DotKernel API 1.0.0 Released

DotKernel API 1.0.0 was just released!

What is DotKernel API?

It is a Zend Expressive 3 application aiming to help developers quickly and efficiently develop an API.

How does it work?

Under the hood it uses the following libraries:

• ezimuel/zend-expressive-api: – skeleton application on which this API is based on
• dotkernel/dot-annotated-services: ^1.1 – for handling dependency injection in your services
• dotkernel/dot-console: ^0.1.1 – for developing console applications
• dotkernel/dot-errorhandler: ^1.0 – which provides customizable error logging
• dotkernel/dot-mail: ^1.0 – for sending emails via SMTP
• zendframework/zend-expressive-authentication-oauth2: ^1.0 – for OAuth2 authentication
• zendframework/zend-expressive-authorization-rbac: ^1.0 – for role-based permissions
• zendframework/zend-expressive-twigrenderer: ^2.4 – for composing email bodies
• dasprid/container-interop-doctrine: ^1.1 – database abstraction layer
• tuupola/cors-middleware: ^0.9.4 – for automatically sending CORS headers with each request
• swagger-api/swagger-ui: ^3.22 – for creating OpenAPI 3 documentation

What does it offer?

Out-of-the-box, DotKernel API provides the following features:

• Secure authentication via OAuth2
• Two user roles: admin and member
• Admin users are allowed to manage any user account
• Members are allowed to manage only their own accounts
• OpenAPI 3 documentation – also an interactive interface that developers can use to integrate your API