REST routing with Yii 2 UrlManager

main.php

<?php

return array(
	/* ... */
	'components' => array(
		/* ... */
		'urlManager' => array(
			'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
			'rules' => require(__DIR__ . '/routes.php'),
		),
		/* ... */
	),
);

routes.php

<?php

use yii\web\UrlRule;

return array(

	// REST routes for CRUD operations
	'POST <controller:\w+>s' => '<controller>/create', // 'mode' => UrlRule::PARSING_ONLY will be implicit here
	'<controller:\w+>s'      => '<controller>/index',

	'PUT <controller:\w+>/<id:\d+>'    => '<controller>/update' // 'mode' => UrlRule::PARSING_ONLY will be implicit here
	'DELETE <controller:\w+>/<id:\d+>' => '<controller>/delete', // 'mode' => UrlRule::PARSING_ONLY will be implicit here
	'<controller:\w+>/<id:\d+>'        => '<controller>/view',

	// normal routes for CRUD operations
	'<controller:\w+>s/create' => '<controller>/create',
	'<controller:\w+>/<id:\d+>/<action:update|delete>' => '<controller>/<action>',
);