Calling Method in Model as an API call

So I have a custom method which checks if the restaurant is open or not. Now I have implemented it in laravel successfully by doing something like @if($restaurant->opened()) which returns a true else it returns a false. Now how can I do the same and apply this on to an API return inside of a json.

Here is my method:

public function opened(){
       
        $today = Carbon::today()->format('l');
        $today_exists = $this->timings()->where('day', $today)->exists();
        $current_time = Carbon::now()->format('H:i');

        if ($today_exists){
            $todays_timings = $this->timings()->where('day', $today)->first();
            if ($current_time > $todays_timings->open_time && $current_time < $todays_timings->close_time){
                return true;
            }
        }

    }

It's a big mess but basically it returns true or false. And in my API I am doing this:

//Simply
$restaurant = Restaurant::where('active', 1)->latest()->get();

So I am expecting a json which would return all the restaurants which meets the condition. Now how can I apply something like restaurant_open: 1 or something in my json return with the above method in my model

Nakov

6 years ago

Best Answer

Level 73

First of all your method returns just true but never false so add as a last line in your method: return false; to be explicit.

Then you can make it as an accessor instead of just a method.. like this:

public function getOpenedAttribute()
{     
    $today = Carbon::today()->format('l');
    $today_exists = $this->timings()->where('day', $today)->exists();
    $current_time = Carbon::now()->format('H:i');

    if ($today_exists){
        $todays_timings = $this->timings()->where('day', $today)->first();

        return $current_time > $todays_timings->open_time && $current_time < $todays_timings->close_time;
    }

    return false;
}

Then also in the same model add this at the top: