I'm trying to achieve the following URLs for my API (I'm using Codeigniter and Phil Sturgeon's REST server library):
/players -> refers to index method in the players controller
/players/rookies -> refers to rookies method in the players controller
I don't want the URL to have a trailing "index"
/players/index
This is no problem at all when I define the routes like so:
$route['players'] = 'players/index';
Everything works as expected.
My problem is that I need additional URL segments like so:
/players/rookies/limit/10/offset/5/key/abcdef
The above example works, but the following does not:
/players/limit/10/offset/5/key/abcdef
I'm getting the following error: {"status":false,"error":"Unknown method."}
Obviously there is no limit
method in my controller.
How do I have to setup my routes.php config file to get these URLs to work properly?
Any help is much appreciated!
//www.mysite.com/players
$route['players'] = 'players/index_get';//initial call to players index
//www.mysite.com/players/rookies
/** overrides the above **/
$route['players/(:any)'] = 'players/index_get/$1';//Changing defaults index
//www.mysite.com/players/rookies/10/4
/** overrides the above **/
$route['players/(:any)/(:num)/(:num)'] = 'players/index_get/$1/$2/$3';//Changing type,limit,offset
//All routes that are similar, like above that follow the previous, override the preceding one.
//www.mysite.com/players/create
//overrides $route['players/(:any)']
$route['players/create'] = 'players/index_post';
class Players extends REST_Controller
{
public $player_types = array();
public function __construct(){
$this->player_types = array(
'rookies', 'seniors'
);//manual assign or pull from db
}
/**
* Index
* $_GET
**/
public function index_get($type='rookies',$offset=0, $limit=0)//some defaults to show on initial call
{
// www.mysite.com/players/rookies
// $route['players/(:any)'] = 'players/index_get/$1';
// First uri segment, check to see if its a valid player 'type'
if(!in_array(strtolower($type), $this->player_types)){
//redirect ?
return;
}
}
/**
* Index
* $_POST
**/
public function index_post()
{
// Create a new player
}
}