owowagency/applies-http-query

This package contains a trait that can be used on Eloquent models. The trait adds a httpQuery scope that can apply a "search" and "order by". It will only apply these two when certain url query parameters are present.

Install

composer require owowagency/applies-http-query

This package supports Laravel version 5 to 7. Check the 1.x branch.

Usage

Add the trait to the model:

use OwowAgency\AppliesHttpQuery\AppliesHttpQuery;

class Post extends Model
{
    use AppliesHttpQuery
}

Specify the columns on which it can search:

/**
 * Http queryable rules.
 *
 * @var array
 */
protected $httpQueryable = [
    'columns' => [
        'posts.title'
        'users.name',
    ],
    'joins' => [
        'users' => ['posts.user_id','users.id'],
        'countries' => ['users.country_id', 'countries.id']
    ],
];

Call the scope:

Post::httpQuery()->paginate();

// Like all other scopes it can be combined with other clauses.
Post::whereNull('deleted_at')->httpQuery()->get();

In order for the scope to work, certain query parameters should be present in the url:

• search, the value that will be searched for.
• order_by, the column that will be ordered on.
• sort_by, the direction of the ordering. By default this is asc.

Search

https://mysite.com/posts?search=test

Will result in the following query:

SELECT * FROM posts INNER JOIN users ON posts.user_id = users.id WHERE (posts.title LIKE "%test%" OR users.name LIKE "%test%")

Order by

https://mysite.com/posts?order_by=user.name

Will result in the following query:

SELECT * FROM posts INNER JOIN users ON posts.user_id = users.id ORDER BY users.name ASC

https://mysite.com/posts?order_by=user.country.name&sort_by=desc

Will result in the following query:

SELECT * FROM posts INNER JOIN users ON posts.user_id = users.id INNER JOIN countries ON users.country_id = country.id ORDER BY countries.name desc