adding CORS capabilities and accept JSON req

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Silex Simple REST
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 A simple silex skeleton application for writing RESTful API. Developed and maintained by [Alessandro Arnodo](http://alessandro.arnodo.net).
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ You need at least php **5.4.*** with **SQLite extension** enabled and **Composer
     composer install 
     sqlite3 app.db < resources/sql/schema.sql
     php -S 0:9001 -t web/
+
+You can install the project also as a composer project
+
+		composer create-project vesparny/silex-simple-rest
 
 Your api is now available at http://localhost:9001/api/v1.
 
@@ -32,10 +36,27 @@ From the root folder run the following command to run tests.
 The api will respond to
 
 	GET  ->   http://localhost:9001/api/v1/notes
-	POST ->   http://localhost:9001/api/v1/notes/{id}
 	POST ->   http://localhost:9001/api/v1/notes
+	POST ->   http://localhost:9001/api/v1/notes/{id}
 	DELETE -> http://localhost:9001/api/v1/notes/{id}
 
+Your request should have 'Content-Type: application/json' header.
+Your api is CORS compliant out of the box, so it's capable of cross-domain communication.
+
+Try with curl:
+
+	#GET
+	curl http://localhost:9001/api/v1/notes -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -w "\n"
+
+	#POST (insert)
+	curl -X POST http://localhost:9001/api/v1/notes -d '{"note":"Hello World!"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -w "\n"
+
+	#POST (update)
+	curl -X POST http://localhost:9001/api/v1/notes/1 -d '{"note":"Uhauuuuuuu!"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -w "\n"
+
+	#DELETE
+	curl -X DELETE http://localhost:9001/api/v1/notes/1 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -w "\n"
+
 ####What's under the hood
 Take a look at the source code, it's self explanatory :)
 More documentation and info about the code will be available soon.

src/App/Controllers/NotesController.php

@@ -46,11 +46,8 @@ public function delete($id)
 
     public function getDataFromRequest(Request $request)
     {
-        $payload = json_decode($request->getContent());
-
-        $note = array(
-            "note" => $payload->note,
+        return $note = array(
+            "note" => $request->request->get("note")
         );
-        return $note;
     }
 }

src/app.php

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Silex\Provider\ServiceControllerServiceProvider;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use App\ServicesLoader;
 use App\RoutesLoader;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
@@ -15,6 +16,32 @@
 
 define("ROOT_PATH", __DIR__ . "/..");
 
+//handling CORS preflight request
+$app->before(function (Request $request) {
+   if ($request->getMethod() === "OPTIONS") {
+       $response = new Response();
+       $response->headers->set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin","*");
+       $response->headers->set("Access-Control-Allow-Methods","GET,POST,PUT,DELETE,OPTIONS");
+       $response->headers->set("Access-Control-Allow-Headers","Content-Type");
+       $response->setStatusCode(200);
+       $response->send();
+   }
+}, Application::EARLY_EVENT);
+
+//handling CORS respons with right headers
+$app->after(function (Request $request, Response $response) {
+   $response->headers->set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin","*");
+   $response->headers->set("Access-Control-Allow-Methods","GET,POST,PUT,DELETE,OPTIONS");
+});
+
+//accepting JSON
+$app->before(function (Request $request) {
+    if (0 === strpos($request->headers->get('Content-Type'), 'application/json')) {
+        $data = json_decode($request->getContent(), true);
+        $request->request->replace(is_array($data) ? $data : array());
+    }
+});
+
 $app->register(new ServiceControllerServiceProvider());
 
 $app->register(new DoctrineServiceProvider(), array(