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Framework-free PHP REST API

Compact framework-free REST API for versioned routing, API-key authentication, CORS, validation, and request tracing.

The challenge

Frameworks often hide the responsibilities of routing, validation, and error mapping.

The result

A small HTTP core that keeps essential API boundaries visible.

What this project demonstrates

Reviewable decisions instead of slogans.

  • Versioned routing
  • API keys and CORS
  • Validation and request IDs

Technologies

  • PHP
  • REST
  • HTTP
  • MySQL