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Hey guys,
im starting my first ever API poject with Lumen and i have some questions regarding REST and Code Organization.
I have 3 entities:
user
shoppinglist
listitems.
user hasMany shoppinglists
shoppinglist hasMany items
How do i organize the urls or this setup? Especially for the relations between them?
Do i go something like:
... /api/users/{user_id}/shoppinglists/{list_id}/items/ ...
or do i create enpoints like this?
... /api/users/
... /api/shoppinglists/
... /api/items/
Regarding code organization: Since all my Shoppinglists belong to a user, will the crud-methods for the shoppinglists go into UserController? Do i need an extra ShoppinglistController?
Regards, MasseElch
I would have a controller for each entity.
CRUD stuff for shopping list would go in ShoppingListController.
I can't see anywhere that you can get resource controllers in Lumen, I would take a look at these in Laravel and define similar routes for your REST stuff.
Hope that helps.
I would also watch this:
https://streamacon.com/video/laracon-us/amanda-folson-apis-with-lumen
Thanks man, the video helped a lot. Have my upvote, Sir!
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