Class CategoriesApiV2Controller
Provides a gateway to the CategoryWriteService and CategoryReadService classes, which handle the shop category resources.
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__construct(\Slim\Slim $api, array $uri)
Call this constructor from every child controller class in order to set the Slim instance and the request routes arguments to the class.
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The "__initialize" method will is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Please use the new "init" for bootstrapping your child API controllers. |
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\Slim\SlimSlim framework instance, used for request/response manipulation.
arrayThis array contains all the segments of the current request, starting from the resource.
__initialize()
_getCategories(\LanguageCode $languageCode, \IdType|null $id = null, \IdType|null $customerStatusLimit = null, $recursive = false) : array
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_linkResponse(array &$response)
The APIv2 operates with simple resources that might be linked with other resources. This architecture promotes flexibility so that API consumers can have a simpler structure. This method will search for existing external resources and will add a link to the end of each resource.
IMPORTANT: If for some reason you need to include custom links to your resources do not use this method. Include them inside your controller method manually.
NOTICE #1: This method will only search at the first level of the resource. That means that nested ID values will not be taken into concern.
NOTICE #2: You can provide both associative (single response item) or sequential (multiple response items) arrays and this method will adjust the links accordingly.
arrayPassed by reference, new links will be appended into the end of each resource.
_locateResource(string $p_name, integer $p_id)
Use this method whenever you want the "Location" header to point to an existing resource so that clients can use it to fetch that resource without having to generate the URL themselves.
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_mapResponse(array $criteria) : boolean
Some API resources contain many subresources which makes the creation of a single controller class complicated and hard to maintain. This method will forward the request to a another controller by checking the provided criteria.
Example:
$criteria = array( 'items' => 'OrdersItemsAttributesApiV2Controller', 'totals' => 'OrdersTotalsApiV2Controller' );
Notice: Each controller should map a direct subresource and not deeper ones. This way every API controller is responsible to map its direct subresources.
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arrayAn array containing the mapping criteria.
booleanReturns whether the request was eventually mapped.
_minimizeResponse(array &$response)
APIv2 supports the GET "fields" parameter which enables the client to select the exact fields to be included in the response. It does not support nested fields, only first-level.
You can provide both associative (single response item) or sequential (multiple response items) arrays and this method will adjust the links accordingly.
arrayPassed by reference, it will be minified to the required fields.
_paginateResponse(array &$response, $p_totalItemCount = null)
One of the common functionalities of the APIv2 is the pagination and this can be easily achieved by this function which will update the response with the records that need to be returned. This method will automatically set the pagination headers in the response so that client apps can easily navigate through results.
arrayPassed by reference, it will be paginated according to the provided parameters.
_prepareResponse()
This method will prepare default attributes of the API responses. Further response settings must be set explicitly from each controller method separately.
Not available to child-controllers (private method).
_searchResponse(array &$response, string $p_keyword)
Normally the best way to filter the results is through the corresponding service but some times there is not specific method for searching the requested resource or subresource. When this is the case use this method to filter the results of the response before returning them back to the client.
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arrayContains the response data to be written.
stringThe keyword to be used for the search.
_setJsonValue(string $jsonString, string $property, string $value) : string
stringThe json formatted string which should be updated.
stringThe name or key of the property which should be updated.
stringThe new value which should be set.
stringThe updated json formatted string.
_setPaginationHeader(integer $p_currentPage, integer $p_itemsPerPage, integer $p_totalItemCount)
Useful for GET responses that return multiple items to the client. The client can use the links to navigate through the records without having to construct them on its own.
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integerCurrent request page number.
integerThe number of items to be returned in each page.
integerTotal number of the resource items.
_setRateLimitHeader()
There is a cache file that will store each user session and provide a security mechanism that will protect the shop from DOS attacks or service overuse. Each session will use the hashed "Authorization header" to identify the client. When the limit is reached a "HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests" will be returned.
Headers: X-Rate-Limit-Limit >> Max number of requests allowed. X-Rate-Limit-Remaining >> Number of requests remaining. X-Rate-Limit-Reset >> UTC epoch seconds until the limit is reset.
Important: This method will be executed in every API call and it might slow the response time due to filesystem operations. If the difference is significant then it should be optimized.
Not available to child-controllers (private method).
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_sortResponse(array &$response)
This method supports nested sort values, so by providing a "+address.street" value to the "sort" GET parameter the records will be sort by street value in ascending order. Method supports sorting up to 5 fields.
