An API built in Laravel 4

A study on building an API, and doing so in Laravel

Focus:

1. Code Organization in Laravel 4
   • Application library
   • Extension/replacement of base classes
2. "Tips", such as:
   • Basic Authentication/Filters
   • Session handling in API setting
3. Proper Responses - HTTP status codes
4. Etags support
   • Conditional GET
   • Concurrency Control
5. Rate Limiting (?)