A modern REST API in Laravel 5

Very sophisticated REST API using Laravel 5.4. You can find all what you need in this example to create an API of your dream.

We use in this Example :

• Dingo API package

• How to use Laravel Transformer to customise the response.

• Authentication using Laravel Passport

• Create a unique slug using Eloquent-Sluggable

The project is still under developement, you may find an update if you back later.

You can find ademo here :

https://demo.halimlardjane.com/laravel-rest

Installation Step by Step:

1- After you pull up the project, browse to the folder with your terminal and run:

> composer install

2- To generate Laravel key, in your Terminal run:

> php artisan key:generate

3- Create a Database in Your MySQL (choose a name, for example: librarydb)

4- Create an new file .env in the base folder containing a copy of the file .env.example, and update the cresential of databases connexion

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=librarydb
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

Make sure also to out at API_PREFIX=api in your .env file Like this

API_PREFIX=api
API_NAME="Laravel API"
API_VERSION=v1
API_DEBUG=false

5- To migrate the database, In your Terminal run:

> php artisan migrate

6- To fill the tables with some dummy data, In your Terminal run:

> php artisan db:seed

7- To run the server and test the API, In your Terminal run:

> php artisan serve

8- Under construction...