Laravel API Developer Roadmap
Learn to build professional APIs using Laravel. From RESTful APIs to GraphQL, from Authentication to Rate Limiting.
Who is this for?
Laravel developers who want to specialize in building APIs. Good knowledge of Laravel fundamentals and RESTful APIs required.
Prerequisites
Good Laravel experience, RESTful APIs understanding, JSON knowledge, Authentication & Authorization understanding, Postman or API testing tools knowledge.
Learning Outcomes
Build professional RESTful APIs, implement GraphQL, apply Authentication & Authorization, Rate Limiting, API Documentation, Testing APIs.
"This roadmap focuses on building robust and secure APIs using Laravel. We will cover RESTful APIs, GraphQL, Authentication, and many advanced topics."
Learn to build RESTful APIs using Laravel. API Routes, API Resources, and JSON Responses.
Learn RESTful API Design principles.
Task: Design RESTful API structure for your project.
Learn to create API Routes and Controllers.
Task: Create multiple API Controllers.
Learn to use API Resources to transform data.
Task: Create multiple API Resources.
Learn to format API Responses consistently.
Task: Implement consistent Response Formatting.
Create a complete RESTful API with all operations.
Task: Create a complete RESTful API with CRUD operations.
Learn to implement Authentication in APIs using Laravel Sanctum. Tokens and OAuth.
Learn to use Laravel Sanctum for API Authentication.
Task: Implement Sanctum in your project.
Learn API Token management.
Task: Create a Token management system.
Learn to implement OAuth 2.0 in APIs.
Task: Implement OAuth 2.0 in your project.
Create a complete Authentication system for APIs.
Task: Implement complete Authentication with Token management.
Learn API Versioning, Rate Limiting, Throttling, and Caching for APIs.
Learn to apply Rate Limiting to APIs.
Task: Apply Rate Limiting to API routes.
Learn API Versioning strategies.
Task: Implement API Versioning in your project.
Learn advanced Request Throttling.
Task: Implement advanced Throttling.
Learn Caching for API Responses.
Task: Implement Response Caching.
Implement Rate Limiting and Versioning on API.
Task: Create a fully protected API.
Learn to build GraphQL APIs using Laravel Lighthouse. Queries and Mutations.
Learn to use Laravel Lighthouse to build GraphQL APIs.
Task: Install and configure Lighthouse.
Learn to write GraphQL Mutations.
Task: Create multiple Mutations.
Create a complete GraphQL API using Lighthouse.
Task: Create a GraphQL API with Queries and Mutations.
Learn to document APIs using Swagger/OpenAPI. Postman Collections.