NEW Aliases can now be defined for DataObject endpoints (#80)

* set endpoint_aliases on RestfulServer to specify fixed aliases for exposed dataobjects

* removed wrong use statements from older project

* better docblock

* use correct obj ClassName in RestfulServer::updateDataObject

* added findClassNameEndpoint method, replaced getEndpointAlias()

* getDataFormatter() - find correct endpoint instead of request param ClassName

* Better docblock

Co-Authored-By: Guy Marriott <guy@scopey.co.nz>

* Better docblock

Co-Authored-By: Guy Marriott <guy@scopey.co.nz>

* Return type hint in findClassNameEndpoint method

Co-Authored-By: Guy Marriott <guy@scopey.co.nz>

* renamed endpoint method to resolveEndpoint

* unsanitiseClassName in resolveEndpoint method

* renamed resolveEndpoint to resolveClassName. Take $request as param instead of string

* better docbloc

* Remove unneccesary unsanitiseClassName call

Co-Authored-By: Guy Marriott <guy@scopey.co.nz>

* changed docblocks to satisfy codesniffer

* Drop PHP 5.6 and 7.0 from travis


Co-authored-by: Guy Marriott <guy@scopey.co.nz>

.travis.yml

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ env:
 
 matrix:
   include:
-    - php: 5.6
+    - php: 7.1
       env: DB=MYSQL RECIPE_VERSION=4.3.x-dev PHPCS_TEST=1 PHPUNIT_TEST=1
-    - php: 7.0
-      env: DB=MYSQL RECIPE_VERSION=4.4.x-dev PHPUNIT_TEST=1
     - php: 7.1
+      env: DB=MYSQL RECIPE_VERSION=4.4.x-dev PHPUNIT_TEST=1
+    - php: 7.2
       env: DB=PGSQL RECIPE_VERSION=4.3.x-dev PHPUNIT_COVERAGE_TEST=1
     - php: 7.2
       env: DB=MYSQL RECIPE_VERSION=4.4.x-dev PHPUNIT_TEST=1

src/RestfulServer.php

@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ class RestfulServer extends Controller
      */
     private static $default_extension = "xml";
 
+    /**
+     * Custom endpoints that map to a specific class.
+     * This is done to make the API have fixed endpoints,
+     * instead of using fully namespaced classnames, as the module does by default
+     * The fully namespaced classnames can also still be used though
+     * Example:
+     * ['mydataobject' => MyDataObject::class]
+     *
+     * @config array
+     */
+    private static $endpoint_aliases = [];
+
     /**
      * Whether or not to send an additional "Location" header for POST requests
      * to satisfy HTTP 1.1: https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html
@@ -173,7 +185,7 @@ public static function parseRelationClass($class)
      */
     public function index(HTTPRequest $request)
     {
-        $className = $this->unsanitiseClassName($request->param('ClassName'));
+        $className = $this->resolveClassName($request);
         $id = $request->param('ID') ?: null;
         $relation = $request->param('Relation') ?: null;
 
@@ -384,7 +396,7 @@ protected function getDataFormatter($includeAcceptHeader = false, $className = n
         $accept = $this->request->getHeader('Accept');
         $mimetypes = $this->request->getAcceptMimetypes();
         if (!$className) {
-            $className = $this->unsanitiseClassName($this->request->param('ClassName'));
+            $className = $this->resolveClassName($this->request);
         }
 
         // get formatter
@@ -654,7 +666,7 @@ protected function updateDataObject($obj, $formatter)
             $rawdata = $this->request->postVars();
         }
 
-        $className = $this->unsanitiseClassName($this->request->param('ClassName'));
+        $className = $obj->ClassName;
         // update any aliased field names
         $data = [];
         foreach ($rawdata as $key => $value) {
@@ -885,4 +897,19 @@ protected function getMember()
     {
         return Security::getCurrentUser();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if given param ClassName maps to an object in endpoint_aliases,
+     * else simply return the unsanitised version of ClassName
+     *
+     * @param HTTPRequest $request
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function resolveClassName(HTTPRequest $request): string
+    {
+        $className = $request->param('ClassName');
+        $aliases = self::config()->get('endpoint_aliases');
+
+        return $aliases[$className] ?? $this->unsanitiseClassName($className);
+    }
 }