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mbarlow/laravel-response-helpers
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Helpers for Laravel based API responses

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A collection of helpers for returning a response from your API more expressively.

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

[](#installation)

Simply require the package via composer into your Laravel API.

```
composer require mbarlow/laravel-response-helpers

```

No extra setup is required. The helper file is autoloaded via the "autoload" attributes of the `composer.json` file.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### 2xx Success

[](#2xx-success)

#### 200 OK

[](#200-ok)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return ok($content, $headers);
```

#### 201 Created

[](#201-created)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return created($content, $headers);
```

#### 202 Accepted

[](#202-accepted)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return accepted($content, $headers);
```

#### 204 No Content

[](#204-no-content)

```
    /**
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return noContent($headers);
```

### 3xx Redirection

[](#3xx-redirection)

#### 301 Moved Permanently

[](#301-moved-permanently)

```
    /**
     * @param  string $newUrl
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return movedPermanently($newUrl, $headers);
```

#### 302 Found

[](#302-found)

```
    /**
     * @param  string $url
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return found($url, $headers);
```

#### 303 Found

[](#303-found)

```
    /**
     * @param  string $newUrl
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return seeOther($newUrl, $headers);
```

#### 307 Temporary Redirect

[](#307-temporary-redirect)

```
    /**
     * @param  string $tempUrl
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return temporaryRedirect($tempUrl, $headers);
```

### 4xx Client Errors

[](#4xx-client-errors)

#### 400 Bad Request

[](#400-bad-request)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return badRequest($content, $headers);
```

#### 401 Unauthorized

[](#401-unauthorized)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return unauthorized($content, $headers);
```

#### 402 Payment Required

[](#402-payment-required)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return paymentRequired($content, $headers);
```

#### 403 Forbidden

[](#403-forbidden)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return forbidden($content, $headers);
```

#### 404 Not Found

[](#404-not-found)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return notFound($content, $headers);
```

#### 405 Method Not Allowed

[](#405-method-not-allowed)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return methodNotAllowed($content, $headers);
```

#### 406 Not Acceptable

[](#406-not-acceptable)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return notAcceptable($content, $headers);
```

#### 410 Gone

[](#410-gone)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return gone($content, $headers);
```

#### 413 Payload Too Large

[](#413-payload-too-large)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return payloadTooLarge($content, $headers);
```

#### 422 Unprocessable Entity

[](#422-unprocessable-entity)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return unprocessableEntity($content, $headers);
```

#### 426 Upgrade Required

[](#426-upgrade-required)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return upgradeRequired($content, $headers);
```

#### 429 Too Many Requests

[](#429-too-many-requests)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return tooManyRequests($content, $headers);
```

### 5xx Server Errors

[](#5xx-server-errors)

#### 500 Internal Server Errors

[](#500-internal-server-errors)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return internalServerError($content, $headers);
```

#### 501 Not Implemented

[](#501-not-implemented)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return notImplemented($content, $headers);
```

#### 502 Bad Gateway

[](#502-bad-gateway)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return badGateway($content, $headers);
```

#### 503 Service Unavailable

[](#503-service-unavailable)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return serviceUnavailable($content, $headers);
```

#### 504 Gateway Timeout

[](#504-gateway-timeout)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return gatewayTimeout($content, $headers);
```

#### 507 Insufficient Storage

[](#507-insufficient-storage)

```
    /**
     * @param  \Illuminate\View\View|string|array|null  $content
     * @param  array  $headers
     */
    return insufficientStorage($content, $headers);
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

If you wish to run the tests, clone out the repository

```
git clone git@github.com:mikebarlow/laravel-response-helpers.git

```

Change to the root of the repository and run composer install with the dev dependencies

```
cd laravel-response-helpers
composer install

```

A script is defined in the `composer.json` to run both the code sniffer and the unit tests

```
composer run test

```

Or run them individually as required

```
./vendor/bin/phpunit

./vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=PSR2 src

```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance45

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.8% 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 ~303 days

Recently: every ~379 days

Total

7

Last Release

429d ago

Major Versions

1.1.0 → 2.0.02021-01-13

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43972359?v=4)[snsmurf](/maintainers/snsmurf)[@snsmurf](https://github.com/snsmurf)

---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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