Laravel REST API with Test-Driven Development & JWT-Auth

A Laravel REST CRUD API build using Test-Driven Development & Json Web Token Authentication.

The REST API has CRUD functionality for Recipes that have a HasMany Relationship to a User. The project also includes Tests to check on the reponses returned from the requests.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

Npm 6.15.4 or latest
Node.js 12.18.0 or latest
Composer 1.9.0 or latest
PHPUnit PHPUnit 8.5.6 or latest

Project Setup

Open Terminal / Command Prompt and type:

git clone https://github.com/vamuigua/tdd-journey.git

Then change your directory to the project you have cloned

cd tdd-journey

Install Packages

npm install

Compile Assets

npm run dev

Setting up the Database

Create .env file in root of the project

touch .env

Copy contents of .env.example and paste them to .env

cp .env.example .env

Setup the Database variables

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=YOUR_DB
DB_USERNAME=YOUR_USERNAME
DB_PASSWORD=YOUR_PASSWORD

Migrate the Database

php artisan migrate

Generate JWT Secret

php artisan jwt:secret

Run Application

php artisan serve

Your done...The app should now be running on http://127.0.0.1:8000 👍

Run Tests

vendor/bin/phpunit

Built With

Laravel 7
JSON Web Token Authentication

Authors

Victor Allen - vamuigua ✌️

Contact

If you want to contact me you can reach me at vamuigua@gmail.com.