[FIXED] removing compulsary .json extension for API Controller

Issue

is there a a way how to remove the compulsory .json extension from url? For example, I have a route /api/1.0/users.json and I would like to have just /api/1.0/users, which just shows warning that I don't have the index template set up.

Ideally, I would love to keep the option to have both XML and JSON output, bit have the json as a default that would not require the .json extension.

I use the crud plugin and my route looks like:

Router::prefix('api', function ($routes) {
    $routes->extensions(['json', 'xml']);
    $routes->resources('Users');
});

Using CakePhp 3. I am new to cake and so all help is very much appreciated.

Solution

It is not compulsory, it is just a tool for debugging and fast development. The right way of getting a json response, is telling Cake you want a json response using the HTTP headers.

Just send the Accept: application/json header in your request. When using jquery, do this:

$.ajax({url: '...', dataType: 'json', ...})

You can also force to ignore the headers in the controller:

$this->RequestHandler->renderAs($this, 'json');

Answered By - José Lorenzo Rodríguez