AppController Class is not working on Sub directory Cakephp 3 - cakephp

Question

I am creating a REST Api using cakephp-jwt-auth But the AppController I create in subfolder is not called.
My App controller code inside Ca/Api code
<?php
namespace App\Controller\Ca\Api;
use Cake\Controller\Controller;
use Cake\Event\Event;
class AppController extends Controller
{
public function initialize()
{
parent::initialize();
$this->loadComponent('RequestHandler');
$this->loadComponent('Auth', [
'storage' => 'Memory',
'authenticate' => [
'Form' => [
'fields' => ['username' => 'email'],
],
'ADmad/JwtAuth.Jwt' => [
'parameter' => 'token',
'userModel' => 'Users',
'fields' => [
'username' => 'id'
],
'queryDatasource' => true
]
],
'unauthorizedRedirect' => false,
'checkAuthIn' => 'Controller.initialize'
]);
$this->loadComponent('BryanCrowe/ApiPagination.ApiPagination', [
'key' => 'paging',
'aliases' => [
'page' => 'currentPage',
'current' => 'resultCount'
],
'visible' => [
'currentPage',
'resultCount',
'prevPage',
'nextPage',
'pageCount',
'page',
]
]);
}
public function beforeFilter(Event $event) {
parent::beforeFilter($event);
}
}
And my route file:
Router::prefix('ca/api', function ($routes) {
$routes->setExtensions(['json']);
$routes->connect('/login', ['controller' => 'Login', 'action' => 'login', "prefix" => "ca/api"]);
$routes->connect('/dashboard', ['controller' => 'Dashboard', 'action' => 'home', 'prefix' => "ca/api"]);
$routes->fallbacks('InflectedRoute');
});
My app controller class is not called and I don't understand where I am doing wrong.

Answer 1

you can create controller like this
<?php
namespace App\Controller\Api;
use Cake\Controller\Controller;
use Cake\Event\Event;
class AppController extends Controller
{
public function initialize()
{
parent::initialize();
$this->loadComponent('RequestHandler');
$this->loadComponent('Auth', [
'storage' => 'Memory',
'authenticate' => [
'Form' => [
'scope' => ['Users.group_id' => 1]
],
'ADmad/JwtAuth.Jwt' => [
'parameter' => 'token',
'userModel' => 'Users',
'fields' => [
'username' => 'id'
],
'queryDatasource' => true
]
],
'unauthorizedRedirect' => false,
'checkAuthIn' => 'Controller.initialize'
]);
}
}
And other controller like this
<?php
namespace App\Controller\Ca;
use Cake\Event\Event;
use Cake\Http\Exception\UnauthorizedException;
use Cake\Utility\Security;
use Firebase\JWT\JWT;
use Cake\Http\ServerRequest;
use Cake\I18n\Time;
use Aws\S3\S3Client;
use League\Flysystem\AwsS3v3\AwsS3Adapter;
use League\Flysystem\Filesystem;
use Cake\Http\Exception\NotFoundException;
class DashboardController extends AppController
{
public function initialize()
{
parent::initialize();
}
public function home()
{
pr("hiiih");
}
}
Remember do not use
**
use App\Controller\AppController;
**
When you are creating AppController in sub folder
for more information read this tutorial :- https://trinitytuts.com/secure-cakephp-web-services-using-jwt/

Answer 2

The AppController isn't called magically someplace internally in CakePHP. The Routes you define call a specific controller, which should simply extend your AppController.
Following convention you'd typically only ever use a single AppController for your entire application, in /src/Controller/AppController. It looks based on the authentication methods listed in your example, this is the approach your taking, but you don't need to move it into a subfolder to make prefix routing work.
Based on your routes:
Router::prefix('ca/api', function ($routes) {
... This will look for a classes that match connections inside /src/Controller/Ca/Api, and for matches like:
// Note, the "prefix" item you listed on this line is not required I'd remove it:
$routes->connect('/login', ['controller' => 'Login', 'action' => 'login', "prefix" => "ca/api"]);
.. This will look for a class called LoginController, at /src/Controller/Ca/Api/. This class should simply reference your existing default AppController in it's default location:
<?php
namespace App\Controller\Ca\Api;
use App\Controller\AppController; // The namespace declaration is how your subclass locates it's parent class
class LoginController extends AppController
{
If you have some particular need to have multiple AppControllers (which I'd not recommend) then just change what version you're referencing with use namespace.
See for more information:
PHP Namespaces
Prefix Routing
The AppController