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Restler for Laravel

Lararestler is a simple package that lets you to take advantage of all the features from both Restler 5 and Laravel as your API backend. With this package you can seamlessly integrate Restler into your existing laravel application without any hassle.

Installation

You can easily install this package with conmposer.

composer require trabdlkarim/lararestler

Warning

You should note that this package works actually with Laravel framework ^12.x.

After the installation, you must publish the package assets for customization. Run the following command:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=lararestler-config --tag=lararestler-assets

The following files should be generated if everything works fine:

• config/lararestler.php
• resources/views/vendor/lararestler/explorer.blade.php
• public/vendor/lararestler/*

Now, feel free to change or modifiy any of these files as needed, to adapt them to your project.

Usage

Before starting writting your API, make sure you've properly set the API resource namespace in config/lararestler.php. The default namespace is App\Http\Resources.

Add Resources to API

Create a new class and extend Mirak\Lararestler\Http\Resources\Resource class. Add all the needed private and public methods as you would do with Restler.

Let's define a basic API class called Users as an example.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Resources;

use App\Models\User;
use Mirak\Lararestler\Attributes\QueryParam as QParam;
use Mirak\Lararestler\Exceptions\RestException;
use Mirak\Lararestler\Http\Resources\Resource;

class Users extends Resource
{
    /**
     * Retrieve users
     * 
     * @param int $id User ID
     * @param string $email Email Address
     * @param string $name Name
     * @return App\Http\Responses\UserResponse
     */
    public function index(#[QParam('id')] ?int $id = 0, #[QParam('email')] ?string $email = '', #[QParam('name')] ?string $name = '')
    {
        $builder = User::select('*');
        if ($id) {
            $builder = $builder->where('id', $id);
        }
        if ($email) {
            $builder =  $builder->where('email', $email);
        }
        if ($name) {
            $builder = $builder->where('name', 'like', '%' . $name . '%');
        }
        return $builder->get();
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve a user info
     * 
     * Retrieve a given user details from storage
     * 
     * @param int $id User ID
     * @return bool
     * @url GET /users/{id}
     * @throws RestException
     */
    public function get(int $id)
    {
        $user = User::find($id);
        if (!$user) throw new RestException(404, "User #{$id} does not exist.");
        return $user;
    }
}

Note that we make use of Mirak\Lararestler\Attributes\QueryParam contextual attribute to caputure relevant query parameters from the current request.

There is also another attribute Mirak\Lararestler\Attributes\RequestBody, useful when you want to capture all request body as an array.

Afterwards, you need to add your newly created resource class to the API resources array in config/lararestler.php file as shown below.

<?php

return [
    "name" => "REST API",
    "version" => 1,
    "path_prefix" => "api",
    "middleware" => ["api"],
    "allowed_envs" => ['local'],
    "namespace" => "App\\Http\\Resources",
    "resources" => [
        "users" => "Users",
    ],
];

That's it, you're done! Visit the Explorer at {APP_URL}/api/explorer to play with the API.

Request Models

Your request models should extend Mirak\Lararestler\Http\Requests\Model class as follows:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Requests;

use Mirak\Lararestler\Http\Requests\Model;

class UserRequest extends Model
{
    /**
     * @var string Name {@required true}
     */
    public $name;

    /**
     * @var string Email Address {@required true}
     */
    public $email;
}

Then, you could inject them into your resource class methods and use them as an instance of Laravel Illuminate\Http\Request class. Check the example below.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Resources;

use App\Http\Requests\UserRequest;
use App\Models\User;
use Mirak\Lararestler\Attributes\QueryParam as QParam;
use Mirak\Lararestler\Exceptions\RestException;
use Mirak\Lararestler\Http\Resources\Resource;

class Users extends Resource{
    /**
     * Create a new user
     * 
     * @param UserRequest $postRequest
     * @return App\App\Http\Responses\UserResponse
     */
    public function post(UserRequest $postRequest)
    {
        $v = $postRequest->validate([
            'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
            'email' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
            'phone' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:255'],
            'role' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:255'],
            'location' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:255'],
        ]);

        $user = User::create([
            'name' => $v['name'],
            'email' => $v['email'],
            'phone' => $v['phone'],
            'role' => $v['role'],
            'location' => $v['location'],
            'password' => 'pass123456',
        ]);

        return $user;
    }
}

Protected API Routes

To protect a route in your resource class, simply add the @middleware annotation, followed by the name of the middleware, to the method documentation.

/**
 * @param Illuminate\Http\Request $request
 * @url POST /test
 * @middleware auth:web,admin
 */
public function postTest(Request $request){
    //
}

Contributing

Thank you for considering contributing to this package! You should take a look at the contribution guide here.

Code of Conduct

In order to ensure that the Lararestler community is welcoming to all, please review and abide by the Code of Conduct.

Security

If you discover a security vulnerability within this package, please send me an e-mail via mail@trabdlkarim.me. All security vulnerabilities will be promptly addressed.

License

This is an open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.