CodeIgniter 4 APIs Development Using JWT Authentication

Explore API development in codeigniter 4 by building CRUD APIs for an employees table without authentication, covering setup, migrations, routes, and running the development server.

Generate a CodeIgniter 4 API by creating an API controller and employee model with spark cli, configure routes, and prepare CRUD methods for the employees table.

Create api routes in CodeIgniter 4 using an API prefix, mapping post, get, put, and delete to add, list, single, update, and delete employee endpoints with id in the url.

Perform unit testing of the create employee API in a CodeIgniter 4 restful app by using a development server and Postman, validating required fields, and handling image uploads.

Explore building a single employee data API in CodeIgniter 4 for RESTful API development by fetching an employee by ID from the URL and returning a structured JSON response.

Implement the update employee API in CodeIgniter 4, updating by id with name, email, and optional profile image using method spoofing for PUT, with validation and image upload.

Implement a delete employee API in CodeIgniter 4, using a delete route with method spoofing, validate existence, perform deletion, and return clear success or error responses; tested via Postman.

Learn how to build RESTful APIs with CodeIgniter 4, implement basic authentication, and manage migrations for categories and blogs, including filters and endpoints with post, get, put, and delete.

Install and set up CodeIgniter 4 for API development with basic authentication, configure the environment, connect to a database, and prepare for migrations to create table structures.

Create migrations for two tables in CodeIgniter 4: categories and blogs, via PHP spark make migration, forge-driven fields, keys, and tables; then apply migrations and verify via migrate status.

Create a Codeigniter 4 rest api controller in the api folder. Define methods for create category, list categories, add blog, list blogs, update blog, and delete blog.

Create category and blog models for table_ categories and table_ blogs, define allowed fields, load them in the api controller, and implement a basic auth filter to protect routes.

Learn to protect CodeIgniter 4 REST APIs with basic authentication by validating the authorization header using base64 in a basic auth filter and returning json access denied when invalid.

Learn to build a rest api endpoint for creating blog posts in CodeIgniter 4, including form data validation, category existence checks, and inserting into the blog table using models.

Develop a blogs list API in CodeIgniter 4 using the query builder to join blocks with categories and return a JSON response including category names.

Develop an update block API in CodeIgniter 4 by validating category_id and title from form data, verifying the block exists via URL ID, and updating the block with optional content.

Implement delete blog api in CodeIgniter 4 restful api, validating blog existence by id, deleting from the blog table via the api controller, and exploring authentication and method spoofing options.

Build secure restful APIs with Codeigniter 4 and JWT authentication by creating users and books migrations, and implementing register, login, profile, logout, and book CRUD APIs.

Set up the CodeIgniter RESTful API by configuring the database in .env, then create and migrate users and books tables with PHP spark migrations.

Define and group CodeIgniter 4 API routes for JWT authentication, including register, login, profile, and book operations (create, list, delete) using a namespace and routes.php.

Create a register user API route in CodeIgniter 4, validate name, email, and password, hash the password, insert via the user model, and test with Postman.

Learn to build a user login API in CodeIgniter 4 using JWT, fetch the profile by decoding the authorization header token, and return a JSON response with error handling.

Build a book creation API in CodeIgniter 4 with JWT authentication, extracting user id from the authorization header, validating the title (author optional), and saving to the books table.

Delete book API validates a user token, decodes user id, and deletes a book by matching user id and book id; it returns a status message indicating success or failure.