CodeIgniter 4 Rest Api Example Tutorial

CodeIgniter 4 Rest Api Example Tutorial

In this tutorial, We will inform you how to create a Rest API example in CodeIgniter 4(CodeIgniter 4 Rest API Example Tutorial).

REST stands for Representational State Transfer. It means allows two clients to communicate with a server. the Rest API uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST, and DELETE data.

There are four types of API. such as SOAP, XML-RPC, JSON-RPC. and REST. so here we will use REST API.

Overview
Step 1: Download Codeigniter
Step 2: Basic Configurations
Step 3: Create a Database in table
Step 4: Connect to Database
Step 5: Create Controller and Model
Step 6: Create REST API Route
Step 7: Run The Application

Download Codeigniter

If you want to download or install CodeIgniter 4 then you can below Url.
How To Install Codeigniter 4 Using Manual, Composer, Git

Basic Configurations

If you want to Basic Configurations in your project then you can below Url.
Codeigniter 4 Removing Index.Php From Url

Create a Database in table

In this step, We will create the database and table.

Connect to Database

Go to the “app/Config/Database.php” folder and open the database.php file some changes in this file like hostname, database username, database password, and database name.

Create Controller and Model

In this step, we will a create “Student.php” controller and “StudentModel.php” model.
app/Controllers/Student.php

app/Models/StudentModel.php

Create REST API Route

Add the following route code in the “app/config/Routes.php” file.

Run The Application

Now we will run our example using the postman. so you can see the below example.

Get All Records using Rest API

Get Single Record using Rest API

Codeigniter 4 single

Create Record using Rest API

Codeigniter 4 rest api create

Update Record using Rest API

Codeigniter 4 rest api update

Delete Record using Rest API

Codeigniter 4 rest api delete

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