Laravel API Helpers

It supports Laravel 9+ and PHP 8.1+

Description

This package contains many utility classes that assist in API creation.

Installation

Laravel

Require this package with composer using the following command:

composer require thuraaung2493/laravel-api-helpers@dev

Usage

Helper Classes for Json API Responses

All API Response classes implement the Responsable interface.

Class	Description
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Responses\ModelResponse::class	It returns json response for JsonResource.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Responses\CollectionResponse::class	It returns json response for CollectionResource.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Responses\PaginatedResponse::class	It returns json response for PaginationResource.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Responses\MessageResponse::class	It returns json response for Message.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Responses\TokenResponse::class	It returns json response for Token.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Responses\ApiErrorResponse::class	It returns json response for Errors.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Responses\ApiValidationErrorsResponses::class	It returns json response for Validations.

Response Formats see in responses.json

// Response Format for ModelResponse|CollectionResponse|MessageResponse|TokenResponse
{
    "data": "",
    "message": "Success.",
    "status": 200
}
// Response Format for ApiErrorResponse
{
    "title": "Error!",
    "description": "Error Description",
    "status": 500
}
// Response Format for ApiValidationErrorsResponse
{
    "title": "Error!",
    "errors": [],
    "status": 422
}

Middleware Classes

Class	Description
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Middleware\GzipEncodingResponse::class	It is used to apply Gzip encoding to API responses.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Middleware\JsonApiResponse::class	It is used to apply default headers to API responses.

To change default headers in config

php artisan vendor:publish --tab=api-helpers

DataObjects

Class	Description
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\DataObjects\Header::class	Header Data Object.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\DataObjects\Http\Headers\Accept::class	Accept Header Data Object.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\DataObjects\Http\Headers\AcceptEncoding::class	Accept Encoding Header Data Object.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\DataObjects\Http\Headers\ContentEncoding::class	Content Encoding Header Data Object.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\DataObjects\Http\Headers\ContentLength::class	Content Length Header Data Object.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\DataObjects\Http\Headers\ContentType::class	Content Type Header Data Object.

Example

  $accept = Accept::of(
    type: ContentType::JSON
  );

  // Turn to Header
  $accept->asHeader();
  // new Header(
  //   key: 'Accept',
  //   value: 'application/json',
  // );

  // Turn to headers array
  $accept->headers();
  // [
  //   'Accept' => 'application/json',
  // ]

Enums

Class	Description
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Enums\Status::class	HTTP Status.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Enums\Scheme::class	Scheme.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Enums\Methods::class	Request Methods.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Enums\Headers\Connection::class	Connection Headers.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Enums\Headers\ContentEncoding::class	Content Encoding Headers.
Thuraaung\ApiHelpers\Http\Enums\Headers\ContentType::class	Content Type Headers.