Configuration

Here’s the complete configuration of the Symfony bundle including default values:

# api/config/packages/api_platform.yaml
api_platform:

    # The title of the API.
    title: 'API title'

    # The description of the API.
    description: 'API description'

    # The version of the API.
    version: '0.0.0'

    # Set this to false if you want Webby to disappear.
    show_webby: true

    # Specify a name converter to use.
    name_converter: ~

    # Specify an asset package name to use.
    asset_package: null

    # Specify a path name generator to use.
    path_segment_name_generator: 'api_platform.path_segment_name_generator.underscore'

    validator:
        # Enable the serialization of payload fields when a validation error is thrown.
        # If you want to serialize only some payload fields, define them like this: [ severity, anotherPayloadField ]
        serialize_payload_fields: []

        # To enable or disable query parameters validation on collection GET requests
        query_parameter_validation: true

    eager_loading:
        # To enable or disable eager loading.
        enabled: true

        # Fetch only partial data according to serialization groups.
        # If enabled, Doctrine ORM entities will not work as expected if any of the other fields are used.
        fetch_partial: false

        # Max number of joined relations before EagerLoading throws a RuntimeException.
        max_joins: 30

        # Force join on every relation.
        # If disabled, it will only join relations having the EAGER fetch mode.
        force_eager: true

    # Enable the Swagger documentation and export.
    enable_swagger: true

    # Enable Swagger UI.
    enable_swagger_ui: true

    # Enable ReDoc.
    enable_re_doc: true

    # Enable the entrypoint.
    enable_entrypoint: true

    # Enable the docs.
    enable_docs: true

    # Enable the data collector and the WebProfilerBundle integration.
    enable_profiler: true

    collection:
        # The name of the query parameter to filter nullable results (with the ExistsFilter).
        exists_parameter_name: 'exists'

        # The default order of results.
        order: 'ASC'

        # The name of the query parameter to order results (with the OrderFilter).
        order_parameter_name: 'order'

        pagination:
            # The default name of the parameter handling the page number.
            page_parameter_name: 'page'

            # The name of the query parameter to enable or disable pagination.
            enabled_parameter_name: 'pagination'

            # The name of the query parameter to set the number of items per page.
            items_per_page_parameter_name: 'itemsPerPage'

            # The name of the query parameter to enable or disable the partial pagination.
            partial_parameter_name: 'partial'

    mapping:
        # The list of paths with files or directories where the bundle will look for additional resource files.
        paths: []

    # The list of your resources class directories. Defaults to the directories of the mapping paths but might differ.
    resource_class_directories:
        - '%kernel.project_dir%/src/Entity'

    doctrine:
        # To enable or disable Doctrine ORM support.
        enabled: true

    doctrine_mongodb_odm:
        # To enable or disable Doctrine MongoDB ODM support.
        enabled: false

    oauth:
        # To enable or disable OAuth.
        enabled: false

        # The OAuth client ID.
        clientId: ''

        # The OAuth client secret.
        clientSecret: ''

        # The OAuth type.
        type: 'oauth2'

        # The OAuth flow grant type.
        flow: 'application'

        # The OAuth token URL. Make sure to check the specification tokenUrl is not needed for an implicit flow.
        tokenUrl: ''

        # The OAuth authentication URL.
        authorizationUrl: ''

        # The OAuth scopes.
        scopes: []

    graphql:
        # Enabled by default with installed webonyx/graphql-php.
        enabled: false

        # The default IDE (graphiql or graphql-playground) used when going to the GraphQL endpoint. False to disable.
        default_ide: 'graphiql'

        graphiql:
            # Enabled by default with installed webonyx/graphql-php and Twig.
            enabled: false

        graphql_playground:
            # Enabled by default with installed webonyx/graphql-php and Twig.
            enabled: false

        introspection:
            # Enabled by default with installed webonyx/graphql-php.
            enabled: true

        # The nesting separator used in the filter names.
        nesting_separator: _

        collection:
            pagination:
                enabled: true

    swagger:
        # The active versions of OpenAPI to be exported or used in the swagger_ui. The first value is the default.
        versions: [2, 3]

        # The swagger API keys.
        api_keys: []
            # The name of the header or query parameter containing the API key.
            # name: ''

            # Whether the API key should be a query parameter or a header.
            # type: 'query' or 'header'

        swagger_ui_extra_configuration:
            # Controls the default expansion setting for the operations and tags. It can be 'list' (expands only the tags), 'full' (expands the tags and operations) or 'none' (expands nothing).
            docExpansion: list
            # If set, enables filtering. The top bar will show an edit box that you can use to filter the tagged operations that are shown.
            filter: false
            # You can use any other configuration parameters too.

