MySQL-CRUD-API

Simple PHP script that adds a very basic API to a MySQL database

Requirements

• PHP 5.3 or higher with MySQLi enabled
• Apache with mod_rewrite enabled (can also run on Nginx)

Limitations

• Public API only: no authentication or authorization
• Read-only: no write or delete supported
• No column selection: always returns full table
• Single database

Features

• Very little code, easy to adapt and maintain
• Streaming data, low memory footprint
• Condensed JSON: first row contains field names
• Optional white- and blacklist support for tables
• JSONP support for cross-domain requests
• Combined requests with wildcard support for table names
• Pagination and search support

Configuration

$config = array(
    "hostname"=>"localhost",
    "username"=>"root",
    "password"=>"root",
    "database"=>"blog",
    "read_whitelist"=>false,
    "read_blacklist"=>array("users"),
    "list_whitelist"=>false,
    "list_blacklist"=>array("users"),
);

Example output

List

GET http://localhost/api/categories
GET http://localhost/api/categories,users
GET http://localhost/api/cate*
GET http://localhost/api/cate*,user*

{"categories":{"columns":["id","name"],"records":[["1","Internet"],["3","Web development"]]}}

List + Pagination

GET http://localhost/api/categories?page=1
GET http://localhost/api/categories?page=1:50

{"categories":{"pages":"1","columns":["id","name"],"records":[["1","Internet"],["3","Web development"]]}}

List + Filter

GET http://localhost/api/categories?filter=name:Inter
GET http://localhost/api/categories?filter=name:Internet&match=exact
GET http://localhost/api/categories?filter=id:1&match=upto
GET http://localhost/api/categories?filter=id:2&match=lower

{"categories":{"pages":"1","columns":["id","name"],"records":[["1","Internet"]]}}

Read

GET http://localhost/api/categories/1

{"id":"1","name":"Internet"}

Installation

Put the files in a folder named "api" and edit config.php.dist and rename it to config.php. Let Apache serve the parent folder or configure the .htaccess RewriteBase to match the exposed part of the path.

License

MIT