This blog will cover how to automate the testing of REST API. Automating the process of testing will ensure that you deliver a robust API. Any changes to the implementation is ensured, not to break any previous API behavior. In the last blog, we built a REST API using Yii... View Article
In this blog we will explore how to use API keys to enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS). API Keys are unique string (usually random number). An API key identifies a particular client that consumes the API. A client can be a web-based application or a native client. An API key... View Article
In this article, we will look into Role-based Access Control (RBAC) and see how we can use it fine-tune the access of REST API. This articles builds on the previous series of articles, in which the latest one is available here. Role-based Access Control is a mechanism which allows a... View Article
REST API is one of the most popular API standard. This article assumes that you already know what REST standard is. If you don’t, please go though this Wikipedia link. As an example, we would create a service that will provide information of TV series, seasons and episodes. Following API... View Article
The first question that one is confronted with when using Yii, is how to start a new project . There are some official tutorials like Creating Your First Yii Application The problem with this approach is you first need to download Yii Framework zip file and, then later, put it... View Article