Kushy API

Development

Quick Start (using Docker)

Clone project
composer install in project root
Clone Laradock into project (if doesn't already exist)
Copy the laradock/.env.example to laradock/.env
Copy the .env.example in the project root to .env.
Change MYSQL_HOST to mysql. Add AWS S3 credentials (or CDN images won't display).
Start the server: cd laradock && docker-compose up -d nginx mysql redis elasticsearch
Add the DB tables and seed them: docker-compose exec workspace php artisan migrate && docker-compose exec workspace db:seed

You're good to go!

Startup

This project is setup to use Docker, but Laravel allows you to use various other methods to deploy a development environment. Regardless of what method you choose, you'll be required to setup an ENV file.

Adding an Admin

There's a sample User Seed that includes an admin. You can copy this format and run the seed.

Or you could also register for a new user, and then alter the SQL table to modify the user's type to admin.

PHP + SQLite

If you're on Windows, make sure PHP is installed globally (php -v should work in your Command Line)
Create an empty database/database.sqlite file.
Change the ENV file to DB_CONNECTION=sqlite.
php artisan serve

Docker

Follow Docker setup instructions below.
cd laradock && docker-compose up -d nginx mysql redis elasticsearch

Docker

Setup

Clone laradock (if not already included as a submodule)
Duplicate the laradock/.env.example as laradock/.env
Change the MySQL host in your ENV file to mysql (Laradock names servers for services internally instead of using localhost with ports)

Multiple Laradock Setups

If you use Laradock on other projects on the same machine, make sure to change DATA_PATH_HOST to include your project name, and the SQL DB to be unique. Otherwise you'll share data and lose data (like the SQL DB) between projects.

Start Server

One liner (from project root):

cd laradock && docker-compose up -d nginx mysql redis elasticsearch

cd laradock from project root
docker-compose up -d nginx mysql redis elasticsearch

Run Commands

docker-compose exec workspace npm install

Check logs

docker-compose logs

See list of containers (nginx, SQL, Redis, etc)

docker-compose ps

Tips

When first installing project and Laradock, make sure to clear project's cache (rename /project-name/bootstrap/cache/config.php to config_.php)
Change .env file's DB_HOST to mysql instead of localhost. Laradock labels it's containers by name.

Common Commands

List all artisan commands: docker-compose exec workspace artisan list

List all registered routes: docker-compose exec workspace php artisan route:list

Make a controller: docker-compose exec workspace php artisan make:controller ShopsController

Add new composer dependency: docker-compose exec workspace composer require phpmailer/phpmailer:5.2.*

Reset composer namespaces: docker-compose exec workspace composer dump-autoload

Laravel

General

Make Controller: php artisan make:controller ProductController

Clear config cache when changing files after deploy: php artisan config:cache

AJAX

Check for AJAX request in controller Great for GET routes that need to double as AJAX endpoints.

public function index(Request $request)
{
    if($request->ajax()){
        return "AJAX";
    }
    return "HTTP";
}

Date / Time

Use Carbon instead of PHP's Date\Time class.

Format Date/Time value into proper DB format:

$date_estimated_arrival = new Carbon($request->input('date_estimated_arrival'));
echo $date_departure->toDateTimeString();

Format Date value into proper DB format:

$date_estimated_arrival = new Carbon($request->input('date_estimated_arrival'));
echo $date_departure->toDateString();

Forms

Images in forms

Always include enctype param for forms including images.

<form method="POST" action="/business/admin/photos/" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="ui form" >

Error Handling:

@if ($errors->any())
    <div class="ui negative message">
        <i class="close icon"></i>
        <div class="header">
            There were some errors with your submission
        </div>
        <ul class="list">
            @foreach ($errors->all() as $error)
                <li>{{ $error }}</li>
            @endforeach
        </ul>
    </div>
@endif

Events

Make Event:

Add event and listener to $listen array in EventServiceProvider.php
php artisan event:generate
Add event to page: event(new PodcastPurchased($podcastId, $podcastUrl))

Queue Events:

Open event listener class and add class EventHandlerName implements ShouldBeQueued
Above class (at the top of file) add use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;

If you need access queue job functions (like $this->delete) - inside event listener class, add use InteractsWithQueue

Jobs/Queue

Add job to queue: Make the job class first: php artisan make:job ProcessPodcast

Then dispatch the job (make sure to require class deps): ProcessPodcast::dispatch($podcast);

Mail

Make mail template: Make the job class first: php artisan make:mail OrderShipped

Add subject and send variables to email:

return $this->subject("Email_Subject_Here")
            ->view('emails.routes.contactform')
            ->with($this->variableHere);

Ideally you pass a $this based var

Testing

Laravel uses PHPUnit for testing. All tests are located in the /tests/ folder.

