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This package provides a structured way to handle API responses in Laravel applications. It includes predefined status codes and a middleware to enforce JSON requests.

NOTE suitable for Laravel v11+

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require zerkxubas/api-response-laravel

Publish Configuration

To publish the configuration file, run the following command:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="apiresponse"

This will create a config/apiresponse.php file in your project where you can customize the package settings.

Usages

Status Codes

The package includes a set of predefined status codes which can be accessed as constants:

use Zerkxubas\ApiResponseLaravel\StatusCode;

$status = StatusCode::OK;

Middleware

The package provides a middleware to ensure that all API requests expect a JSON response. To use register it in your bootstrap/app.php file.

// use this namespace.
use Zerkxubas\ApiResponseLaravel\Http\Middleware\RequiresJsonMiddleware;

// Add this line inside ->withMiddleware(){}
$middleware->api()->append(RequiresJsonMiddleware::class);

Using ApiResponseController

To use the ApiResponseController provided by this package, you can extend it in your own controllers. This will allow you to use the standardized API response methods.

use Zerkxubas\ApiResponseLaravel\Http\Controllers\ApiResponseController;

class MyCustomController extends ApiResponseController
{
    // send response
    return $this->sendResponse($data, $message, $code)

    // send errorResponse
    return $this->sendError($error, $errorMessages, $code);
}

More Example SendResponse

// Example of sending a success response
$data = ['key' => 'value'];
return $this->sendResponse('Data retrieved successfully.', $data, 200);

// Or
return $this->sendResponse('Data retrieved successfully.', $data, StatusCode::OK);

More Example SendErrorResponse

// Example of sending an error response
$errorMessages = [
    'error_detail' => 'Customized errors in bulk.'
];
return $this->sendError('File not found.', $errorMessages, 404);

// Or
return $this->sendError('File not found.', $errorMessages, StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);

Currently Supported Status Codes & Usages

• 200 StatusCode::OK

• 201 StatusCode::CREATED

• 202 StatusCode::ACCEPTED

• 400 StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST

• 401 StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED

• 403 StatusCode::FORBIDDEN

• 404 StatusCode::NOT_FOUND

• 500 StatusCode::SERVER_ERROR

Customizing the API Response Implementation

You can customize the API response structure by specifying your own implementation of the ApiResponseInterface in the config/apiresponse.php configuration file.

At First, create your custom class implementing ApiResponseInterface:

<?php

namespace App\Services;

use Zerkxubas\ApiResponseLaravel\Contracts\ApiResponseInterface;

class CustomApiResponse implements ApiResponseInterface
{
    public function sendResponse($message, $data = [], $code = 200)
    {
        // Your custom response structure
    }

    public function sendError($message, $data = [], $code = 400)
    {
        // Your custom error structure
    }
}

Then, update the config/apiresponse.php file to use your custom class:

return [    
    'implementation' => App\Services\CustomApiResponse::class,
];

License

• Open Source, free to use & distribute.

Author

@zerkxubas