MySQL-read-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
• Single database

Features

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

Configuration

$config = array(
    "hostname"=>"localhost",
    "username"=>"root",
    "password"=>"root",
    "database"=>"cravetivity",
    "whitelist"=>false,
    "blacklist"=>array("users"),
);

Example output

URL: http://localhost/api/cate*

{"categories":[["id","name"],["1","Internet \/ Technology"],["3","Web development \/ Programming"]]}

Installation

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