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Fast is opinionated and is built to output JSON responses, authenticate via JSON Web Tokens (JWT), and it interacts with MongoDB to build Fast API's. Installation ------------ [](#installation) Fast is available via a composer package. The first thing you should do is install composer if you haven't already. Drop the following into your composer.json file and then run composer install from the command line. ``` "require": { "kheitzman/fast": "dev-master" } ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) Assuming that you're using index.php file to route requests, add this to the top of your index file. ``` require 'vendor/autoload.php'; use FastPHP\Fast as Fast; ``` This will use composers autoload feature and alias Fast as Fast for easier use. Fast builds a stack based on middleware and routes that you specify. Middleware can be placed at different positions in the stack. By default all middleware is placed at 0. When a route is found, it is placed at position 20 in the stack. To run middleware before your route code runs, specify a position less than 20. To make middleware run after your route, specify a position greater than 20. You can change your default route position using an $appConfig. Configuration ------------- [](#configuration) Customize the JSON response, database connection and more using Fast::init(). We've included an example below of every configuration variable. ``` // Server information $config['server']['name'] = 'Fast API Server'; $config['server']['description'] = 'Provides JSON responses to API endpoints via MongoDB.'; $config['server']['version'] = '1.0'; // Setup the environment $config['environment'] = 'development'; // enable benchmark $config['benchmark'] = false; // default route position $config['route_position'] = 20; // database settings $config['mongo']['host'] = 'localhost'; $config['mongo']['port'] = 27017; $config['mongo']['name'] = 'fast'; // jwt key $config['jwt']['key'] = null; $config['jwt']['time_valid'] = 60; // 60*60*24*30; // 30 days // logging $config['logging'] = false; Fast::init( $config ); ``` GET examples ------------ [](#get-examples) ``` Fast::get('/', function() { // by default returns server information }); Fast::get('entries', function() { $data['entries'] = Entry::get_all(); return $data; }); Fast::get('entry/:id', function($id) { $data['entry'] = array( 'title' => 'Lorem Ipsum ' . $id , 'content' => 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris lorem ante, semper et lacus non, viverra iaculis velit. Fusce id lorem massa. Pellentesque placerat ligula eu faucibus suscipit. Proin mi erat, aliquet et mi in, maximus varius augue. Nullam elementum mauris justo, eget tempor purus tristique quis. Aenean vel turpis quis orci ultrices iaculis. Maecenas lacinia consequat massa blandit rutrum. Phasellus non libero tempor nunc gravida eleifend. Nam et nulla nunc. Curabitur eget nulla aliquet justo interdum pretium id ac tortor.', 'author' => 'Kaleb Heitzman' ); return $data; }); ``` POST examples ------------- [](#post-examples) ``` Fast::post('entry', function() { $data['success'] = 'Entry saved successfully.'; return $data; }); ``` PUT examples ------------ [](#put-examples) ``` Fast::put('entry/:id', function($id) { $data['success'] = 'Entry updated successfully.'; return $data; }); ``` DELETE examples --------------- [](#delete-examples) ``` Fast::delete('entry/:id', function($id) { $data['success'] = 'Entry deleted successfully.'; return $data; }); ``` OPTIONS examples ---------------- [](#options-examples) ``` Fast::options('entries', function() { $data['allow'] = 'HEAD,GET,POST,PUT,DELETE,OPTIONS'; return $data; }); ``` Middleware ---------- [](#middleware) You can add middleware before and after each response and request. The default position of middleware is 0. You can change this by specifying a position in the last argument of the closure. You can see we specified notify with a position of 50 in the stack. ``` Fast::middleware('authenticate', function() { $data['auth'] = array( 'authenticated' = true, 'token' = 1234567890 ); return $data; }, 0); Fast::middleware('notify', function() { $data['notify'] array( 'mailchimp_synced' = true, ); return $data; }, 50); Fast::post('article', 'authenticate', function() { // ex., code to update an article in your db. }); Fast::get('cron', 'notify', function() { // ex., code to notify someone that cron has run. }); ``` JSON response ------------- [](#json-response) Fast outputs JSON responses that include server info, speed benchmarks, and custom data that you return in your middleware and route closures. You must specify a key, ex. $data\['entry'\], and return $data in each closure to to see your custom content show up in the JSON response. Here's an example based on the above GET /entry/:id example. ``` { server: { name: "Fast API Server", description: "Provides JSON data responses.", version: "1.0" }, auth: { authenticated: true, token: "98yq34rnasdifg7gasd7vehlk1zf09v3" }, entry: { title: "Lorem Ipsum 1", content: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris lorem ante, semper et lacus non, viverra iaculis velit. Fusce id lorem massa. Pellentesque placerat ligula eu faucibus suscipit. Proin mi erat, aliquet et mi in, maximus varius augue. Nullam elementum mauris justo, eget tempor purus tristique quis. Aenean vel turpis quis orci ultrices iaculis. Maecenas lacinia consequat massa blandit rutrum. Phasellus non libero tempor nunc gravida eleifend. Nam et nulla nunc. Curabitur eget nulla aliquet justo interdum pretium id ac tortor.", author: "John Doe" }, benchmark: { start: 1453270614.2401, end: 1453270614.2403, execution_time: "0.00018 seconds" } } ``` ### Health Score 20 — LowBetter than 14% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity7 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity41 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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