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Helper class for giving JSON api response

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api-response
============

[](#api-response)

> Helper class for giving JSON api response

Motivation
----------

[](#motivation)

Its hard to allways write api response for everyting, and this package will make the job much easier.

This package and its base concept is greatly inspired by [dingo/api](https://github.com/dingo/api). And uses most of the same transformer syntax as [Fractal](http://fractal.thephpleague.com/transformers/).

Install
-------

[](#install)

I use this package mainly in my [Laravel](https://laravel.com/) projects.

Run `composer require lassehaslev/api-response` in your project folder

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

#### Responder

[](#responder)

The Responder is where we call what items we want transformed to JsonResponse. This class need to implement the `ResponseTrait` and will then make the `$this->response` object available. This will make it posible to use `$response->item()` and `$response->collection()`. The first argument for both functions are the data to be transformed, the second argument is the transformer to transform the data. Read below for more information.

```
use LasseHaslev\ApiResponse\Responses\ResponseTrait;
class ResponseCaller
{
    use ResponseTrait;

    public function getItem() {
        return $this->response->item( [ 'name'=>'Test name' ], new Transformer );
    }

    public function getCollection() {
        return $this->response->collection( [
            [ 'name'=>'Test name' ],
            [ 'name'=>'Another test name' ]
        ], new Transformer );
    }

}
```

#### Transformer

[](#transformer)

The transformer is where we format the data to the api. All you have to do is to create a `public function transform` with the model you want to transformed. Then you return an `array` with the data.

You can also have the transformer include more data. This can be useful when model has data. This is done by two different types `default` and `available`, but both types works the same way: Update the array of the type example: `protected $defaultIncludes = ['name']`. Then you need to create a public function thats has name prefix `include`. Example: `public function includeName( $model )`.

###### Default includes

[](#default-includes)

The default include will be included by default.

###### Available includes

[](#available-includes)

The available include will only be included when url parameter `include` are provided. Example `/api/request?include=name`

If you have multiple available includes you can include them by having url request like `/api/request?include=first,second`

```
use LasseHaslev\ApiResponse\Transformers\Transformer as BaseTransformer;
class Transformer extends BaseTransformer
{

    protected $defaultIncludes = [ 'default' ];
    protected $availableIncludes = [ 'available' ];

    /**
     * Transform $model
     *
     * @return Array
     */
    public function transform( $model )
    {
        return [
            'name'=>$model[ 'name' ],
        ];
    }

    /**
     * Return include default
     *
     * @return Array
     */
    public function includeDefault($model)
    {
        return [ 'name'=>'Include default' ];
    }

    /**
     * Return include available
     *
     * @return Array
     */
    public function includeAvailable($model)
    {
        return [ 'name'=>'Include available' ];
    }

}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT, dawg

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~0 days

Total

4

Last Release

3643d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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