an ETA on this series continuation? Other comments suggested October for this series continuation, and here we are in November now.

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Hey Kyle! Yep, we're late! The oncoming Symfony 3 release is keeping us busy, *but* this tutorial is written and several parts have been recorded. I can't promise, but I'm going to *try* to start releasing this during Nov, alongside all the Symfony 3 craziness :)

Thanks for your patience!

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Default user avatar César Rodríguez weaverryan 6 years ago

any update ? :) December perhaps?

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Yes, it won't be Nov due to Symfony 3 and Drupal 8 - sorry guys! Our production schedule has this for January - but I'm going to try to push it into December!

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any update on this series?

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Wow, I'm blundering the schedule on this one! I'm going to see if I can get this included yet this month - I'll add updates when I have them.

Thanks for everyone's patience! We have some *really* cool stuff coming to the site soon that have been keeping us busy!

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Default user avatar DevDonkey 6 years ago

want want want want!

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Default user avatar Daniel Platt 6 years ago

Could be worth touching on versioning as well here

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