I enjoy creating API's and I have worked on many projects that required them. But the problem I always faced was setting up all the boilerplate code. For example each end point needs a migration, model, controller, repository, and on and on. I wanted a way to streamline this process and that is how this package was born.
This API generator allows you to use artisan commands to automatically generate all these files saving you time. Not only does it auto generate the files but it will set the namespaces.
The artisan command can generate the following items:
- Migration File
- Model
- Repository (optional)
- Controller
- View
- index.blade.php
- show.blade.php
- create.blade.php
- edit.blade.php
- fields.blade.php
- adjusts routes.php
And your simple CRUD API is ready in mere seconds.
Here is the full documentation.
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Add this package to your composer.json:
"require": { "mitulgolakiya/laravel-api-generator": "dev-master" }
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Run composer update
composer update
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Add the ServiceProviders to the providers array in
config/app.php
.
As we are using these two packages illuminate/html & laracasts/flash as a dependency.
so we need to add those ServiceProviders as well.'Illuminate\View\ViewServiceProvider', 'Illuminate\Html\HtmlServiceProvider', 'Laracasts\Flash\FlashServiceProvider', 'Mitul\Generator\GeneratorServiceProvider'
Also for convenience, add these facades in alias array in config/app.php
.
'Form' => 'Illuminate\Html\FormFacade',
'HTML' => 'Illuminate\Html\HtmlFacade',
'Flash' => 'Laracasts\Flash\Flash'
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Publish generator.php
php artisan vendor:publish --provider='Mitul\Generator\GeneratorServiceProvider'
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Fire the artisan command to generate API for Model, or to generate scaffold with views for web applications
php artisan mitul.generator:api ModelName php artisan mitul.generator:scaffold ModelName
e.g.
php artisan mitul.generator:api Project php artisan mitul.generator:api Post php artisan mitul.generator:scaffold Project php artisan mitul.generator:scaffold Post
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Enter the fields with options
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And you are ready to go. :)
Config file (config/generator.php
) contains path for all generated files
path_migration
- Path where Migration file to ge generated
path_model
- Path where Model file to ge generated
path_repository
- Path where Repository file to ge generated
path_controller
- Path where Controller file to ge generated
path_views
- Path where views will be created
path_request
- Path where request file will be created
path_routes
- Path of routes.php (if you are using any custom routes file)
namespace_model
- Namespace of Model
namespace_repository
- Namespace of Repository
namespace_controller
- Namespace of Controller
namespace_request
- Namespace for Request
Here is the input for the fields by which you can specify Input.
fieldName:fieldType,options:fieldOptions
e.g.,
email:string:unique
email:string:unique,default('me@mitul.me')
title:string,100
price:flat,8,4
Parameters will be in the same sequence as Blueprint
class function for all types.
Option will be printed as it is given in input except unique & primary.
Remember: This response structure is based on the most of my API response structure, you can change it to your API response after file generation in controller.
Success
{
"flag":true,
"message":"success message",
"data":{}
}
data can be anything as per response.
Failure
{
"flag":false,
"message":"failure message",
"code": 0
"data":{}
}
data will be optional. And code will be error code.
While generating scaffold, all views are created with basic CRUD functionality. (currently delete is not working)
Views will be created in resources/views/modelName
folder,
index.blade.php - Main Index file for listing records
create.blade.php - To insert a new record
edit.blade.php - To edit a record
fields.blade.php - Common file of all model fields, which will be used create and edit record
show.blade.php - To display a record
![Image of Command Execution] (http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B5kWGBdVjC7RbTRvTEswQ0tfOEU)
![Image of Generated Files] (http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B5kWGBdVjC7RZ1VMcXlsM1Z2MDg)
![Image of Migration File] (http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B5kWGBdVjC7RMWtnN1RxUzdmTUE)
![Image of Model File] (http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B5kWGBdVjC7RRUJfdHE4MVRaeXM)
![Image of Repository File] (http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B5kWGBdVjC7ROUdNVTVORm5nQ1E)
![Image of Controller File] (http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B5kWGBdVjC7RREVacVlOZDhxNDQ)
![Image of View Files] (http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B5kWGBdVjC7RQW5FOXExOFhEbms)
This API Generator is created by Mitul Golakiya.
Bugs & Forks are welcomed :)