Make a new test

php artisan make:test TestName --unit

Unit flag is optional to create a "unit test" vs a "feature test". Unit = one function, feature = multiple controllers/models

Testing API

Laravel offers a JSON method inside the test class ($this->json()) that allows you to query the internal API with different request methods (GET, POST, DELETE, etc). The JSON method returns a response, which offers a assertJson method to verify JSON matches what we expect.

Inside the test method/function:

$shop = factory(\KushyApi\Posts::class)->states('shops')->make();
$shop = $shop->toArray();

// Category is required (see StoreShops Request validator)
$shop['category'] = 1;

$response = $this->json('POST', 'api/v1/shops', $shop);

$response
    ->assertStatus(201)
    ->assertJson([
        'data' => [
            'name' => $shop['name'],
            'categories' => [
                ['category_id' => $shop['category'] ]
            ]
        ]
    ]);

Creating fake data for testing

Laravel uses the Faker library inside factories that generate models filled with fake data (database/factories). You can use these factories inside tests to quickly create objects to query or use.

You can chain the factory with a states() method that accepts comma separated strings (or an array of strings). These are defined in the factories, reference there for all the options. The chains add extra parameters/fields to the created model, like adding a section (in this case 'shops') to Posts.

$shop = factory(\KushyApi\Posts::class)->states('shops')->create();


$shop = factory(\KushyApi\Posts::class)->states('shops')->make();
$shop = $shop->toArray();

Authenticating / Adding JWT to POST

Add the AttachJwtToken to the test.

use Tests\Traits\AttachJwtToken;

Running all tests

docker-compose exec workspace ./vendor/bin/phpunit

Any tests involving SQL must be run through Docker, since the SQL DB is hoisted inside the container (and you're running from outside).

Testing Tips

Always chain a unique() to fields like user_id when creating factories: 'username' => $faker->unique()->userName,

Authentication / Middleware

Check if user is authenticated (Blade) - see more: @if(Auth::check())

If user is guest: @if(Auth::guest()).

Auth - Get username {{ Auth::user()->name }}

Route with Authentication check middleware:

Route::get('/my-path', [
  'middleware' => ['auth'],
  'uses' => function () {
   echo "You are allowed to view this page!";
}]);

Middleware applied to specific methods in controller:

Apply one of these in the constructor method of the controller.

public function __construct()
{
    // Only apply middleware to these methods
    $this->middleware('auth', ['only' => ['create', 'store', 'edit', 'delete']]);
    // Or exclude middleware from these methods
    $this->middleware('auth', ['except' => ['confirmPage', 'confirmOrder', 'invoice']]);
}

Database

Seed Database: If you've added any new seeders: composer dump-autoload

Then run the seed (this will run all the seed classes listed in DatabaseSeeder.php: php artisan db:seed

or php artisan migrate:refresh && php artisan db:seed && php artisan db:seed --class=StrainsTableSeeder to rollback and rebuild entire DB with a specific seed class

Debug the seed using the verbose command php artisan db:seed --class=YourSeeder -vvv

Create DB migration file: php artisan make:migration create_table_name_table --create=table_name

Sample migration file:

Schema::create('links', function (Blueprint $table) {
      $table->increments('id');
      $table->string('title');
      $table->string('url')->unique();
      $table->text('description');
      $table->timestamps();
});

Run the migration: php artisan migrate

Update a table with new columns: php artisan make:migration add_paid_to_users

public function up()
{
    Schema::table('users', function($table) {
        $table->integer('paid');
    });
}
public function down()
{
    Schema::table('users', function($table) {
        $table->dropColumn('paid');
    });
}

Query Builder / Eloquent

Dynamically call Models:

$dynamic_model = 'Shops';
$model_name = '\\Kushy\\'.$dynamic_model;
$model = new $model_name;
$shops = $model->find($id);

LIMIT and OFFSET

$users = DB::table('users')
                ->offset(10)
                ->limit(5)
                ->get();

Blade

Basic template:

@extends('layouts.main')
@section('title', 'Page Title')
@section('content')
    Content here
@stop

Link to public assets path in template: {{ public_path('fonts/OptimusPrinceps.tff') }}

Input

Requires Illuminate\Http\Request as $request

Get specific input: $this->request->input('input-name');

Get all input as array: $this->request->all();

