How To Build A Web Service
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Covers the concepts on how to build a web service (Rest API), data formats (JSON vs XML), HTTP, troubleshooting your API, tools and how to bring it all together in PHP.
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HOW {TO}BUILD A WEB SERVICE
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OVERVIEWI. REST API
II. DATA FORMATS - (JSON vs XML)
III. Request
IV. Response
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NEED TO KNOWI. HTTP
I. Methods
II. Headers
III. Status Codes
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HOW TOI. Troubleshooting
II. Tools
III. PHP Frameworks
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REST
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/*** Representational State Transfer*/
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/*** Representational State Transfer*/
- use HTTP methods to determine action.
- use HTTP headers identify specifics of the request and how to handle the response
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/*** USEFUL HTTP METHODS*/
- GET: retrieve resource representation (read*)
- POST: create* new resource
- PUT: update* resource
- DELETE*
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/*** USEFUL HTTP HEADERS*/
- Accept and Content-Type: used for content format negotiation
- User-Agent: Identify what made the request
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/*** HTTP STATUS CODES*/
- 200: OK
- 301: Moved
- 302: Found
- 401: Not Authorized
- 403: Forbidden
- 404: Not Found
- 500: Server Error
- Custom *
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DATA FORMATS
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/** * JSON vs XML */
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/*** JSON: JavaScript Object Notation*/
Pros
- Comes standard in PHP
- Light
- Great for devices
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/*** JSON: JavaScript Object Notation*/
Cons
- Hard to distinguish Object vs Array in php
- Not as descriptive
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/** * XML*/
Pros
- Verbose and Precise
- Great for Machine to Machine
- Inherent style depending on the client.
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/*** XML*/
Cons
- Heavy
- Multiple PHP libraries / parsers
- Multiple standard formats (plain, rss, atom etc)
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/** * Request and Respond */
- Resource are always in pluralhttp://api.local.ws/users/1
- When no identifier is present, the collection is the resourcehttp://api.local.ws/users
- Respond with appropriate status code
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/** * Tools */
- Apigee
- YQL
- Charles
- Browser (GET, POST)
- Packet Sniffers
- PHP (curl,file_get_contents)
- any http client*
- RESTClient
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DO IT17
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MOSES NGONE@mosesngone
http://mospired.com
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THANK YOUSunday, October 9, 11
