API Development with Laravel

API Development with Laravel is your quick start guide to understanding and developing APIs in Laravel. Concepts are presented in an easy-to-follow and digestable manner. The concepts are not only clearly explained but practical examples are used to show how they are implemented. In the course of this book, you'll learn how build a RESTful Payment Processing API of your own. The book is written in a straight-to-the-point manner to ensure your time is not wasted. We will start with an introduction to APIs generally and RESTful APIs in particular. We then look at setting up our development environments. Thereafter we'll look at why Laravel is a tool of choice for API development and also at Laravel conceps for API development. Finally we start the designing and implementation of our projects, using all the concepts learnt so far. You Will Learn To: Develop Laravel-powered RESTful APIs Build a Payment Processing API Test your APIs Deploy your APIs Document and version controlyour APIs Make APIs secure with security best practices This Book Is For: This book is intended for anyone interested in acquiring knowledge about API development. The ideal reader should possess the ability to navigate a computer's file system, as well as the skills to create, open, and manage files and folders. Additionally, familiarity with web browsers and the capability to navigate between different websites is essential. A willingness to use the command line and an understanding of basic programming concepts, particularly in PHP, is also recommended.