Level 6
You probably need to use the toArray method.
public function set(User $user) {
$userResource = new UserResource($user);
$this->firestore->document($user->id)->set($userResource->toArray());
}
May 31, 2020
10
Level 2
Convert API resource to array
I want to store data on Firestore. I need to send an array to Firestore. I have API resources and I wanted to use it.
My resource:
public function toArray($request)
{
return [
'id' => $this->id,
'name' => $this->name,
'phone' => $this->phone,
'addresses' => AddressResource::collection($this->addresses),
];
}
Firestore:
public function set(User $user){
$userResource = new UserResource($user);
$this->firestore->document($user->id)->set($userResource);
}
The error:
Argument 1 passed to Google\Cloud\Firestore\DocumentReference::set() must be of the type array, object given...
Level 2
I got this error:
Too few arguments to function App\Http\Resources\MobileApi\UserResource::toArray()
Level 6
Wait, why are you using API resource to transform the user to array in order to store it in firestore? That's kinda not the purpose of API resources.
You don't wanna store the whole user using $user->toArray() for some reason ?
Level 2
Because I use same format in all places. User model has also relations. I haven't added relation data to ApiResource yet. The same data I need to send to another place as a son. I didn't want to code twice. That's why I wanted to use ApiResource
Level 2
This code works fine
public function set(User $user){
$this->firestore->document($user->id)->set(json_decode((new UserResource($user))->toJson(), true));
}
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Level 5
I am may be too late to respond. Here is the better way to get an array from resource:
UserResource::make($user)->resolve()
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Level 14
@sanjitsingh Thanks.
Level 4
@sanjitsingh This works although not recursively.
Level 15
@sanjitsingh Thanks, that worked for me!
Level 1
@sanjitsingh That work with single instance I guess. With a collection of model, when manually return an array of property the following exception is thrown:
Property [<some_property>] does not exist on this collection instance.
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