Simple coffeescript backbone.js example app with php-REST api

description

server side (file: server.php)

• Single file php - REST and database api (https://github.com/martin-mueller/coffee-backbone-php-rest-api-skeleton/blob/simple/server.php)
• takes model requests from backbone client
• REST -> CRUD data from simple id, key->value table
• nearly zero config , you only have to define allowed models,i.e.:

$allowed_models = array('notes');

no database setup, no data structure setup

doing requests

• urls for models and collection are the same

Notes example (coffeescript with backbone.js)

class app.Note extends Backbone.Model
urlRoot: 'server.php/notes'

class app.Notes extends Backbone.Collection
url: 'server.php/notes'

• request format is always application/json

Routes

route/ method	GET	POST	PUT	PATCH	DELETE
/:model/:id	get one	create one	update one	update one	delete one
		sends back id
/:model/	get all	n.a.	not implemented	n.a.	n.a

• replace :model with your model name (plural)
• replace :id with model id, ( must be integer !)
• do not send an id on POST, server.php will create it for you and send it in the response body
• response header code is alway 200 "OK" for now, will add more codes later

logging

requests are logged into log.txt , so take a look what's going on!

client side

• example coffeescript/ backbone notes app ( index.html + js-Directory + css -dir )

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