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Tips for building a FAST Restfull API with Laravel
Hi All, I'm struggling with a "problem" that I'll try to describe shortly (forgive me if my English isn't perfect). I'm currently working with a base-code, developed with Laravel, that I need to optimize. It's an RESTfull API that retrieves JSON, and uses 2 external packages a) to handle API Request (filter, order and pagination) and b) use Fractal Transformer to build Responses. The main problem is - the API is slow! It takes forever to retrieve a list of employees, even if its limited to just 10 elements per page. I've tried to debug, and it seems that the task that is more time-consuming is the fractal transformer. (If needed, I'll comment with more details) What would you do to build a fast API using Laravel? What tips and tricks come to mind to guarantee speed?
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- Optimization of your queries (use eager loading for example: https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/eloquent-relationships#eager-loading )
- Correct indexes on your database tables. Simple example: if you sort on a column called created_at you should add an index to that column.
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bro. something os wrong. it cannot take forever yo get 10 items.
best thing to do .... debug
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Is this api yours, or are you using a 3rd parties api?
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@Cronix - It's not mine as The Author, but it is mine as The owner, meaning I have full access to the API code.
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