As a freelance Laravel API developer with over 8 years of experience, I specialise in building robust, well-documented APIs that have powered mobile applications, single-page applications, games and microservices. Whether you need a simple REST API or a complex multi-service backend, I deliver solutions built to scale.
From simple CRUD endpoints to complex data-driven applications, I deliver API solutions tailored to your specific needs.
Industry-standard REST APIs following best practices on HTTP methods, status codes, and resource-based URLs.
Secure, high-performance APIs designed to be used with any application.
Connect your application with payment gateways, CRMs, shipping providers, and other external services.
Distributed API architectures with service-to-service communication, message queues, and event-driven design.
Real-time webhook endpoints and event broadcasting for instant notifications and system integrations.
Data aggregation endpoints for dashboards, custom reports, CSV/PDF exports, and data warehouses.
Every API I build follows industry standards and best practices to ensure reliability, maintainability, and excellent developer experience.
Comprehensive documentation with interactive examples, guides, and code samples.
Clean, consistent, safe JSON responses, ensuring your API returns exactly what the frontend clients need without exposing internal structures.
Future-proof your API with standardised versioning strategies allowing you to evolve your API without breaking existing integrations.
Efficient data retrieval using pagination, filtering, sorting, and field selection to minimize bandwidth and improve performance.
Consistent, informative error responses with correct HTTP status codes, error codes, and helpful messages that make debugging easy for API consumers.
Comprehensive test suites using PHPUnit or Pest with feature tests for every endpoint, and unit tests for every method, ensuring your API works correctly and errors are caught early.
A REST API allows different applications to communicate over the internet. You need one if you're building a mobile app, single-page application, or need to integrate with third-party services. APIs enable your frontend and backend to work independently, making your application more flexible and scalable.
I use tools like Postman or Hoppscotch to create comprehensive, interactive API documentation. This includes endpoint descriptions, request/response examples and error code references. Good documentation is crucial for developer adoption and reduces support overhead.
Absolutely. I regularly integrate Laravel APIs with payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal, Adyen), email services (Mailchimp, SendGrid), Data warehouses (Google BigQuery), shipping providers, accounting software, and many other third-party services.