Laravel Resource controller

Question

How do I tell my API to display a particular result based on another column?

e.g. localhost:8000/api/gadgets/{{id}}

Normally it returns the particular information of the specific gadget with that ID and localhost:8000/api/gadgets/{{imei_code}} does not return any value or an error whereas imei_code is a column that I needed to pass as a GET request...

I'm using the normal resource controller

public function show(Gadgets $gadget)
{
    $response = ['data' => new GadgetResource($gadget), 'message' => 'specific gadget'];

    return response($response, 200);  
}

Also I need help on how I can create like a search function in the controller.

Oleksii · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-01 18:31:03Z

You can`t do two similar URLs. I think your route for URL

localhost:8000/api/gadgets/{{imei_code}}

isn`t work. Also the order of the routes is important and route that defined firstly will be have higer priority then route that defined secondly. Because your routes /api/gadgets/{{id}} and /api/gadgets/{{imei_code}} is similar in this case only the one described earlier will be processed.

You can define another router and handler, for example:

localhost:8000/api/gadgets

That will return a list of gadgets by default and you can add filters for imei_code. For example:

localhost:8000/api/gadgets?imei_code=123

And your handler for the new route may be writed something like that:

public function showList(Request $request): GadgetResource
{
    if ($imeiCode = $request->query('imei_code')) {
        $list = Gadget::query()->where('imei_code', $imeiCode)->get();
    } else {
        $list = Gadget::query()->take(10)->get();
    }

    return GadgetResource::collection($list);
}

Or like alternative solution you can create diferent route for searching of gadgets exactly by imei_code to get rid of any route conflicts

localhost:8000/api/gadgets/by_imei/123

public function findByImei(Request $request): GadgetResource
{
    $imeiCode = $request->route('imei_code');
    $item = Gadget::query()->where('imei_code', $imeiCode)->first();

    return new GadgetResource($item);
}

Maksim · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-01 18:43:57Z

0

You can specify the model key by scoping - check docs

Route::resource('gadgets', GadgetController::class)->scoped([
    'gadget' => 'imei_code'
]);

Than, when Laravel try to bind Gadget model in Controller - model will will be searched by key imei_code.

This code equvalent of

Route::get('/gadget/{gadget:imei_code}');

answered Aug 1, 2021 at 18:43

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Денис Кисель · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-01 17:12:03Z

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Try to change response

public function show(Gadgets $gadget)
{
    $response = ['data' => new GadgetResource($gadget), 'message' => 'specific gadget'];
    return response()->json($response);  
}

answered Aug 1, 2021 at 17:12

Денис Кисель

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