Yii 2 Basic REST API Implementation

This is simple implementation of Yii2 Basic Template for API/Backend Application.

DIRECTORY STRUCTURE

  assets/             contains assets definition
  commands/           contains console commands (controllers)
  config/             contains application configurations
  controllers/        contains Web controller classes
  customs/            contains custom classes
  mail/               contains view files for e-mails
  models/             contains model classes
  runtime/            contains files generated during runtime
  tests/              contains various tests for the basic application
  vendor/             contains dependent 3rd-party packages
  views/              contains view files for the Web application
  web/                contains the entry script and Web resources

REQUIREMENTS

The minimum requirement by this project template that your Web server supports PHP 5.4.0.

INSTALLATION

No need to worry about installation, just clone this repo. All dependencies should be downloaded too.

CONFIGURATION

Database

Import file pretest_privy.sql to create database scheme including some data seed

NOTES:

• This file contains CREATE DATABASE command, so you don't need to create blank database
• Please do check runtime and web directory, it should be writable

REST Client

Import file Pretest-Privy.postman_collection.json for API Collection & Pretest-Privy.postman_environment.json for the environment. You can import those file using Postman or Insomnia.

RUNNING APPLICATION

Create Server

Simply run this command from your console php yii serve --port=7878, so you can access it by calling http://localhost:7878. You can change the port, but you have to change the REST Client environment settings too.

Testing via Insomnia

Testing via Postman