Uploading image file through API using Symfony2 & FOSRESTBundle

Question

I have been coding an API for a photo sharing app like Instagram using Symfony2, FOSRESTBundle, and Vichuploader for file uploads.

I\'m able to work around GET and P

Answer 1

An example for a upload method exepting post requests:

public function uploadAction() {
    $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

    $document = new Document();

    foreach ($_FILES as $file) {

        $document->setTitle($file['name']);
        $document->file = new UploadedFile($file['tmp_name'], 
                          $file['name'], $file['type'],
                          $file['size'], $file['error'], $test = false);

        $em->persist($document);
        $em->flush();

        break;
    }

    $serializer = $this->get('jms_serializer');
    $data = $serializer->serialize(
          $document, 'json', 
          SerializationContext::create()->setGroups(array('someGroup')));

    return new Response($data);
}

So this action first stores the document on the server and returns a json response containing document meta data and path. I used the response for further processing in my web application.

I am not familiar with VichUploader, the above code is native Symfony2 code using Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile.

Read: http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/doctrine/file_uploads.html