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ftxrc/apicontroller
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Simplified API controller, inspired by Jeffrey Way. Compatible with Laravel 5+ and Lumen 5+. Forked from eventhomes

0.1.8(10y ago)237MITPHPPHP >=5.5.9

Since Jun 19Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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

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

Fork of EventHomes' APIController trait. Has a few fixes and customizations that make it more useful, like prettyprinting and raw responses.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[](#fork-of-eventhomes-apicontroller-trait-has-a-few-fixes-and-customizations-that-make-it-more-useful-like-prettyprinting-and-raw-responses)

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

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.1% 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 ~0 days

Total

9

Last Release

3974d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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