zf2 using abstract restful controller - php

Question

How to call the get() or getList() method, but i always get the get() method running what i have done wrong. I have make action to null in the child routes of the users in appointments.
module.config.php
<?php
return array(
'controllers' => array(
'invokables' => array(
'Users\Controller\Users' => 'Users\Controller\UsersController',
'Users\Controller\Appointments' => 'Users\Controller\AppointmentsController',
),
),
'router' => array(
'routes' => array(
//By default profile action is loaded
'users' => array(
'type' => 'segment',
'options' => array(
'route' => '/api/v1/users[/:id]',
'defaults' => array(
'controller' => 'Users\Controller\Users',
'action' => 'profile',
),
),
'may_terminate' => true,
'child_routes' => array(
//apointments action
'appointments' => array(
'type' => 'segment',
'options' => array(
'route' => '/appointments[/:apt_id]',
'constraints' => array(
'apt_id' => '[0-9]+',
),
'defaults' => array(
'controller' => 'Users\Controller\Appointments',
'action' => null
),
),
),
),
),
),
),
'view_manager' => array(
'strategies' => array(
'ViewJsonStrategy',
),
//'template_path_stack' => array(
// 'Register' => __DIR__ . '/../view',
//),
),
);
Appointments Controller:
<?php
namespace Users\Controller;
use Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator;
use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController;
use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractRestfulController;
use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel;
use Users\Model\UsersTable;
use Zend\Db\Sql\Select;
use Zend\Db\ResultSet\ResultSet;
// use Zend\Debug\Debug;
use Zend\View\Model\JsonModel;
use Zend\Validator\Db\RecordExists;
use Zend\Http\Client as HttpClient;
use Users\Service\UsersService;
class AppointmentsController extends AbstractRestfulController
{
public function getList() {
echo 'getList Method';
}
public function get() {
echo 'get Method';
}
}

Answer 1

Its because you have the route variable $id defined in your user route.
This varible triggers the restful controller to call get($id) instead of getList()
Either move the route down so its not a child of the user-route or add a constraint on the id route and calling /api/v1/users/appointments or change the name of $id in the user route also works

Answer 2

Finally I got the answer,
Actually when the url says like /api/v1/users/id it points to the get method, but when the endpoints has /api/v1/users it points to the getList() method.
The key here is the id parameter, as suggested when we change the id to user_id, we wont get the $id value in the controller.
now my route looks likes this,
<?php
return array(
'controllers' => array(
'invokables' => array(
'Users\Controller\Users' => 'Users\Controller\UsersController',
'Users\Controller\Appointments' => 'Users\Controller\AppointmentsController',
'Users\Controller\Vitalrecords' => 'Users\Controller\VitalrecordsController',
),
),
'router' => array(
'routes' => array(
//By default profile action is loaded
'users' => array(
'type' => 'segment',
'options' => array(
'route' => '/api/v1/users[/:id]',
'constraints' => array(
'id' => '[0-9]+',
),
'defaults' => array(
'controller' => 'Users\Controller\Users',
'action' => null,
),
),
'may_terminate' => true,
),
'appointments' => array(
'type' => 'segment',
'options' => array(
'route' => '/api/v1/users/:user_id/appointments[/:id]',
'constraints' => array(
'id' => '[0-9]+',
'user_id' => '[0-9]+',
),
'defaults' => array(
'controller' => 'Users\Controller\Appointments',
),
),
'may_terminate' => true,
),
),
),
'view_manager' => array(
'strategies' => array(
'ViewJsonStrategy',
),
),
);

Answer 3

when we calling the url like this /api/v1/users/appointments, the appointments will be thrown.
To get the list of appointments for the concerned user of id 74, how to make the url. Think i am not getting right, i am pulling my heads