PHP/Laravel, url with multiples arguments

Question

I'm building a Laravel app, and I need to use an URL that looks like that :

/api/ads?page=Actuel&formatsQuery[]=side&formatsQuery[]=leaderboard&deviceQuery=mobile

I have 3 parameters (page, formatsQuery (as an array), and deviceQuery).

Do you now how to hold his in routing and controller in order to have the correct value inside the controller's fonction?

I tried this : routes/api.php

//request to get ads for given parameters
Route::get('/ads', [MediaController::class, 'findAds']);

and this (MediaController.php) :

public function findAds($page, $formatsQuery, $deviceQuery) {
      echo $page;
      if(sizeof($formatsQuery) <= 0 || sizeof($formatsQuery) > 3){
        return $this->unvalidParametersError();
      }
      //transform format to position depending on deviceQuery
      $position = [];
      $res = [];
      foreach ($formatsQuery as $format) {
        $res =  Media::where('position', $format)->inRandomOrder()->first()->union($res);
      }
      echo $res;
      return $res;
    }

then I test it with this :

public function test_findAds()
    {
      $ads = Ad::factory()
            ->has(Media::factory()->count(3), 'medias')
            ->count(3)->create();
      $response = $this->get('/api/ads?page=Actuel&formatsQuery[]=side&formatsQuery[]=leaderboard&deviceQuery=mobile');

      $response->assertStatus(200);
    }

Read the documentation, it is pretty explanatory... In your case, you are using a get to send that URL (you should be doing so), so you simply do $request->input('page'), and it should return Actuel. And do that with all your input. For arrays, don't write [] after the name... — matiaslauriti
– matiaslauriti, Commented Aug 30, 2021 at 9:13
Have you tried something? add your code. You can read the query using the Request object in your controller. — Gert B.
– Gert B., Commented Aug 30, 2021 at 9:13

Mahdi Mahmoodian · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-30 11:45:16Z

You are using a GET request to fetch your data. GET request is a type of request that you send parameters in URL using ? after URL and separating parameters with &. You can find out more about HTTP methods here.

In laravel using request parameters is so simple. First of all you need to add Request $request to your method prototype like this:

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

public function findAds(Request $request)

Then you can simply use $request->parameter to get the values. So you need to change your code like this:

public function findAds(Request $request){
    $page = $request->page;
    $formatsQuery = $request->formatsQuery;
    $deviceQuery = $request->deviceQuery;

    // Your code
}

And as @matiaslauriti mentioned in the comments you don't need to put [] after formatsQuery[] to send an array in GET request. Using the same key more than one time automatically makes an array for you.

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