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Book Details
- Subtitle
- A Guide to Building APIs in Laravel.
- Format
- ebook
- Difficulty
- intermediate
API Artisan
A Guide to Building APIs in Laravel.
A practical guide to building modern, production-grade APIs with Laravel. Written with hands-on developers in mind, it goes beyond the basics and covers real-world concerns like authentication, authorization, error handling, observability, and scalability. It's the book I wish existed when I first started helping teams design and ship APIs that power serious products.
About This Book
API Artisan is a comprehensive guide to building robust and scalable APIs using the Laravel framework. It covers everything from the fundamentals of RESTful API design to advanced topics like authentication, authorization, error handling, and performance optimization.
Written for developers who want to go beyond the basics, this book provides practical insights and real-world examples to help you design and implement APIs that can handle production workloads. Whether you’re building a simple API for a mobile app or a complex backend for a large-scale application, API Artisan has you covered.
Who This Book Is For
This book is ideal for:
- Intermediate to advanced Laravel developers looking to deepen their understanding of API development.
- Backend developers who want to learn best practices for building scalable and maintainable APIs.
- Teams and individuals responsible for designing and maintaining APIs in production environments.
- Anyone interested in mastering the art of API development with Laravel.
What You’ll Learn
By reading API Artisan, you’ll gain:
- A solid understanding of RESTful principles and how to apply them in Laravel.
- Techniques for structuring your Laravel projects for scalability and maintainability.
- Strategies for implementing secure authentication and authorization mechanisms.
- Best practices for validating input and handling errors consistently.
- Methods for testing your APIs to ensure reliability and performance.
- Insights into optimizing your APIs for performance and scalability.
Release Information
API Artisan is currently in development and is expected to be released on December 1, 2025. You can sign up for updates and be notified when the book becomes available. If you’d like to be notified when the book is released, please subscribe to the mailing list.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Understanding REST, HTTP methods, status codes, and API design principles
Foundation That Scales
Project structure, routing, middleware, and basic authentication
Resources That Survive Contact
Advanced Eloquent patterns, relationships, and API resources
Authentication That Actually Works
Sanctum, Passport, JWT, and role-based access control
Validation That Protects
Form requests, custom validation rules, and consistent error responses
Testing That Gives Confidence
Feature tests, API testing patterns, and test-driven development
Production Readiness
Caching strategies, database optimization, and rate limiting
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