eventhomes / laravel-apicontroller by lostincode

Simplified API controller, inspired by Jeffrey Way. Compatible with Laravel 5+ and Lumen 5+.
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Maintainer Username: lostincode
Maintainer Contact: roundedvision@gmail.com (Bill Richards)
Package Create Date: 2015-06-19
Package Last Update: 2020-03-03
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Language: PHP
License: MIT
Last Refreshed: 2025-10-31 03:03:31
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Total Downloads: 94,136
Monthly Downloads: 170
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Total Stars: 8
Total Watchers: 4
Total Forks: 2
Total Open Issues: 0

Laravel 5 / Lumen 5 Api Controller

A simple api controller helper trait, compatible with Lumen 5+ and Laravel 5+. The goal of this project is to make creating API projects simple. Inspired by Jeffrey Way (https://www.laracasts.com)

Installation

composer require eventhomes/laravel-apicontroller

Basic Setup/Usage

...
use EventHomes\Api\ApiController;

class MyController extends Controller {

    use ApiController;
    
    public function index() {
        return $this->respond(['status' => 'hello world']);
    }
    
}

Api Helper functions

Please browse through the source to see a full list.

//200 response
$this->respond();

//201 response
$this->respondCreated();

//500 error
$this->respondServerError();

//422 error
$this->respondUnprocessable();

//General error
$this->respondWithError('message here');

Add Fractal Helpers

Please use [https://github.com/eventhomes/laravel-fractalhelper]