Symfony REST API Example
This application provides a skeleton application and reference for creating a rest API with Symfony 2.5. It returns both JSON and XML depending on the content type set in each request to the endpoints.
- Install dependencies with composer
If you don't have Composer yet, download it following the instructions on http://getcomposer.org/ or just run the following command in this projects root directory:
curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
Then, use the create-project command to generate a new Symfony application:
php composer.phar install
- Checking your System Configuration
Before starting coding, make sure that your local system is properly configured for Symfony.
Execute the check.php script from the command line:
php app/check.php
The script returns a status code of 0 if all mandatory requirements are met,
1 otherwise.
Access the config.php script from a browser:
http://localhost/path-to-project/web/config.php
If you get any warnings or recommendations, fix them before moving on.
- Run the migrations using Doctrine and populate demo data using the fixtures bundle
Create the database
app/console doctrine:database:create
Generate the schema
app/console doctrine:schema:create
Generate example data using the fixtures
app/console doctrine:fixtures:load
- Run the application using the built in development server
app/console server:run 127.0.0.1:8080
- Test
bin/phpunit -c app/ src
- Useful Commands
View all available routes
app/console router:debug
Clear cache (dev)
app/console cache:clear --env=dev