PHP API used to store health and fitness data. This example code base is currently only set up to handle a single user. A users table with unique API keys will be added in the future.

This API will be used to store fitness data collected from a native Android app. Data will be displayed to the user on the web and within the mobile app.

Technologies Used

PHP, MySQL, Slim Framework, API DOC

Create a database named fitness. Add the following table:

CREATE TABLE `heartrate` (
  `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `timestamp` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  `heartrate` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
)

Install composer to project (similar to npm but on a per project basis)

curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Get dependencies (similar to npm install)

php composer.phar install

Start local server (similar to npm start)

php -S localhost:8000

Create a config.php file using the config-sample.php as a template. Pass the X-API-KEY header you set in the config.php file with all requests.

Run the following to generate API documentation:

apidoc -i ./ -e apidoc/ -o apidoc/

After running the command, documentation can be found in the apidoc folder.

• https://www.shift8web.ca/2015/04/use-php-to-set-up-a-restful-api-with-simple-authentication/
• http://apidocjs.com/#getting-started
• http://docs.slimframework.com/