brannonh / snapi-file

A simple PHP REST API to access data stored in the file system

snAPI-File

A simple PHP REST API to access data stored in the filesystem

Purpose

This is an extremely lightweight REST API that utilizes (JSON) files as data stores. Just name your stores and point them to a file, and snAPI-File will handle the rest.

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Store File

You must point snAPI-File to the stores you want to use. By default, snAPI-File loads those from a stores.json file, however you may change that through the constructor (see below).

The store file should be in the following format.

{
  "store1": "store1.json",
  "store2": "store2.json"
}

The store being used is sent in each request. Only stores referenced in the store file are supported. Any other referenced store will result in an HTTP 404 error.

Usage

Setup

Setting up the API is simple. Just create your store file and add the following lines to your PHP file.

use \SnapiFile\Api;

$api = new Api();
$api->go();

That's it. snAPI-File will handle the requests from there.

API

__construct($storeFile)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Notes
$storeFile	string		'stores.json'	The default file is created in the same directory as your PHP file.

Returns

Type	Notes
Api	The Api object

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go()

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Notes
	void

Returns

Type	Notes
void

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Client Requests

Requests to snAPI-File must be either GET or POST and include a specific set of parameters.

Parameter	Required	Notes
store	✔️	The store to use
action	✔️	The action to perform (i.e., create, retrieve, update, delete)
key		The key in the store to affect Only required for create, update, and delete actions. Use with retrieve to get a specific record from the store. Omit from retrieve to get all records from the store.
value	✔️	The value to use to affect key