Yii 2 Basic API Template

Yii 2 Basic API Template is a skeleton Yii 2 application best for rapidly creating small API applications.

The template is designed to work in a team development environment. It supports deploying the application in different environments.

INSTALLATION

Install via Composer

Run the Composer commands to install:

composer global require fxp/composer-asset-plugin ~1.1.1
composer create-project --prefer-dist frostealth/yii2-api-basic my-api

Preparing application

After you install the application, you have to copy the .env.example file to .env and fill-in your own values.

DIRECTORY STRUCTURE

commands/                contains console controllers (commands)
common
    controllers/         contains shared api-specific controllers
    models/              contains shared api-specific model classes
config/                  contains application configurations
mail/                    contains view files for e-mails
runtime/                 contains files generated during runtime
versions                 contains api versions as modules
    v1/
        controllers/     contains version-specific controllers
        models/          contains version-specific model classes
web/                     contains the entry script
vendor/                  contains dependent 3rd-party packages