A practice for rapidly building API by using Zend Framework

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1. A practice for rapidly building API by using Zend Framework Kelvin Ma
2. Agenda • Challenge for building API • Architecture for rapidly building API • Practice • Q & A
3. Challenge for building API • API is not considered at the beginning. • Had to write a lot of codes for API when needed (Duplicate business layer) • Hard to maintain both API and Web GUI
4. Architecture for rapidly building API
5. • CRUD : – http://www.site.com/api/order/get/?id=<id> – http://www.site.com/api/order/new/ – http://www.site.com/api/order/update/?id=<id> – http://www.site.com/api/order/delete/?id=<id> • HTTP GET/POST • JSON data format • Authentication by ID and Token API Design
6. File structures
7. API Process
8. API and GUI controller
9. • Array is input data format of service module • API and GUI transfer array to service module with same structure • API is using JSON data format • API authentication is implemented in custom action’s preDispatch function Key Points
10. • Easy to implement API • Less codes for API • Decouple Web GUI with Business Layer. • No need to make changes twice for API and GUI Advantage
11. Thanks Q & A