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

v1.0.6(5y ago)379.6k↑124.7%MITPHPPHP >=5.6.4

Since Mar 1Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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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 itsdamien/laravel-api-controller`

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

[](#basic-setupusage)

```
use ItsDamien\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');
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Laravel Api Controller is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~258 days

Recently: every ~323 days

Total

6

Last Release

2072d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/82691386c8503584a388af7b6c1f716e07518fb2764ccb036c5c4b341f1dd26c?d=identicon)[damiencriado](/maintainers/damiencriado)

---

Top Contributors

[![damiencriado](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3238220?v=4)](https://github.com/damiencriado "damiencriado (3 commits)")

---

Tags

apicontrollerlaravellumenapilaravellumenapi controller

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