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My controller:
$customers = Customer::paginate();
return new CustomerResource($customers);
My CustomerResource:
public function toArray($request)
{
return parent::toArray($request);
}
According to docs, it has mentioned that it api will return related data under meta key as
{
"data": [
{},{},{}...
],
"links":{
"first": "http://example.com/pagination?page=1",
"last": "http://example.com/pagination?page=1",
"prev": null,
"next": null
},
"meta":{
"current_page": 1,
"from": 1,
"last_page": 1,
"path": "http://example.com/pagination",
"per_page": 15,
"to": 10,
"total": 10
}
}
But, I am receiving data as:
{
"current_page": 1,
"data": [
{},{},{}
],
"first_page_url": "http://inventory.test/api/customers?page=1",
"from": 1,
"last_page": 14,
"last_page_url": "http://inventory.test/api/customers?page=14",
"links": [
{},{}
],
"next_page_url": "http://inventory.test/api/customers?page=2",
"path": "http://inventory.test/api/customers",
"per_page": 15,
"prev_page_url": null,
"to": 15,
"total": 200
}
Am I missing something??
$customers = Customer::paginate();
return CustomerResource::collection($customers);
You may pass a Laravel paginator instance to the
collectionmethod of a resource or to a custom resource collection
Docs: https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/eloquent-resources#pagination
@michaloravec I got the idea here, on this case how could I return searched query as well on the meta.
No, its not working, its returning data in this format
{
"data": [
{
"data": null,
"links": {
"self": "link-value"
}
},
{
"data": null,
"links": {
"self": "link-value"
}
}
],
"links": {
"first": "http://inventory.test/api/customers?page=1",
"last": "http://inventory.test/api/customers?page=10",
"prev": null,
"next": "http://inventory.test/api/customers?page=2"
},
"meta": {
"current_page": 1,
"from": 1,
"last_page": 10,
"links": [
{
"url": null,
"label": "« Previous",
"active": false
},
{
"url": "http://inventory.test/api/customers?page=1",
"label": "1",
"active": true
},
{
"url": "http://inventory.test/api/customers?page=2",
"label": "2",
"active": false
},
{
"url": "http://inventory.test/api/customers?page=2",
"label": "Next »",
"active": false
}
],
"path": "http://inventory.test/api/customers",
"per_page": 20,
"to": 20,
"total": 200
}
}
I just want to return search_query under meta tag as a additional key value pair to current meta data.
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