I do not have meta data in laravel&#39;s resources

Level 53

@mstdmstd with method is only available for ResourceCollection. Take a look at Top Level Meta Data section in https://laravel.com/docs/6.x/eloquent-resources#adding-meta-data

Create TaskCollection:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Resources;

use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\ResourceCollection;

class TaskCollection extends ResourceCollection
{
    public function with($request)
    {
        return [
            'meta' => [
                'version' => '1.0.2',
            ],
        ];
    }
}

Return it in the controller:

return new TaskCollection(Task::all());

1 like

Level 8

Thanks for your feedback! I made like :

<?php

namespace App\Http\Resources;
use App\Facades\MyFuncsClass;

use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\ResourceCollection;

class TaskCollection extends ResourceCollection
{
    public function toArray($task)
    {

        return [
            $this->collection->transform(function($task){
                return [
                    'id' => $task->id,
                    'name' => $task->name,
                    'slug' => $task->slug,
                    'price' => $task->price,
                    'description' => $task->description,
                    'creator_id' => $task->creator_id,
                    'leader_id' => $task->leader_id,
                    'category_id' => $task->category_id,
                    'priority' => $task->priority,
                    'status' => $task->status,

                    'date_start' => $task->date_start,
                    'date_start_formatted' => MyFuncsClass::mySqlToStringDate($task->date_start),

                    'date_end' => $task->date_end,
                    'date_end_formatted' => MyFuncsClass::mySqlToStringDate($task->date_end),

                    'needs_reports' => $task->needs_reports,
                    'image' => $task->image,
                    'leader_name' => $task->leader_name,
                    'category_name' => $task->category_name,
                    'category_slug' => $task->category_slug,
                    'filenameData' => $task->filenameData,
                    'taskRequireSkills' => !empty($task->taskRequireSkills) ? $task->taskRequireSkills : [],
                    'events' => !empty($task->events) ? $task->events : [],
                    'events_count' => !empty($task->events_count) ? $task->events_count : 0,
                    'created_at' => $task->created_at,
                    'updated_at' => $task->updated_at,
                ];
            }),
        ];

    }

    public function with($task)
    {
        return [
            'meta' => [
                'version'=>'1.0.2'
            ]
        ];
    }

}

and the only question I have is how to pass 1 more parameter tasks_total_count, which I need for pagination of my page? I can not put it in “with” method as it is changable value for any request. I can set this value in any $task row, but this way seems not good...

https://laravel.com/docs/6.x/eloquent-resources#adding-meta-data

Best Answer

Level 53

@mstdmstd if you need to pass additional data from the controller, you can use additional method:

return (new TaskCollection(Task::all()))
   ->additional(['meta' => [
      'key' => 'value',
]]);

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Level 8

Thanks! One More question on client(vuejs.axios request) to read data I have to write:

                        this.tasks = response.data.data[0]
                        this.tasks_total_count = response.data.meta.tasks_total_count

If there is a way to get rid away of .data[0] ?

https://laravel.com/docs/6.x/eloquent-resources#data-wrapping

Level 53

@mstdmstd do you tried to add Resource::withoutWrapping();to AppServiceProvider?

Level 8

Yes, in my app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php I have lines :

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Auth;
use Validator;
use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\Resource;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function boot()
    {

        Resource::withoutWrapping();

But if line above commented or not I have to use :

                        this.tasks = response.data.data[0]

in both cases?

Is withoutWrapping parameter applicable ResourceCollection data? Are there some otgher parameters involved ?

Level 53

@mstdmstd do you tried to remove nested array?:

return $this->collection->transform(function($task) {
   //...
})->map->toArray($request)->all();

Instead of:

return [
   $this->collection->transform(function($task){
      //...
   })
];