REST API Platforms?

[Anon Anon]

I use slim. It was very easy to use. I just build routes and add functions.

On Mar 10, 2017 20:02, "David Schwartz" <newsletters at thetoolwiz.com> wrote:

> Is anybody familiar with the Slim framework? http://slimframework
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> It seems to be very simple and could be ideal for what I’m looking for.
>
> -David Schwartz
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> On Mar 10, 2017, at 8:47 PM, David Schwartz <newsletters at thetoolwiz.com>
> wrote:
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> Many companies are looking at building mobile apps, and they’d typically
> need a back-end DB to manage things.
>
> But with a back-end DB, you probably also need an “admin” portal that has
> more features than the mobile app can provide.
>
> I’ve been using this Windows app, AppGini, that lets you build some fairly
> complicated form-based web apps built in PHP and MySQL. It has full support
> for managing users, security levels, access restrictions, and all of that
> stuff. AppGini apps can be run nearly anywhere that has php V5.3+ and MySQL
> V3.2+ supported.
>
> What I’m looking for is a fairly simple way to build out a REST API
> interface that would allow mobile apps to talk to the database maintained
> by the back-end “admin” app, preferably hosted alongside the admin app.
>
> I’ve been doing some Googling and I came across the term “REST API
> Platforms” that seems to be the magical keyword needed for this kind of
> thing. I discovered there are a bunch of platforms available, like Kong,
> Apigee, Swagger, API-platform, and others. Some are open-source and some
> are strictly commercial. Some are hosted, some can be hosted anywhere. They
> all claim to be super-easy to use, although I’m sure that’s a
> highly-relative term.
>
> I’m familiar with REST APIs from the consumer/client side, and know
> virtually nothing about the publisher/server side.
>
> Does anybody here know much about the publisher/server side? In
> particular, are these REST API Platforms useful for what I’m looking at? Or
> is it easier to just write the needed PHP code by hand?
>
> What’s the best way to learn more about this stuff?
>
> Ideally, I’d like something that can access the MySQL tables, lets me
> point-and-click and set some options, and it will spit out the code.
>
> -David Schwartz
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