Redis

Add to the top of any file using Redis facade: use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redis;

Grab a Redis key: $user = Redis::get('user:profile:'.$id);

Set a Redis key: $user = Redis::set('user:profile:'.$id);

Sessions

Access session data: $value = $request->session()->get('key');

Logging

# Emergency: system is unusable
Log::emergency($message);
# Alert: action must be taken immediately
Log::alert($message);
# Critical: critical conditions
Log::critical($message);
# Error: error conditions
Log::error($message);
# Warning: warning conditions
Log::warning($message);
# Notice: normal but significant condition
Log::notice($message);
# Informational: informational messages
Log::info($message);
# Debug: debug-level messages
Log::debug($message);

Pagination

Show a collection's pagination navigation using the Semantic UI template:

$shops->links('vendor.pagination.semantic-ui')

Other / Random

Using components in a loop with @extends? @overwrite, not @endsection:

@section('stuff')
     Stuff goes here...
@overwrite

UUID

Using UUIDs for models:

Use this instead of incrementing() in migration:

$table->uuid('id');
$table->primary('id');

Add this to your model:

    /**
     * Generates and inserts uuid when creating new items
     */
    use Uuids;

Uuids will be automatically generated on post creation.

Flash

Within your controllers, before you perform a redirect, make a call to the flash() function.

public function store()
{
    flash('Welcome Aboard!');

    return home();
}

You may also do:

flash('Message')->success(): Set the flash theme to "success".
flash('Message')->error(): Set the flash theme to "danger".
flash('Message')->warning(): Set the flash theme to "warning".
flash('Message')->overlay(): Render the message as an overlay.
flash()->overlay('Modal Message', 'Modal Title'): Display a modal overlay with a title.
flash('Message')->important(): Add a close button to the flash message.
flash('Message')->error()->important(): Render a "danger" flash message that must be dismissed.

With this message flashed to the session, you may now display it in your view(s). Because flash messages and overlays are so common, we provide a template out of the box to get you started. You're free to use - and even modify to your needs - this template how you see fit.

@include('flash::message')

Guzzle

Use namespace

use GuzzleHttp\Exception\GuzzleException;
use GuzzleHttp\Client;

Use it!

$client = new Client(); //GuzzleHttp\Client
$res = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.github.com/repos/guzzle/guzzle');
echo $res->getStatusCode();
// 200
echo $res->getHeaderLine('content-type');
// 'application/json; charset=utf8'
echo $res->getBody();
// '{"id": 1420053, "name": "guzzle", ...}'
$result = $client->post('your-request-uri', [
    'form_params' => [
        'sample-form-data' => 'value'
    ]
]);
// POST

GeoIP

Get user location data: geoip($ip);

Example data:

\Torann\GeoIP\Location {

    #attributes:array [
        'ip'           => '232.223.11.11',
        'iso_code'     => 'US',
        'country'      => 'United States',
        'city'         => 'New Haven',
        'state'        => 'CT',
        'state_name'   => 'Connecticut',
        'postal_code'  => '06510',
        'lat'          => 41.28,
        'lon'          => -72.88,
        'timezone'     => 'America/New_York',
        'continent'    => 'NA',
        'currency'     => 'USD',
        'default'      => false,
    ]
}

Display default location data: geoip($ip = null);

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Homestead

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Other

Syntax / Code Highlighting

Make sure to include highlight.js and the syntax color style, and then activate the script:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ asset('css/atom-one-light.css') }}">
<script src="{{ asset('js/highlight.pack.js') }}"></script>
<script>hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();</script>

Add a code snippet to a page:

<pre>
    <code class="php">
        <?php echo('something') ?>
    </code>
</pre>

Deployment

Heroku

Swap .env file with data from production.env
Push git commits to Heroku
Check website for changes
Swap back .env file with data from development.env

AWS

Deployment with AWS is completed through Git. You'd add the staging server's git URL to your project, and push to master.

kushyapp/kushy-api-laravel

Kushy API

Development

Quick Start (using Docker)

Startup

Adding an Admin

PHP + SQLite

Docker

Docker

Setup

Multiple Laradock Setups

Start Server

Run Commands

Check logs

See list of containers (nginx, SQL, Redis, etc)

Tips

Common Commands

Laravel

General

AJAX

Date / Time

Forms

Testing

Authentication / Middleware

Database

Query Builder / Eloquent

Blade

Input

Sessions

Pagination

Other / Random

Homestead

Other

Syntax / Code Highlighting

Deployment

Heroku

AWS