json-api-server is a JSON:API server implementation in PHP.
It allows you to build a feature-rich API by defining resource schema and connecting it to your application's database layer.
Based on your schema definition, the package will serve a complete API that conforms to the JSON:API specification, including support for:
- Showing individual resources (
GET /articles/1
) - Listing resource collections (
GET /articles
) - Sorting, filtering, pagination, and sparse fieldsets
- Compound documents with inclusion of related resources
- Creating resources (
POST /articles
) - Updating resources (
PATCH /articles/1
) - Deleting resources (
DELETE /articles/1
) - Content negotiation
- Error handling
- Extensions including Atomic Operations
- Generating OpenAPI definitions
The following example uses an Eloquent model in a Laravel application. However, json-api-server can be used with any framework that can deal in PSR-7 Requests and Responses. Custom behavior can be implemented to support other ORMs and data persistence layers.
use App\Models\User;
use Tobyz\JsonApiServer\Laravel;
use Tobyz\JsonApiServer\Laravel\EloquentResource;
use Tobyz\JsonApiServer\Laravel\Filter;
use Tobyz\JsonApiServer\Endpoint;
use Tobyz\JsonApiServer\Schema\Field;
use Tobyz\JsonApiServer\Schema\Type;
use Tobyz\JsonApiServer\JsonApi;
class UsersResource extends EloquentResource
{
public function type(): string
{
return 'users';
}
public function newModel(Context $context): object
{
return new User();
}
public function endpoints(): array
{
return [
Endpoint\Show::make(),
Endpoint\Index::make()->paginate(),
Endpoint\Create::make()->visible(Laravel\can('create')),
Endpoint\Update::make()->visible(Laravel\can('update')),
Endpoint\Delete::make()->visible(Laravel\can('delete')),
];
}
public function fields(): array
{
return [
Field\Attribute::make('name')
->type(Type\Str::make())
->writable()
->required(),
Field\ToOne::make('address')->includable(),
Field\ToMany::make('friends')
->type('users')
->includable(),
];
}
public function filters(): array
{
return [Filter\Where::make('id'), Filter\Where::make('name')];
}
}
$api = new JsonApi();
$api->resource(new UsersResource());
/** @var Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface $request */
/** @var Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface $response */
try {
$response = $api->handle($request);
} catch (Throwable $e) {
$response = $api->error($e);
}
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.