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silvertipsoftware/auto-responds
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Opinionated view responses for Laravel

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AutoResponds
============

[](#autoresponds)

Opinionated response discovery for Laravel.

About
-----

[](#about)

Rather than specifically return views or objects from each of your controller methods, the `AutoResponds` trait determines and automatically creates responses based on the route, controller, and desired response format. In most cases, this means your controller methods become query-only.

Importantly, however, returns from controller methods are handled the same way they would be natively (mostly), so if granular control is needed, you can have that too.

Caveats
-------

[](#caveats)

- you have to return the correct namespace in the `controllerRootNamespace()` function of your controller. We provide the correct default, but you may have to change it, depending on your configuration. Laravel does not seem to provide access to this parameter.
- this only works for controller-based routes.

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

[](#installation)

- Require the `silvertipsoftware/auto-responds` package in your `composer.json` and update your dependencies:

```
$ composer require silvertipsoftware/auto-responds
```

- Add `use AutoResponds` in your base `Controller`, or anywhere you want it.
- If you're using a non-standard setup, implement `controllerRootNamespace()` in the same controller.

View-Based Responses and Naming
-------------------------------

[](#view-based-responses-and-naming)

By default, views are discovered based on the controller action being called, and prefixed by any intermediate namespaces. For example, for HTML format, based on the default root controller namespace:

Controller Action......Maps to viewUsersController@showusers.showAccountsController@indexaccounts.indexAdmin\\InvitesController@newadmin.invites.newIf you're using Javascript request/response (eg. UJS, or some other on-the-fly-js library):

Controller Action......Maps to viewUsersController@editusers.js.editAccountsController@updateaccounts.js.updateAdmin\\InvitesController@newadmin.invites.js.newUsing the Route Name
--------------------

[](#using-the-route-name)

If you prefer, view names can be based off of the route name (defined using `'as'` in your routes file, for example). To your base controller, add:

```
    protected $useActionForViewName = false;
```

Now a route named `users.index` will map to a view called `users.index` (or `users.js.index` for the JS format).

Overriding Detection
--------------------

[](#overriding-detection)

In some cases, you may want to use a specific view for a specific action. In that case, set the `viewNameForResponse`property in your action. For example:

```
    public function index($request) {
        if (!\Auth::user()) {
            $this->viewNameForResponse = 'need_to_login';
        }
    }
```

You may also return any standard response from Laravel, from strings, to views, to model instances. The `AutoResponds`functionality is bypassed in these cases.

The exception is for Javascript formats, where a specific view response is used. By default, `AutoResponds` looks for a view called `js_redirect`, and passes it the target location for the redirect as a `redirectToUrl` variable. Typically, this just looks like:

```
window.location.href = '{{ $redirectToUrl }}';
```

but you're free to do whatever you need to.

Format-Specific Notes
---------------------

[](#format-specific-notes)

### Javascript

[](#javascript)

Javascript responses are all automatically wrapped as a Immediately Invoked Function Expression (or Self Executing Anonymous Function) to encapsulate variables, etc. Your js views do not need to include this.

### JSON

[](#json)

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

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###  Release Activity

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Total

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Last Release

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### Community

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