add route for creating a person, and post api

src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/CRUD/Controller/AbstractCRUDController.php

@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ class AbstractCRUDController extends AbstractController
         return $e;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create an entity.
+     * 
+     * @param string $action
+     * @param Request $request
+     * @return object
+     */
+    protected function createEntity(string $action, Request $request): object
+    {
+        $type = $this->getEntityClass();
+        
+        return new $type;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Count the number of entities
      *

src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/CRUD/Controller/ApiController.php

@@ -85,11 +85,75 @@ class ApiController extends AbstractCRUDController
             case Request::METHOD_PUT:
             case Request::METHOD_PATCH:
                 return $this->entityPut('_entity', $request, $id, $_format);
+            case Request::METHOD_POST:
+                return $this->entityPostAction('_entity', $request, $id, $_format);
+            default:
+                throw new \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Exception\BadRequestException("This method is not implemented");
+        }
+    }
+    public function entityPost(Request $request, $_format): Response
+    {
+        switch($request->getMethod()) {
+            case Request::METHOD_POST:
+                return $this->entityPostAction('_entity', $request, $_format);
             default:
                 throw new \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Exception\BadRequestException("This method is not implemented");
         }
     }
 
+    protected function entityPostAction($action, Request $request, string $_format): Response
+    {
+        $entity = $this->createEntity($action, $request);
+
+        try {
+            $entity = $this->deserialize($action, $request, $_format, $entity);
+        } catch (NotEncodableValueException $e) {
+            throw new BadRequestException("invalid json", 400, $e);
+        }
+        
+        $errors = $this->validate($action, $request, $_format, $entity);
+        
+        $response = $this->onAfterValidation($action, $request, $_format, $entity, $errors);
+        if ($response instanceof Response) {
+            return $response;
+        }
+
+        if ($errors->count() > 0) {
+            $response = $this->json($errors);
+            $response->setStatusCode(Response::HTTP_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY);
+
+            return $response;
+        }
+        
+        $response = $this->checkACL($action, $request, $_format, $entity);
+        if ($response instanceof Response) {
+            return $response;
+        }
+        
+        $response = $this->onPostCheckACL($action, $request, $_format, $entity);
+        if ($response instanceof Response) {
+            return $response;
+        }
+
+        $this->getDoctrine()->getManager()->persist($entity);
+        $this->getDoctrine()->getManager()->flush();
+
+        $response = $this->onAfterFlush($action, $request, $_format, $entity, $errors);
+        if ($response instanceof Response) {
+            return $response;
+        }
+        $response = $this->onBeforeSerialize($action, $request, $_format, $entity);
+        if ($response instanceof Response) {
+            return $response;
+        }
+        
+        return $this->json(
+            $entity,
+            Response::HTTP_OK,
+            [], 
+            $this->getContextForSerializationPostAlter($action, $request, $_format, $entity)
+        );
+    }
     public function entityPut($action, Request $request, $id, string $_format): Response
     {
         $entity = $this->getEntity($action, $id, $request, $_format);
@@ -407,6 +471,7 @@ class ApiController extends AbstractCRUDController
                 return [ 'groups' => [ 'read' ]];
             case Request::METHOD_PUT:
             case Request::METHOD_PATCH:
+            case Request::METHOD_POST:
                 return [ 'groups' => [ 'write' ]];
             default:
                 throw new \LogicException("get context for serialization is not implemented for this method");

src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/CRUD/Routing/CRUDRoutesLoader.php

@@ -189,6 +189,20 @@ class CRUDRoutesLoader extends Loader
                     "or allow, at least, one method"); 
             }
 
+            if ('_entity' === $name && \in_array(Request::METHOD_POST, $methods)) {
+                unset($methods[\array_search(Request::METHOD_POST, $methods)]);
+                $entityPostRoute = $this->createEntityPostRoute($name, $crudConfig, $action, 
+                    $controller, $requirements);
+                $collection->add("chill_api_single_{$crudConfig['name']}_{$name}_create", 
+                    $entityPostRoute);
+            }
+
+            if (count($methods) === 0) {
+                // the only method was POST,
+                // continue to next
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $route = new Route($path, $defaults, $requirements);
             $route->setMethods($methods);
             
@@ -197,4 +211,17 @@ class CRUDRoutesLoader extends Loader
 
         return $collection;
     }
+
+    private function createEntityPostRoute(string $name, $crudConfig, array $action, $controller, $requirements): Route
+    {
+        $localPath = $action['path'].'.{_format}';
+        $defaults = [
+            '_controller' => $controller.':'.($action['controller_action'] ?? 'entityPost')
+        ];
+        $path = $crudConfig['base_path'].$localPath;
+        $route = new Route($path, $defaults, $requirements);
+        $route->setMethods([ Request::METHOD_POST ]);
+
+        return $route;
+    }
 }