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eventhomes/laravel-fractalhelper
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Compatible with Laravel 5+ and Lumen 5+.

2.0.1(6y ago)788.7kMITPHPPHP ^7.2

Since Jun 21Pushed 6y ago4 watchersCompare

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

[](#laravel-5--lumen-5-fractal-api-controller)

A simple api controller helper utilizing league fractal. You also get all the functionality provided by

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

[](#installation)

`composer require eventhomes/laravel-fractalhelper`

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

By default, this helper will use ArraySerializer(), no setup required. You may, however, need to parse the GET includes.

```
...
use EventHomes\Api\FractalHelper;

class MyController extends Controller {

    use FractalHelper;

    public function __construct(Request $request)
    {
        $this->parseIncludes($request->get('includes', ''));
    }
}
```

Customize Fractal
-----------------

[](#customize-fractal)

If you need to change the default ArraySerializer(), you can modify.

```
...
use EventHomes\Api\FractalHelper;

class MyController extends Controller {

    use FractalHelper;

    public function __construct(Manager $manager, Request $request)
    {
        $manager->setSerializer(new JsonApiSerializer);
        $this->setFractal($manager)->parseIncludes($request->get('includes', ''));
    }
}
```

Respond with item
-----------------

[](#respond-with-item)

```
public function show($id)
{
    $user = User::find($id);
    return $this->respondWithItem($user, new UserTransformer);
}
```

Respond with collection
-----------------------

[](#respond-with-collection)

```
public function index()
{
    $users = User::all();
    return $this->respondWithCollection($users, new UserTransformer);
}
```

Respond with collection, paginated
----------------------------------

[](#respond-with-collection-paginated)

```
public function index()
{
    $users = User::paginate(10);
    return $this->respondWithCollection($users, new UserTransformer);
}
```

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.5% 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 ~187 days

Recently: every ~30 days

Total

10

Last Release

2303d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.4 → v1.02019-09-30

v0.1.5 → v1.1.02019-09-30

v1.1.0 → 2.0.02019-09-30

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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