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rickgoemans/laravel-api-response-helpers
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A Laravel helper to create uniform API responses

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A Laravel helper to create uniform API responses
================================================

[](#a-laravel-helper-to-create-uniform-api-responses)

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This package contains some useful helpers to return API responses in a uniform format.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require rickgoemans/laravel-api-response-helpers
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Rickgoemans\LaravelApiResponseHelpers\ApiResponse;

class ExampleController extends Controller {
    public function default(): JsonResponse {
        return ApiResponse::default([
            'message' => 'This is an example',
        ], 200);
    }

    public function success(): JsonResponse {
        return ApiResponse::success('Ths is an example', [
            'user_id' => 1,
            'name' => 'Rick Goemans',
        ], 200);
    }

    public function error(): JsonResponse {
        return ApiResponse::error('Invalid data', [
            'name' => [
                'required',
            ],
        ], 422);
    }

    public function unauthorized(): JsonResponse {
        return ApiResponse::unauthorized(401);
    }

    public function forbidden(): JsonResponse {
        return ApiResponse::forbidden(403);
    }
}
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

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

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

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/rickgoemans/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

Please review [our security policy](../../security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Rick Goemans](https://github.com/rickgoemans)

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance80

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 69.1% 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 ~106 days

Recently: every ~148 days

Total

12

Last Release

203d ago

Major Versions

v3.1 → v4.02022-11-01

v4.1 → v5.02023-05-09

v5.0 → v6.02024-03-13

v6.0.1 → v7.0.02025-02-28

v7.0.0 → v8.0.02025-10-21

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0PHP ^8.1

v6.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7813679?v=4)[Rick Goemans](/maintainers/rickgoemans)[@rickgoemans](https://github.com/rickgoemans)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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