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yeste64

Hi everyone,

I would like to create a web application with REST API.

I've read the doc and if I understand good, I must be create a "normal" controller for my application and another one for my APi, isn't it ?

It isn't possible to create the same controller to display views and for the API in the same time ? Something like this :

public function action_index()

{

$posts = Model_Post::find_all();

if(Request::isJson())

{

return $this->response(array('posts' => $posts));

}

return Response::forge(View::forge('posts/index'), $posts);

}

Thank you in advance for your response

codeyad

Hello, i have use controllers for many purposes, so i think you could do it, just use a function like that: public function myfunction($data){

//process

return $this->response($data);

}

yeste64

Thank you for your response.

But you are showing me how to use the rest controller, read the doc. This I know, but that I don't know is if it's possible to use the same controller for the api and for the application. This would say that with a same action, it's possible to detect if the response should be a json or for a view of my application.

codeyad

well i haven't use that way but you can try extending the Hybrid_Controller that take the both functionalities.

Harro

it is good practice to separate your API from your interactive part of the website. Your API also need to follow different design rules, for example towards versioning, that makes mixing functionality difficult.

I can recommend Phil's book if you want to know more about API design: https://leanpub.com/build-apis-you-wont-hate

yeste64

Ok, I go to read this link.

Thank you for your response :)

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