/**
* @Route("/api/v1/authors", name="api_authors")
* @param Request $request
*
* @return JsonResponse
*/
public function indexAction(Request $request)
{
$authorName = $request->query->get('fullNameStartsWith');
if (strlen($authorName) < 3) {
throw new BadRequestHttpException("At least three letters needed to fetch author list");
}
$authors = $this->repository->findWithNameStartingWith($authorName);
return new JsonResponse($this->normalizer->normalize($authors, 'json', ['groups' => ['list']]));
}
/**
* @param int $id
*
* @return Author|null|object
*/
private function getAuthorById(int $id)
{
$author = $this->repository->find($id);
if (null === $author) {
throw new NotFoundHttpException("Author with id '{$id}' is not found");
}
return $author;
}
