Laravel API Responses

A very small package which helps you to easily returning readable API responses.

Installation

Install the package via Composer.

composer require dees040/laravel-api-responses

You're ready to go!

Usage

Just use one of the helper functions and you're good to go.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\User;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class UsersController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Show the given user.
     *
     * @param  \App\User  $user
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function show(User $user)
    {
        if (! $user->isAdmin()) {
            return forbidden();
        }
        
        return ok($user);
    }
}

Methods

All methods accept a $data parameter. This can be any data which can be used in a JSON response, such as strings, integers, arrays, models, etc..

Method	Status Code
ok($data)	200
created($data)	201
accepted($data)	202
no_content()	204
bad_request($message, $errors)	400
unauthenticated($message, $errors)	401
forbidden($message, $errors)	403
not_found($message, $errors)	404
method_not_allowed($message, $errors)	405
not_acceptable($message, $errors)	406
teapot($message, $errors)	418
unprocessable_entity($message, $errors)	422

Custom response (code)

If you'd wish to send a status code which is not in the list you could use the json_response($data = null, $status = 200) helper function. Here you can find a cheat sheet for HTTP status codes or use my personal favorite http.cat 😉.

If you want to send error response you can use the error_json_response($message = '', $errors = [], $status = 400). This method will send an json response like this:

error_json_response('User not found.', [
    'id' => 'The ID does not exists.'
]);

Output:

{
  "message": "User not found.",
  "errors": {
    "id": "The ID does not exists."
  }
}