I would like to add a total count records to the json response of my API. I understand that it can be done using a Resource and pagination, however its kind of annoying that I would need to specify each field that needs to be returned.
Is there a faster way to just add the meta with total, without pagination - which I guess would have to subsequently wrap the data in data tag, or do I have to do it that way ?
Thx
Well you return your own json response in any controller, so you don't need to use a Resource! However a resources is a good practise for this kind of stuff ;)
Here's an example
public function index()
{
$posts = Post::all();
return response()->json([
'posts' => $posts,
'count' => $posts-count(),
]);
}
You can even decide to put posts into its own data key, but that's up to you ;)
ah not sure where my brain is - so obvious, thanks!
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