php-symfony-api-platform-serialization

What problem does it solve?

In modern Symfony applications using API Platform, developers often struggle to keep API response shapes consistent across resources, roles, and contexts. This skill centralizes serialization control by organizing groups, normalizers, and context logic into a cohesive pattern.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Define serialization groups across entities to selectively include or expose fields based on operation and role.
• Implement custom normalizers to compute derived fields and format data without polluting entity models.
• Use context builders and dynamic groups to adapt outputs for different users, requests, or client types.
• Manage nested relationships with depth controls and ignore rules to prevent data leakage.

Quick Start

Configure your Symfony/API Platform project to enable normalizationContext groups, implement a custom normalizer, and add a context builder to switch groups based on user roles.