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gasparteixeira/api-boilerplate
==============================

Boilerplate to create a REST API with Symfony 4.2

1.0.5(7y ago)550[1 issues](https://github.com/gasparteixeira/api-boilerplate/issues)MITPHPPHP ^7.1.3

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API BOILERPLATE Symfony 4.2, MySQL & JWT Authentication
-----------------------------------------------------------

[](#api-boilerplate-symfony-42-mysql--jwt-authentication)

This project is to help people to start a fast API

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

PHP, MySQL, Git, Composer, openssl

> Symfony has a *build-in web server* you do not need Apache or Ngnx to run this project. Thanks Symfony :)

### Install with composer

[](#install-with-composer)

> Change (my-project-name) with the name of your project

```
$ composer create-project gasparteixeira/api-boilerplate my-project-name
```

### Check it out

[](#check-it-out)

```
cd my-project-name
$ php bin/console cache:clear
```

### Environment

[](#environment)

1. Open the file .env and configure your database connection (user, password and database\_name)

```
DATABASE_URL=mysql://user:password@127.0.0.1:3306/database_name
```

2. For security reasons, change this password

```
JWT_PASSPHRASE=boilerplate #change this password name and use the same password when you are generating the ssh keys
```

3. Basic Auth, change username and password

```
// config/services.yml
parameters:
    app_username: boilerplate
    app_password: S3cr37W0rd
```

### Generate SSH keys

[](#generate-ssh-keys)

> use the same password you defined in .env, when asked for it

```
$ mkdir -p config/jwt # For Symfony3+, no need of the -p option
$ openssl genrsa -out config/jwt/private.pem -aes256 4096
$ openssl rsa -pubout -in config/jwt/private.pem -out config/jwt/public.pem
```

### Creating database

[](#creating-database)

> execute the command line to create your database

```
$ php bin/console doctrine:database:create
```

> make migrations

```
$ php bin/console make:migration
```

> lets commit the migration (it will create a table called user)

```
$ php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate
```

### Load fixtures

[](#load-fixtures)

> add an user (src/DataFixtures/UserFixtures) to make the test

```
$ php bin/console doctrine:fixtures:load
```

### Running

[](#running)

```
$ php bin/console server:run
```

### Testing

[](#testing)

> You can test it using Postman or through the terminal with curl using the username and password you defined in config\\services.yml

```
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Basic $(echo -n api@boilerplate.com:12345 | base64)" http://localhost:8000/api/token
```

> Response must start like:

```
{ "token":"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE1NTE4MjAwNzEsImVtYWlsIjo.. " }
```

### PHPUnit

[](#phpunit)

```
$ php bin/phpunit
```

### API documentation

[](#api-documentation)

> Go to More stuff check out

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance16

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

4

Last Release

2623d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![gasparteixeira](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/390818?v=4)](https://github.com/gasparteixeira "gasparteixeira (18 commits)")

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