FOSRestBundle How to validate the registration? - symfony

Question

I'm developing a RESTFul API in Symfony 2.3.* with FOSUserBundle and FOSRestBundle, and I'm having trouble understanding how to create a registration method.
My controller look like this :
class UserRestController extends FOSRestController
{
//Other Methods ...
public function postUserAction()
{
$userManager = $this->get('fos_user.user_manager');
$user = $userManager->createUser();
$param = $paramFetcher->all();
$form = $this->createForm(new UserType(), $user);
$form->bind($param);
if ($form->isValid() == false)
return $this->view($form, 400);
$userManager->updateUser($user);
return $this->view('User Created', 201);
}
//...
}
And my UserType class :
class UserType extends BaseType
{
public function __construct($class = "User")
{
parent::__construct($class);
}
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
$builder->add('username', 'username')
->add('email', 'email')
->add('plainPassword', 'repeated', array(
'first_name' => 'password',
'second_name' => 'confirm',
'type' => 'password'
))
->add('lastname')
->add('firstname')
->add('job_position')
->add('phone')
->add('company_name')
->add('website')
->add('sector')
->add('address')
->add('city')
->add('zip_code')
->add('country')
->add('billing_infos_same_as_company')
->add('billing_address')
->add('billing_city')
->add('billing_zip')
->add('billing_country')
->add('putf')
->add('das');
}
public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
{
$resolver->setDefaults(array(
'data_class' => 'Wipsea\UserBundle\Entity\User',
'csrf_protection' => false
));
}
public function getName()
{
return 'wipsea_user_registration';
}
}
When I test it, no matter what the form isn't valid and shows no error.
And when I try to get the request :
"Validation Failed" "This form should not contain extra fields."
Is there a way to properly validate the form ?
EDIT : Updating my problem.

Answer 1

I would recommend you this tutorial in 3 parts - there is everything you need:
http://welcometothebundle.com/symfony2-rest-api-the-best-2013-way/
http://welcometothebundle.com/web-api-rest-with-symfony2-the-best-way-the-post-method/
http://welcometothebundle.com/symfony2-rest-api-the-best-way-part-3/
If you want to provide complex user validation you should create UserType form and pass data to this form instead of directly setting all properties:
public function postAction()
{
$user = new User();
$form = $this->createForm(new UserType(), $user);
$form->handleRequest($this->getRequest());
if ($form->isValid()) {
// propel version
$user->save();
$response = new Response();
$response->setStatusCode(201);
// set the `Location` header only when creating new resources
$response->headers->set('Location',
$this->generateUrl(
'acme_demo_user_get', array('id' => $user->getId()),
true // absolute
)
);
return $response;
}
// return form validation errors
return View::create($form, 400);
}
In part 2 of this tutorial you have all information about creating form, passing data and validating it with RestBundle.
There is also a lot information about best practices using REST with Symfony2.

Answer 2

Take a look at this code:
https://github.com/piotrjura/fitness-api/blob/master/src/Fitness/FitnessBundle/Service/UsersService.php#L40
https://github.com/piotrjura/fitness-api/blob/master/src/Fitness/FitnessBundle/Controller/UsersController.php#L30
Also check validation.yml and entity serializer yml files.
You don't need forms to do the validation. And you definitly should not put the user creation and validation logic inside a controller. In case you'd like to make use of that form anyway later, eg. render it on the backend side, you'll have to write the same code twice.

Answer 3

I had to have the getName() method return '' in order for it to work for me.
https://github.com/FriendsOfSymfony/FOSRestBundle/issues/585