Yii 2 Advanced API Template
Yii 2 Advanced API Template is a skeleton Yii 2 application best for complex
API applications with multiple tiers., (*1)
The template includes two tiers: api and console, each of which is a separate Yii application., (*2)
The template is designed to work in a team development environment.
It supports deploying the application in different environments., (*3)
INSTALLATION
Install via Composer
Run the Composer commands to install:, (*4)
composer global require fxp/composer-asset-plugin ~1.1.1
composer create-project --prefer-dist frostealth/yii2-api-advanced my-api
Preparing application
After you install the application, you have to copy the .env.example
file to .env
and fill-in your own values., (*5)
DIRECTORY STRUCTURE
common
config/ contains shared configurations
mail/ contains view files for e-mails
models/ contains model classes used in both console and api
console
config/ contains console configurations
controllers/ contains console controllers (commands)
migrations/ contains database migrations
models/ contains console-specific model classes
runtime/ contains files generated during runtime
api
config/ contains api configurations
common/
controllers/ contains shared api-specific controllers
models/ contains shared api-specific model classes
runtime/ contains files generated during runtime
versions/ contains api versions as modules
v1/
controllers/ contains version-specific controllers
models/ contains version-specific model classes
web/ contains the entry script
vendor/ contains dependent 3rd-party packages