Yii2 RESTFUL API without models: getting 404 response - yii2

Question

I'm implementing RESTFUL API with Yii2. The thing is I don't use models at all. My API just gets the request and performs some calculations (or passes request as a proxy to somewhere else) and outputs the response.
I have following controllers in app\modules\api\v1\controllers:
namespace app\modules\api\v1\controllers;
class CarController extends \yii\rest\Controller
{
// GET /v1/car/:id
public function actionIndex()
{
$carId = \Yii::$app->request->get('id');
// Forwarding request to other API
return ['some_reponse'];
}
// DELETE /v1/car/:id
public function actionDelete()
{
$carId = \Yii::$app->request->get('id');
// Forwarding request to other API
return ['some_reponse'];
}
public function behaviors()
{
return [
'verbs' => [
'class' => \yii\filters\VerbFilter::className(),
'actions' => [
'create' => ['post'],
'delete' => ['delete']
],
],
];
}
}
// ===============================
namespace app\modules\api\v1\controllers;
class CarsController extends \yii\rest\Controller
{
// POST /v1/cars
public function actionCreate()
{
$carData = \Yii::$app->request->post;
// Forwarding data to other API
return ['some_reponse'];
}
public function behaviors()
{
return [
'verbs' => [
'class' => \yii\filters\VerbFilter::className(),
'actions' => [
'create' => ['post']
],
],
];
}
}
// ===============================
namespace app\modules\api\v1\controllers;
class NotificationsController extends \yii\rest\Controller
{
// POST /v1/notifications
public function actionCreate()
{
$noticicationsData = \Yii::$app->request->post;
// Perform some additinal actions here
return ['some_reponse'];
}
public function behaviors()
{
return [
'verbs' => [
'class' => \yii\filters\VerbFilter::className(),
'actions' => [
'create' => ['post']
],
],
];
}
}
Url manager configuration:
'urlManager' => [
'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
'enableStrictParsing' => true,
'showScriptName' => false,
'rules' => [
[
'class' => 'yii\rest\UrlRule',
'controller' => [ 'v1/cars' ],
'extraPatterns' => [ 'POST cars' => 'create' ]
],
[
'class' => 'yii\rest\UrlRule',
'controller' => [ 'v1/car' ],
'extraPatterns' => [ 'GET car' => 'index', 'DELETE car' => 'delete' ]
],
[
'class' => 'yii\rest\UrlRule',
'controller' => [ 'v1/notifications' ],
'extraPatterns' => [ 'POST notifications' => 'create' ]
]
]
]
Cars endpoint works fine. But other endoints return 404 error. Error response example:
{
"name": "Not Found",
"message": "Page not found.",
"code": 0,
"status": 404,
"type": "yii\web\NotFoundHttpException",
"previous": {
"name": "Invalid Route",
"message": "Unable to resolve the request: v1/car/options",
"code": 0,
"type": "yii\base\InvalidRouteException"
}
}
Any ideas whats wrong here? I guess something is wrong with my rules.

Answer 1

The problem was with urlManager rules configuration. For e.g. if I create CarController it treats like CarsController. So I have to set pluralize to false. Also modified extraPatterns section as well:
'urlManager' => [
'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
'enableStrictParsing' => true,
'showScriptName' => false,
'rules' => [
[
'class' => 'yii\rest\UrlRule',
'controller' => [ 'v1/cars' ],
'extraPatterns' => [ 'POST' => 'create' ],
],
[
'class' => 'yii\rest\UrlRule',
'controller' => [ 'v1/car' ],
'extraPatterns' => [ 'GET' => 'index', 'DELETE' => 'delete' ],
'pluralize' => false
],
[
'class' => 'yii\rest\UrlRule',
'controller' => [ 'v1/notifications' ],
'extraPatterns' => [ 'POST' => 'create' ]
]
]
]

Answer 2

Problem with yii\rest\Controller::actions(), this method already have actions index , options,view etc. You need disabled action to use your action:
public function actions()
{
$actions = parent::actions();
unset($actions['view'], $actions['index']);
return $actions;
}