    openapi:
        # The contact information for the exposed API.
        contact:
            # The identifying name of the contact person/organization.
            name:
            # The URL pointing to the contact information. MUST be in the format of a URL.
            url:
            # The email address of the contact person/organization. MUST be in the format of an email address.
            email:
        # A URL to the Terms of Service for the API. MUST be in the format of a URL.
        termsOfService:
        # The license information for the exposed API.
        license:
            # The license name used for the API.
            name:
            # URL to the license used for the API. MUST be in the format of a URL.
            url:

        swagger_ui_extra_configuration:
            # Controls the default expansion setting for the operations and tags. It can be 'list' (expands only the tags), 'full' (expands the tags and operations) or 'none' (expands nothing).
            docExpansion: list
            # If set, enables filtering. The top bar will show an edit box that you can use to filter the tagged operations that are shown.
            filter: false
            # You can use any other configuration parameters too.

    http_cache:
        # To make all responses public by default.
        public: ~

        invalidation:
            # To enable the tags-based cache invalidation system.
            enabled: false

            # URLs of the Varnish servers to purge using cache tags when a resource is updated.
            varnish_urls: []

            # To pass options to the client charged with the request.
            request_options: []

            # Use another service as the purger for example "api_platform.http_cache.purger.varnish.xkey"
            purger: 'api_platform.http_cache.purger.varnish.ban'

    mercure:
        # Enabled by default with installed symfony/mercure-bundle.
        enabled: false

        # The URL sent in the Link HTTP header. If not set, will default to MercureBundle's default hub URL.
        hub_url: null

    messenger:
        # Enabled by default with installed symfony/messenger and not installed symfony/symfony.
        enabled: false

    elasticsearch:
        # To enable or disable Elasticsearch support.
        enabled: false

        # The hosts to the Elasticsearch nodes.
        hosts: []

        # The mapping between resource classes and indexes.
        mapping: []

    # The list of exceptions mapped to their HTTP status code.
    exception_to_status:
        # With a status code.
        Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\ExceptionInterface: 400

        # Or with a constant defined in the 'Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response' class.
        ApiPlatform\Exception\InvalidArgumentException: !php/const Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response::HTTP_BAD_REQUEST

        ApiPlatform\Exception\FilterValidationException: 400

        Doctrine\ORM\OptimisticLockException: 409

        # ...

    # The list of enabled formats. The first one will be the default.
    formats:
        jsonld:
            mime_types: ['application/ld+json']

        json:
            mime_types: ['application/json']

        html:
            mime_types: ['text/html']

        # ...

    # The list of enabled patch formats. The first one will be the default.
    patch_formats: []

    # The list of enabled error formats. The first one will be the default.
    error_formats:
        jsonproblem:
            mime_types: ['application/problem+json']

        jsonld:
            mime_types: ['application/ld+json']

        # ...

    # Global resources defaults, see in the next section.
    defaults:
        # ...

Global Resources Defaults

If you need to globally configure all the resources instead of adding configuration in each one, it’s possible to do so with the defaults key:

# api/config/packages/api_platform.yaml
api_platform:

    defaults:
        description: ~
        iri: ~
        short_name: ~
        item_operations: ~
        collection_operations: ~

        graphql: ~

        elasticsearch: ~

        security: ~
        security_message: ~
        security_post_denormalize: ~
        security_post_denormalize_message: ~

        cache_headers:
            # Automatically generate etags for API responses.
            etag: true

            # Default value for the response max age.
            max_age: 3600

            # Default value for the response shared (proxy) max age.
            shared_max_age: 3600

            # Default values of the "Vary" HTTP header.
            vary: ['Accept']

            invalidation:
                xkey:
                    glue: ' '

        normalization_context:
            # Default value to omit null values in conformance with the JSON Merge Patch RFC.
            skip_null_values: true
        denormalization_context: ~
        swagger_context: ~
        openapi_context: ~
        deprecation_reason: ~
        fetch_partial: ~
        force_eager: ~
        formats: ~
        filters: ~
        hydra_context: ~
        mercure: ~
        messenger: ~
        order: ~

        # To enable or disable pagination for all resource collections.
        pagination_enabled: true

        # To allow the client to enable or disable the pagination.
        pagination_client_enabled: false

        # To allow the client to set the number of items per page.
        pagination_client_items_per_page: false

        # To allow the client to enable or disable the partial pagination.
        pagination_client_partial: false

        # The default number of items per page.
        pagination_items_per_page: 30

        # The maximum number of items per page.
        pagination_maximum_items_per_page: ~

        # To allow partial pagination for all resource collections.
        # This improves performances by skipping the `COUNT` query.
        pagination_partial: false

        # To use cursor-based pagination.
        pagination_via_cursor: ~

        pagination_fetch_join_collection: ~

        route_prefix: ~
        validation_groups: ~
        sunset: ~
        input: ~
        output: ~
        stateless: ~

        # The URL generation strategy to use for IRIs
        url_generation_strategy: !php/const ApiPlatform\Api\UrlGeneratorInterface::ABS_PATH

        # To enable collecting denormalization errors
        collectDenormalizationErrors: false

        # ...

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