zenw0lf
Tutorial: Building a JSON API with Phoenix 1.3 and Elixir
Hello all!
I just finished a full step-by-step tutorial on how to build a JSON API with Phoenix:
https://lobotuerto.com/blog/building-a-json-api-with-phoenix-and-elixir/
It covers:
- Create a new API-only Phoenix application —skip HTML and JS stuff.
- Create a User schema module (model) and hash its password —because storing plain text passwords in the database is just wrong.
- Create a Users endpoint —so you can get a list of, create or delete users!
- CORS configuration —so you can use that frontend of yours that runs on another port / domain.
- Create a Sign in endpoint —using session based authentication.
Any feedback is appreciated!
P.S. Please bear in mind I’m just starting with Elixir and Phoenix. But did my best to try to make it as clear as possible for advanced users from other frameworks (like Rails).
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josevalim
You can achieve that by simply passing a flag to phx.new:
mix phx.new --umbrella my_app
And then if you need an app that doesn’t talk to the database:
cd my_app/apps
mix new some_api_client
Those capabilities have been there since v1.3. It is not a default but it is definitely promoted as part of Phoenix as a first class concept.
There have been plenty of discussions on why it isn’t the default so maybe someone can post a link to those (in a nutshell, dropping users into an umbrella project without any context may confuse more than help). We also plan to explore and discuss it in the upcoming Phoenix v1.4 book update too.
oldpond
There is native support in erlang. Here’s a good tutorial. http://rny.io/elixir/phoenix/ldap/2016/09/20/ldap-authenication-with-phoenix.html
GeetHoobs
Thank you, this is just what I need to start, as most tutorials are focusing on full stack.
You’re planning to use JWT, but do you have any recommendation for LDAP bindings for elixir?
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