Laravel JSON:API Format Paginate

Please follow the documentation at laravel-json-api-format-paginate.

This package provides three classes to respond with Resource and Collection in JSON:API format. It simplifies the transformation of Eloquent models and pagination results into JSON compliant responses.

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require oscabrera/laravel-json-api-format-paginate

In the Model:

Is important use properties $fillable and $hidden in your model.

in $hidden you have to add id in your model.

protected $hidden = [
        'id',
    ];

In $fillable you should add all the properties you want to be returned by your model.

Usage

EntityResourceTransformer

EntityResourceTransformer transforms individual resources into JSON:API format.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Oscabrera\JsonApiFormatPaginate\Utilities\JsonApiPaginationTransformer;

class UserController extends Controller
{
    public function read(string $id)
    {
        $user = User::query()->where('id', $id)->first();

        return new EntityResourceTransformer($user);
    }
}

Example Result:

{
  "data": {
    "id": 2,
    "type": "User",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "userOne",
      "email": "[email protected]"
    }
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "http://localhost/users/2"
  }
}

JsonApiResourceTransformer

JsonApiResourceTransformer transforms individual resources into JSON:API format.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Oscabrera\JsonApiFormatPaginate\Utilities\JsonApiPaginationTransformer;
use Spatie\QueryBuilder\QueryBuilder;
use Spatie\JsonApiPaginate\JsonApiPaginate;

class UserController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $fields = $user->getFields();
        $users = QueryBuilder::for(User::class)
            ->allowedFilters($fields)
            ->allowedSorts($fields)
            ->jsonPaginate();

        return new JsonApiPaginationTransformer($users);
    }
}

Example Result:

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 2,
      "type": "User",
      "attributes": {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "1",
        "email": "1",
        "email_verified_at": "2024-05-18 14:53:42",
        "password": "1",
        "remember_token": "1",
        "created_at": "2024-05-18T14:53:42.000000Z",
        "updated_at": "2024-05-18T14:53:42.000000Z"
      }
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "self": "http://localhost/users?page%5Bsize%5D=1&filter%5Bname%5D=1&page%5Bnumber%5D=1",
    "first": "http://localhost/users?page%5Bsize%5D=1&filter%5Bname%5D=1&page%5Bnumber%5D=1",
    "last": "http://localhost/users?page%5Bsize%5D=1&filter%5Bname%5D=1&page%5Bnumber%5D=1",
    "prev": null,
    "next": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "current_page": 1,
    "from": 1,
    "last_page": 1,
    "path": "http://localhost/users",
    "per_page": 1,
    "to": 1,
    "total": 1
  }
}

Integration with Spatie Packages

For filtering and sorting JSON:API responses, it is recommended to use the following Spatie packages:

• spatie/laravel-json-api-paginate: To paginate JSON responses Documentation: spatie/laravel-json-api-paginate

• spatie/laravel-query-builder: To build and apply queries. Documentation: spatie/laravel-query-builder

Using the QueryBuilder

To facilitate the use of QueryBuilder, the getFields method is added, which obtains the model columns from the $fillable and $hidden variables, and merges this data. This allows easy use of methods such as allowedFilters, allowedSorts, among others.

example:

$fields = $user->getFields();
$users = QueryBuilder::for(User::class)
    ->allowedFilters($fields)
    ->allowedSorts($fields)
    ->jsonPaginate();

More Information

For more information, visit the documentation.