What it does

In lots of cases, a request will provide a contentId or a locationId. Before using them, you will have to load API object within your controller.

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Thanks to the param converter, you can directly  directly have the API object at your disposal. All you have to do is:

• For Locations:
  • In your controllers controller's signature, type int the variable to Location.
  • Make sure a parameter named "locationId" is provided by the request.
• For Content items:
  • In your controller's signature, typeint the variable to Content
  • Make sure a parameter named "contentId" is provided by the request

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If you want to understand how it works, you can check Symfony's param converter documentation and the pull request implementing the Repository ParamConverters.

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