Lumen Programming Guide: Writing PHP Microservices, REST and Web Service APIs

✍ Scribed by Paul Redmond (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 258
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learn to write test-driven microservices, REST APIs, and web service APIs with PHP using the Lumen micro-framework, from the now popular Laravel family. This book shows you how testing APIs can help you write bullet-proof web application services and microservices.

In the Lumen Programming Guide you will learn how to use Lumen—a micro-framework by Laravel—to write bullet-proof APIs. Lumen helps you write productive, maintainable APIs using modern application design. You will learn how to write fully-tested APIs and understand essential Lumen concepts used to build a solid foundation for writing API projects.

What You Will Learn

• Maintain your API's database structure through built-in database migrations
• Write tests with factory data in a test database
• Respond with consistent data output in JSON
• Deal with PHP exceptions by using JSON responses
• Create, read, update, and delete REST resources
• Represent model associations in API responses
• Build a solid foundation for writing tests with PHPUnit and Mockery
• Validate data

Who This Book Is For
PHP developers with no Laravel experience. Only a basic understanding of HTTP and writing PHP applications is needed to get started.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Installing Lumen....Pages 1-6
Hello Lumen....Pages 7-16
Creating the Book Application....Pages 17-22
Starting the Books API....Pages 23-32
Creating, Reading, Updating, and Deleting Books....Pages 33-63
Responding to Errors....Pages 65-88
Leveling Up Responses....Pages 89-124
Validation....Pages 125-135
Authors....Pages 137-163
The /authors API Resource....Pages 165-199
Book Bundles....Pages 201-217
Ratings....Pages 219-242
Back Matter....Pages 243-247

✦ Subjects

Web Development;Programming Techniques;Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters