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eventhomes/laravel-apicontroller
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Simplified API controller, inspired by Jeffrey Way. Compatible with Laravel 5+ and Lumen 5+.

2.0.1(6y ago)894.2k21MITPHPPHP ^7.2

Since Jun 19Pushed 6y ago4 watchersCompare

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Laravel 5 / Lumen 5 Api Controller
==================================

[](#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 ()

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

`composer require eventhomes/laravel-apicontroller`

Basic Setup/Usage
-----------------

[](#basic-setupusage)

```
...
use EventHomes\Api\ApiController;

class MyController extends Controller {

    use ApiController;

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

}
```

Api Helper functions
--------------------

[](#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
-------------------

[](#add-fractal-helpers)

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###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~132 days

Recently: every ~39 days

Total

14

Last Release

2267d ago

Major Versions

0.1.8 → v1.02019-09-27

v0.1.9 → 2.0.02019-09-30

v1.1.0 → 2.0.12020-03-03

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.5.9

v1.0PHP ^7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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