added code explained in the Part 1, now we have an api call GET /api/articles/{id}

Author: Allan Simon

MyApplication/app/AppKernel.php

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public function registerBundles()
             new Symfony\Bundle\AsseticBundle\AsseticBundle(),
             new Doctrine\Bundle\DoctrineBundle\DoctrineBundle(),
             new Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\SensioFrameworkExtraBundle(),
+            new FOS\RestBundle\FOSRestBundle(),
             new AppBundle\AppBundle(),
         );
 

MyApplication/app/config/config.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ framework:
         handler_id:  ~
     fragments:       ~
     http_method_override: true
+    serializer:
+        enabled: true
 
 # Twig Configuration
 twig:
@@ -71,3 +73,12 @@ swiftmailer:
     username:  "%mailer_user%"
     password:  "%mailer_password%"
     spool:     { type: memory }
+
+fos_rest:
+    view:
+        view_response_listener: 'force'
+        formats:
+            json: true
+    format_listener:
+        rules:
+            - { path: ^/api, priorities: [ json ], fallback_format: json, prefer_extension: true }

MyApplication/app/config/routing.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-app:
-    resource: "@AppBundle/Controller/"
-    type:     annotation
+blog_api:
+    type:     rest
+    prefix:   /api
+    resource: "@AppBundle/Resources/config/api-routing.yml"

MyApplication/src/AppBundle/Controller/ArticlesController.php

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace AppBundle\Controller;
+
+use FOS\RestBundle\Controller\FOSRestController;
+
+class ArticlesController extends FOSRestController
+{
+
+    public function getArticleAction($id)
+    {
+        return array('hello' => 'world');
+    }
+
+}
+
+

MyApplication/src/AppBundle/Resources/config/api-routing.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+blog_api_articles:
+    type: rest
+    resource: "@AppBundle/Controller/ArticlesController.php"
+    name_prefix:  api_articles_

MyApplication/web/app_dev.php

@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 
 // This check prevents access to debug front controllers that are deployed by accident to production servers.
 // Feel free to remove this, extend it, or make something more sophisticated.
-if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])
-    || isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])
-    || !(in_array(@$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], array('127.0.0.1', 'fe80::1', '::1')) || php_sapi_name() === 'cli-server')
-) {
-    header('HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden');
-    exit('You are not allowed to access this file. Check '.basename(__FILE__).' for more information.');
-}
+//if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])
+//    || isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])
+//    || !(in_array(@$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], array('127.0.0.1', 'fe80::1', '::1')) || php_sapi_name() === 'cli-server')
+//) {
+//    header('HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden');
+//    exit('You are not allowed to access this file. Check '.basename(__FILE__).' for more information.');
+//}
 
 $loader = require_once __DIR__.'/../app/bootstrap.php.cache';
 Debug::enable();