PHP Web Services by Mitchell, Lorna Jane -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface

Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

1. HTTP

Clients and Servers Making HTTP Requests

Command-Line HTTP Browser Tools Doing HTTP with PHP

2. HTTP Verbs

Serving GET Requests Making GET Requests Handling POST Requests Making POST Requests Using Other HTTP Verbs

3. Headers

Request and Response Headers Identify Clients with User-Agent Headers for Content Negotiation

Parsing an Accept Header Demonstrating Accept Headers with cURL

Securing Requests with the Authorization Header

HTTP Basic Authentication HTTP Digest Authentication OAuth

Caching Headers Custom Headers

4. Cookies

Cookie Mechanics Reading and Writing Cookies Making Requests with Cookies Cookies and APIs

5. JSON

When to Choose JSON Handling JSON with PHP

The JSONSerializable Interface

Consuming JSON APIs

6. XML

XML in PHP

Creating XML

Consuming XML APIs

Parsing XML Flickr’s XML API

7. RPC and SOAP Services

RPC SOAP

WSDL PHP SOAP Client PHP SOAP Server Generating a WSDL File from PHP PHP Client and Server with WSDL

8. REST

RESTful URLs Resource Structure and Hypermedia Build the Basic RESTful Server

Example Project: The Wishlist Create Resources with POST Fetch a Resource or Collection with GET Update a Resource with PUT DELETE a Resource

RESTful Versus Useful

9. Webhooks

GitHub’s Webhooks Publishing Your Own Webhooks

10. HTTP Tools

Easy Command-Line JSON Graphical cURL Alternatives Inspect HTTP Traffic with Wireshark Tunnel Local Traffic Remotely with ngrok Inspect, Edit, Repeat, and Share Requests Proxying PHP Applications

Proxy Settings for Guzzle Proxy Settings for HTTP Stream Handling

Finding the Tool for the Job

11. Maintainable Web Services

Sample API Application Consistent Output Formats Debug Output as a Tool Effective Logging Techniques

Error Logging in PHP Applications with Monolog

Error Handling with PHP Exceptions

12. Making Service Design Decisions

Service Type Decisions How to Present API Data

Hypermedia for Easy API Navigation Nested Data or Many Round Trips Data Formats and Media Types

Customizable Experiences Pick Your Defaults

13. Building a Robust Service

Consistency Is Key

Consistent and Meaningful Naming Common Validation Rules Predictable Structures

Error Handling in APIs Meaningful Error Messages What to Do When You See Errors Making Design Decisions for Robustness

14. Publishing Your API

Documentation Is Key

Overview Documentation Generated API Documentation Interactive Documentation

API Description Languages Automated Testing Tools Tutorials and the Wider Ecosystem

A. A Guide to Common Status Codes B. Common HTTP Headers Index

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