Important #1: This method has some advantages and disadvantages over the classic database sort mechanism. First it does not need mapping between the API fields and the database fields. Second it does not depend on external system code to sort the response items, so if for example a domain-service does not support sorting the result can still be sorted before sent to the client. The disadvantages are that it will only support a predefined number of fields and this is a trade-off because the method should not use the "eval" function, which will introduce security risks. Furthermore it might be a bit slower than the database sorting.
Important #2: This method is using PHP's array_multisort which by default will sort strings in a case sensitive manner. That means that strings starting with a capital letter will come before strings starting with a lowercase letter. http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-multisort.php
Example: // will sort ascending by customer ID and descending by customer company api.php/v2/customers?sort=+id,-address.company
arrayPassed by reference, contains an array of the multiple items that will returned as a response to the client.
_validateRequest()
This method will validate the request headers, user authentication and other parameters before the controller proceeds with the response.
Not available to child-controllers (private method).
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_writeResponse(array $response, integer $p_statusCode = 200)
Use this method to write a JSON encoded, pretty printed and unescaped response to the client consumer. It is very important that the API provides pretty printed responses because it is easier for users to debug and develop.
IMPORTANT: PHP v5.3 does not support the JSON_PRETTY_PRINT and JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES so this method will check for their existance and then use them if possible.
arrayContains the response data to be written.
integer(optional) Provide a custom status code for the response, default 200 - Success.
delete()
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2.1.0 |
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| apiName |
DeleteCategory |
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Categories |
| apiDescription |
Removes a category record from the database. The products that are assigned to this category will not
be removed. To see an example usage take a look at
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| apiExample |
{curl} Delete Category With ID = 57 curl -X DELETE --user admin@shop.de:12345 http://shop.de/api.php/v2/categories/57 |
| apiSuccessExample |
{json} Success-Response { "code": 200, "status": "success", "action": "delete", "resource": "Category", "categoryId": 57 } |
| apiError |
400-BadRequest Category record ID was not provided in the resource URL. |
| apiErrorExample |
Error-Response HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request { "code": 400, "status": "error", "message": "Category record ID was not provided in the resource URL." } |
get()
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2.4.0 |
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| apiName |
GetCategory |
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Categories |
| apiDescription |
Get multiple or a single category records through a GET request. Use recursive GET-parameter flag to include all
child categories. All categories in the result will be amound themselves, so there is no nesting. This method
supports all the GET parameters that are mentioned in the "Introduction" section of this documentation.
To see an example usage take a look at |
| apiExample |
{curl} Get All Toplevel Categories curl -i --user admin@shop.de:12345 http://shop.de/api.php/v2/categories {curl} Get All Categories Recursively curl -i --user admin@shop.de:12345 http://shop.de/api.php/v2/categories?recursive {curl} Get Category With ID = 57 curl -i --user admin@shop.de:12345 http://shop.de/api.php/v2/categories/57 {curl} Get Children of Category With ID = 23 curl -i --user admin@shop.de:12345 http://shop.de/api.php/v2/categories/23/children {curl} Get Children of Category With ID = 23 Recursively curl -i --user admin@shop.de:12345 http://shop.de/api.php/v2/categories/23/children?recursive |
| apiError |
404-NotFound Category does not exist. |
| apiErrorExample |
Error-Response HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found { "code": 404, "status": "error", "message": "Category does not exist." } |
post()
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2.1.0 |
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| apiName |
CreateCategory |
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Categories |
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Creates new category in the system. To see an example usage take a look at
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| apiParamExample |
