API Development with Laravel

API Development with Laravel is your quick start guide to understanding and developing APIs in Laravel. Concepts are presented in an easy-to-follow and digestable manner. The concepts are not only clearly explained but practical examples are used to show how they are implemented. During  the course of this book, you’ll learn how to build a RESTful Payment Processing API of your own. The book is written in a straight-forward manner ensuring your time is not wasted. We will start with an a general introduction to APIs before focusing on RESTful APIs in particular. We then look at setting up our development environments after which, we will look at why Laravel is a tool of choice for API development, exploring Laravel concepts for API development. We'll then start the implementation of our project using concepts we have learned. Finally, we'll look at how to deploy our project.  You Will Learn To: * Develop Laravel-powered RESTful APIs * Build a Payment Processing API * Test your APIs  * Deploy your APIs * Document and version control your APIs * Make APIs secure with security best practices This Book Is For:  Anyone interested in acquiring knowledge about API development. The ideal reader should possess the ability to navigate a computer's file system, as well as the skills to create, open, and manage files and folders. Additionally, familiarity with web browsers and the capability to navigate between different websites is essential. A willingness to use the command line and an understanding of basic programming concepts, particularly in PHP, is also recommended. Part I: Fundamentals of Lavavel APIs.- Chapter 1. Introduction To APIs.-Chapter 2. Laravel, Development And Test Tools Installation.- Chapter 3. Laravel For API Development.- Chapter 4. Laravel For API Development: Further Steps.- Part II: Payment Processor API Development.- Chapter 5. Magic Link and Dashboard Implementation.- Chapter 6.  Endpoints Implementation and Documentation.- Chapter 7.  Automated Functional Testing with EchoAPI.- Chapter 8. Webhook and Asynchronous Notifications Implementation.- Chapter 9. Deploying And Scaling Your API Using CapRover.