1-setup_drupal_8.rst

Step 1: Setting up the library in Drupal 8

A) Download the library

Open a command console, enter your project directory and execute the following command to download the latest stable version of this bundle:

$ composer require mediamonks/rest-api ~1.0

This command requires you to have Composer installed globally, as explained in the installation chapter of the Composer documentation.

B) Setup the library

A custom module will be created soon but untill then this will implement the library in your Drupal 8 project:

Create a module "mediamonks_rest_api" with these files:

# mediamonks_rest_api.info.yml
name: MediaMonks Rest API
description: Transforms any controller result into a Rest API response
package: Custom
type: module
core: 8.x

services:
  MediaMonks\RestApi\EventSubscriber\RestApiEventSubscriber:
    autowire: true
    tags:
      - { name: event_subscriber }

  MediaMonks\RestApi\Request\PathRequestMatcher:
    public: false
    arguments:
      - '/api'

  MediaMonks\RestApi\Request\RequestTransformer:
    public: false
    autowire: true

  MediaMonks\RestApi\Response\ResponseTransformer:
    public: false
    autowire: true

  MediaMonks\RestApi\Serializer\JsonSerializer:
    public: false

  MediaMonks\RestApi\Model\ResponseModel:
    public: false

  MediaMonks\RestApi\Model\ResponseModelFactory:
    public: false
    autowire: true

Then activate the module, clear caches and start creating controllers which start with /api for it to take effect.

Please note this example uses autowiring which is available since Drupal 8.5