REST-API-using-PHP-Slim-and-MySQL

Simple REST API in PHP and MySQL

1. Prerequisite

Basic knowledge on PHP, JSON parsing and MySQL communication is recommended.

2. Slim PHP Micro Framework

Rather than devolping the REST API from scratch, I have use Slim framework becoz of the following reasons:

a)It supports all HTTP methods i.e GET, POST, PUT and DELETE which are necessary for a REST API

b)It is a very light weight framework, clean and a beginner can easily understand the framework without much straining.

c)It provides a middle layer architecture which is veryseful in filtering requests. e.g verifying API keys

Downloading Slim Framework below

https://github.com/codeguy/Slim

3. Downlaod and Instal and run XAMP Server (Apache, PHP and MySQL) on your machine

   *Open http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ to verify xamp is installed and running successfully.

   *Open the phpmyadmin from http://localhost/phpmyadmin and execute the SQL queries in the rest_api.sql file inside the db folder.

   You can alternatively import the .sql file

4. Install Chrome Advanced REST client (ARC) extension or PostMan extension for Testing the API

5. Testing the API

Following is the list of URL we need to test using Chrome Advanced REST client extension with possible combinations of inputs.

URL Method Parameters Description

http://localhost/task_manager/v1/register POST name, email, password User registration

http://localhost/task_manager/v1/login POST email, password User login

http://localhost/task_manager/v1/tasks POST task To create new task

http://localhost/task_manager/v1/tasks GET Fetching all tasks

http://localhost/task_manager/v1/tasks/:id GET Fetching single task

http://localhost/task_manager/v1/tasks/:id PUT Updating single task

http://localhost/task_manager/v1/tasks/:id DELETE task, status Deleting single task