fenixst/restgeneratorbundle

REST API Generator for Symfony 2

Voryx REST Generator Bundle

, _(*1)

About

A CRUD like REST Generator, _(*2)

Features

• Generators RESTful action from entity
• Simplifies setting up a RESTful Controller

Installation

Require the "fenixst/restgeneratorbundle" package in your composer.json and update your dependencies., _(*3)

$ php composer.phar require voryx/restgeneratorbundle dev-master

Add the VoryxRestGeneratorBundle to your application's kernel along with other dependencies:, _(*4)

public function registerBundles()
{
    $bundles = array(
        //...
          new Voryx\RESTGeneratorBundle\VoryxRESTGeneratorBundle(),
          new FOS\RestBundle\FOSRestBundle(),
          new JMS\SerializerBundle\JMSSerializerBundle($this),
          new Nelmio\CorsBundle\NelmioCorsBundle(),
        //...
    );
    //...
}

Configuration

This bundle depends on a number of other Symfony bundles, so they need to be configured in order for the generator to work properly, _(*5)

framework:
    csrf_protection: false #only use for public API

fos_rest:
    routing_loader:
        default_format: json
    param_fetcher_listener: true
    body_listener: true
    #disable_csrf_role: ROLE_USER
    body_converter:
        enabled: true
    view:
        view_response_listener: force

nelmio_cors:
    defaults:
        allow_credentials: false
        allow_origin: []
        allow_headers: []
        allow_methods: []
        expose_headers: []
        max_age: 0
    paths:
        '^/api/':
            allow_origin: ['*']
            allow_headers: ['*']
            allow_methods: ['POST', 'PUT', 'GET', 'DELETE']
            max_age: 3600

sensio_framework_extra:
    request: { converters: true }
    view:    { annotations: false }
    router:  { annotations: true }

Generating the Controller

Generate the REST controller, _(*6)

$ php app/console voryx:generate:rest

This will guide you through the generator which will generate a RESTful controller for an entity., _(*7)

Example

Create a new entity called 'Post':, _(*8)

$ php app/console doctrine:generate:entity --entity=AppBundle:Post --format=annotation --fields="name:string(255) description:string(255)" --no-interaction

Update the database schema:, _(*9)

$ php app/console doctrine:schema:update --force

Generate the API controller:, _(*10)

$ php app/console voryx:generate:rest --entity="AppBundle:Post"

Using the API

If you selected the default options you'll be able to start using the API like this:, _(*11)

Creating a new post (POST), _(*12)

$ curl -i -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"name" : "Test Post", "description" : "This is a test post"}' http://localhost/app_dev.php/api/posts

Updating (PUT), _(*13)

$ curl -i -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT -d '{"name" : "Test Post 1", "description" : "This is an updated test post"}' http://localhost/app_dev.php/api/posts/1

Get all posts (GET), _(*14)

$ curl http://localhost/app_dev.php/api/posts

Get one post (GET), _(*15)

$ curl http://localhost/app_dev.php/api/posts/1

Delete (DELETE), _(*16)

$ curl -X DELETE  http://localhost/app_dev.php/api/posts/1

Related Entities

If you want the form to be able to convert related entities into the correct entity id on POST, PUT or PATCH, use the voryx_entity form type, _(*17)

#Form/PostType()

    ->add(
        'user', 'voryx_entity', array(
            'class' => 'Acme\Bundle\Entity\User'
        )
    )