Build and test a blazing fast JSON API with Phoenix, an Elixir framework

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• By Paul Smith March 20, 2015
• Updated by: Brett Holt May 5, 2016

Note: This guide was written for Phoenix 1.1.4. Parts of it may no longer work if you are using a newer version.

Let’s build a JSON API that serves a list of contacts. We’ll be writing it using Elixir (version 1.2.5) and Phoenix (version 1.1.4). Phoenix is a framework written in Elixir that aims to make writing fast, low latency web applications as enjoyable as possible.

Source Code: The source code after finishing this guide can be found here.