Table of Contents for
PHP Web Services, 2nd Edition

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  1. nav
  2. Cover
  3. PHP Web Services
  4. PHP Web Services
  5. Preface
  6. 1. HTTP
  7. 2. HTTP Verbs
  8. 3. Headers
  9. 4. Cookies
  10. 5. JSON
  11. 6. XML
  12. 7. RPC and SOAP Services
  13. 8. REST
  14. 9. Webhooks
  15. 10. HTTP Tools
  16. 11. Maintainable Web Services
  17. 12. Making Service Design Decisions
  18. 13. Building a Robust Service
  19. 14. Publishing Your API
  20. A. A Guide to Common Status Codes
  21. B. Common HTTP Headers
  22. Index
  23. About the Author
  24. Colophon
  1. Preface
    1. Conventions Used in This Book
    2. Using Code Examples
    3. Safari® Books Online
    4. How to Contact Us
    5. Acknowledgments
  2. 1. HTTP
    1. Clients and Servers
    2. Making HTTP Requests
      1. Command-Line HTTP
      2. Browser Tools
      3. Doing HTTP with PHP
  3. 2. HTTP Verbs
    1. Serving GET Requests
    2. Making GET Requests
    3. Handling POST Requests
    4. Making POST Requests
    5. Using Other HTTP Verbs
  4. 3. Headers
    1. Request and Response Headers
    2. Identify Clients with User-Agent
    3. Headers for Content Negotiation
      1. Parsing an Accept Header
      2. Demonstrating Accept Headers with cURL
    4. Securing Requests with the Authorization Header
      1. HTTP Basic Authentication
      2. HTTP Digest Authentication
      3. OAuth
    5. Caching Headers
    6. Custom Headers
  5. 4. Cookies
    1. Cookie Mechanics
    2. Reading and Writing Cookies
    3. Making Requests with Cookies
    4. Cookies and APIs
  6. 5. JSON
    1. When to Choose JSON
    2. Handling JSON with PHP
      1. The JSONSerializable Interface
    3. Consuming JSON APIs
  7. 6. XML
    1. XML in PHP
      1. Creating XML
    2. Consuming XML APIs
      1. Parsing XML
      2. Flickr’s XML API
  8. 7. RPC and SOAP Services
    1. RPC
    2. SOAP
      1. WSDL
      2. PHP SOAP Client
      3. PHP SOAP Server
      4. Generating a WSDL File from PHP
      5. PHP Client and Server with WSDL
  9. 8. REST
    1. RESTful URLs
    2. Resource Structure and Hypermedia
    3. Build the Basic RESTful Server
      1. Example Project: The Wishlist
      2. Create Resources with POST
      3. Fetch a Resource or Collection with GET
      4. Update a Resource with PUT
      5. DELETE a Resource
    4. RESTful Versus Useful
  10. 9. Webhooks
    1. GitHub’s Webhooks
    2. Publishing Your Own Webhooks
  11. 10. HTTP Tools
    1. Easy Command-Line JSON
    2. Graphical cURL Alternatives
    3. Inspect HTTP Traffic with Wireshark
    4. Tunnel Local Traffic Remotely with ngrok
    5. Inspect, Edit, Repeat, and Share Requests
    6. Proxying PHP Applications
      1. Proxy Settings for Guzzle
      2. Proxy Settings for HTTP Stream Handling
    7. Finding the Tool for the Job
  12. 11. Maintainable Web Services
    1. Sample API Application
    2. Consistent Output Formats
    3. Debug Output as a Tool
    4. Effective Logging Techniques
      1. Error Logging in PHP Applications with Monolog
    5. Error Handling with PHP Exceptions
  13. 12. Making Service Design Decisions
    1. Service Type Decisions
    2. How to Present API Data
      1. Hypermedia for Easy API Navigation
      2. Nested Data or Many Round Trips
      3. Data Formats and Media Types
    3. Customizable Experiences
    4. Pick Your Defaults
  14. 13. Building a Robust Service
    1. Consistency Is Key
      1. Consistent and Meaningful Naming
      2. Common Validation Rules
      3. Predictable Structures
    2. Error Handling in APIs
    3. Meaningful Error Messages
    4. What to Do When You See Errors
    5. Making Design Decisions for Robustness
  15. 14. Publishing Your API
    1. Documentation Is Key
      1. Overview Documentation
      2. Generated API Documentation
      3. Interactive Documentation
    2. API Description Languages
    3. Automated Testing Tools
    4. Tutorials and the Wider Ecosystem
  16. A. A Guide to Common Status Codes
  17. B. Common HTTP Headers
  18. Index
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