{json} Request-Body { "parentId": 0, "isActive": true, "sortOrder": 0, "name": { "en": "test category", "de": "Testkategorie" }, "headingTitle": { "en": "test category", "de": "Testkategorie" }, "description": { "en": " test category description ", "de": "Testkategorie Beschreibung " }, "metaTitle": { "en": "", "de": "" }, "metaDescription": { "en": "", "de": "" }, "metaKeywords": { "en": "", "de": "" }, "urlKeywords": { "en": "test-category", "de": "Testkategorie" }, "icon": "item_ltr.gif", "image": "", "imageAltText": { "en": "", "de": "" }, "settings": { "categoryListingTemplate": "categorie_listing.html", "productListingTemplate": "product_listing_v1.html", "sortColumn": "p.products_price", "sortDirection": "ASC", "onSitemap": true, "sitemapPriority": "0.5", "sitemapChangeFrequency": "daily", "showAttributes": false, "showGraduatedPrice": false, "showQuantity": true, "showQuantityInfo": false, "showSubCategories": true, "showSubCategoryImages": true, "showSubCategoryNames": true, "showSubCategoryProducts": false, "isViewModeTiled": false, "showCategoryFilter": false, "filterSelectionMode": 0, "filterValueDeactivation": 0, "groupPermissions": [ { "id": "0", "isPermitted": false }, { "id": "1", "isPermitted": false }, { "id": "2", "isPermitted": false }, { "id": "3", "isPermitted": false } ] } } |
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{Number} parentId The ID of the parent category (use 0 if there is no parent category). {Boolean} isActive Whether the category is active. {Number} sortOrder Category's sort order starts from 0. {Object} name Multi-language object with the category's name. {Object} headingTitle Multi-language object with the category's title. {Object} description Multi-language object with the category's description. {Object} metaTitle Multi-language object with the category's meta title. {Object} metaDescription Multi-language object with the category's meta description. {Object} metaKeywords Multi-language object with the category's meta keywords. {Object} urlKeywords Multi-language object with the category's meta URL keywords. {String} icon The category icon filename. {String} image The category image filename. {Object} imageAltText Multi-language object with image alt text. {Object} settings Contains the category settings. {String} settings.categoryListingTemplate Provide a category listing template
( {String} settings.productListingTemplate Provide a product listing template
( {String} settings.sortColumn The name of the products column that will be used to sort the products. {String} settings.sortDirection Provide {Boolean} settings.onSitemap Whether the category appears on sitemap. {String} settings.sitemapPriority A numerical string value that defines the priority. {String} settings.sitemapChangeFrequency Possible values can contain the {Boolean} settings.showAttributes Show attributes flag. {Boolean} settings.showGraduatedPrice Show graduated price flag. {Boolean} settings.showQuantity Show quantity flag. {Boolean} settings.showQuantityInfo Show quantity information flag. {Boolean} settings.showSubCategories Show sub categories flag. {Boolean} settings.showSubCategoryImages Show sub category images flag. {Boolean} settings.showSubCategoryNames Show sub category names flag. {Boolean} settings.showSubCategoryProducts Show sub category products flag. {Boolean} settings.isViewModeTiled Whether the category view mode is tiled. {Boolean} settings.showCategoryFilter Whether to show the category filter. {Number} settings.filterSelectionMode Filter selection mode value. {Number} settings.filterValueDeactivation Filter value deactivation mode value. {Array} settings.groupPermissions Contains objects that have info about the customer group permissions. {Number} settings.groupPermissions.id The customer group permissions. {Boolean} settings.groupPermissions.isPermitted Whether the current group is permitted to view the category. |
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(Success 201) Response-Body If successful, this method returns a complete Category resource in the response body. |
| apiError |
400-BadRequest Category data were not provided. |
| apiErrorExample |
Error-Response HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request { "code": 400, "status": "error", "message": "Category data were not provided." } |
put()
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2.1.0 |
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| apiName |
UpdateCategory |
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Categories |
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Use this method to update an existing category record. Take a look in the POST method for more detailed
explanation on every resource property. To see an example usage take a look at
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Response-Body If successful, this method returns the updated Category resource in the response body. |
| apiError |
400-BadRequest Category record ID was not provided or is invalid. 400-BadRequest Category data were not provided. |
| apiErrorExample |
Error-Response (Missing or invalid ID) HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request { "code": 400, "status": "error", "message": "Category record ID was not provided or is invalid." } Error-Response (Empty request body) HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request { "code": 400, "status": "error", "message": "Category data were not provided." } |
DEFAULT_PAGE_ITEMS
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DEFAULT_CONTROLLER_NAME
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DEFAULT_RATE_LIMIT
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DEFAULT_RATE_RESET_PERIOD
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categoryWriteService : \CategoryWriteService
categoryJsonSerializer : \CategoryJsonSerializer
categoryListItemJsonSerializer : \CategoryListItemJsonSerializer
categories : array
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array
api : \Slim\Slim
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\Slim\Slim
uri : array
Example: URI - api.php/v2/customers/73/addresses CODE - $this->uri[1]; // will return '73'
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array