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Informations about the package laravel-api
Uniform API rendering for Laravel 5
This package was created for an internal project, but as the idea is reusable, I encourage others to make use of this package.
The main goal was to create an uniform way of presenting API output, and the creation of a layer between data structure and output.
Installation
Require this package with composer:
Add the follow service provider to your config/app.php:
Middleware
A new middleware named will be added to your list of available middleware.
If you're using Laravel 5.3, this middleware will also be added into the middleware group.
Usage
To use this package you should implement the interface onto an Eloquent model.
You'll have to implement the function and have to return an instance of .
Like this:
In a controller you can then return the following:
The response would look something like this:
Error messages
Sometimes you'll need to force an error to the user, this can be done by throwing an exception. The package also provides some specific exceptions that should be used where relevant.
This would result in something like:
