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:rocket: A simple package allowing for consistent API responses throughout your Laravel application
https://github.com/f9webltd/laravel-api-response-helpers
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:rocket: A simple package allowing for consistent API responses throughout your Laravel application
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/f9webltd/laravel-api-response-helpers
- Owner: f9webltd
- License: mit
- Created: 2021-09-02T13:26:55.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-03-12T12:42:53.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-13T13:02:55.594Z (9 days ago)
- Topics: laravel, laravel-framework, php
- Language: PHP
- Homepage:
- Size: 166 KB
- Stars: 619
- Watchers: 9
- Forks: 50
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
- Security: SECURITY.md
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# Laravel API Response Helpers
A simple package allowing for consistent API responses throughout your Laravel application.
## Requirements
- PHP `^8.0`
- Laravel `^8.12`, `^9.0`, `^10.0` or `^11.0`
### Legacy Support
For PHP `^7.4` and Laravel `^6.0` / `^7.0` support, use package version [`^1.5`](https://github.com/f9webltd/laravel-api-response-helpers/tree/1.5.3)
## Installation / Usage
```bash
composer require f9webltd/laravel-api-response-helpers
```
Simply reference the required trait within your controller:
```php
respondWithSuccess();
}
}
```
Optionally, the trait could be imported within a base controller.
## Available methods
#### `respondNotFound(string|Exception $message, ?string $key = 'error')`
Returns a `404` HTTP status code, an exception object can optionally be passed.
#### `respondWithSuccess(array|Arrayable|JsonSerializable|null $contents = null)`
Returns a `200` HTTP status code, optionally `$contents` to return as json can be passed. By default returns `['success' => true]`.
#### `respondOk(string $message)`
Returns a `200` HTTP status code
#### `respondUnAuthenticated(?string $message = null)`
Returns a `401` HTTP status code
#### `respondForbidden(?string $message = null)`
Returns a `403` HTTP status code
#### `respondError(?string $message = null)`
Returns a `400` HTTP status code
#### `respondCreated(array|Arrayable|JsonSerializable|null $data = null)`
Returns a `201` HTTP status code, with response optional data
#### `respondNoContent(array|Arrayable|JsonSerializable|null $data = null)`
Returns a `204` HTTP status code, with optional response data. Strictly speaking, the response body should be empty. However, functionality to optionally return data was added to handle legacy projects. Within your own projects, you can simply call the method, omitting parameters, to generate a correct `204` response i.e. `return $this->respondNoContent()`
#### `setDefaultSuccessResponse(?array $content = null): self`
Optionally, replace the default `['success' => true]` response returned by `respondWithSuccess` with `$content`. This method can be called from the constructor (to change default for all calls), a base API controller or place when required.
`setDefaultSuccessResponse` is a fluent method returning `$this` allows for chained methods calls:
```php
$users = collect([10, 20, 30, 40]);
return $this->setDefaultSuccessResponse([])->respondWithSuccess($users);
```
Or
```php
public function __construct()
{
$this->setDefaultSuccessResponse([]);
}
...
$users = collect([10, 20, 30, 40]);
return $this->respondWithSuccess($users);
```
## Use with additional object types
In addition to a plain PHP `array`, the following data types can be passed to relevant methods:
- Objects implementing the Laravel `Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Arrayable` contract
- Objects implementing the native PHP `JsonSerializable` contract
This allows a variety of object types to be passed and converted automatically.
Below are a few common object types that can be passed.
#### Laravel Collections - `Illuminate\Support\Collection`
```php
$users = collect([10, 20, 30, 40]);
return $this->respondWithSuccess($users);
```
#### Laravel Eloquent Collections - `Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection`
```php
$invoices = Invoice::pending()->get();
return $this->respondWithSuccess($invoices);
```
#### Laravel API Resources - `Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource`
This package is intended to be used **alongside** Laravel's [API resources](https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/eloquent-resources) and in no way replaces them.
```php
$resource = PostResource::make($post);
return $this->respondCreated($resource);
```
## Motivation
Ensure consistent JSON API responses throughout an application. The motivation was primarily based on a very old inherited Laravel project. The project contained a plethora of methods/structures used to return an error:
- `response()->json(['error' => $error], 400)`
- `response()->json(['data' => ['error' => $error], 400)`
- `response()->json(['message' => $error], Response::HTTP_BAD_REQUEST)`
- `response()->json([$error], 400)`
- etc.
I wanted to add a simple trait that kept this consistent, in this case:
`$this->respondError('Ouch')`
## Upgrading
Please see [UPGRADING](UPGRADING.md) for details.
## Contribution
Any ideas are welcome. Feel free to submit any issues or pull requests.
## Testing
`composer test`
## Security
If you discover any security related issues, please email [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.
## Credits
- [Rob Allport](https://github.com/ultrono) for [F9 Web Ltd.](https://www.f9web.co.uk)
- [All Contributors](https://github.com/f9webltd/laravel-api-response-helpers/graphs/contributors)
## License
The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.