Hello,
I am trying to make a REST API backend for my app.
To keep the API outputs same format from all places, I am using a helper with statis functions, to which I send errors and outputs and the functions prints it for me.
I would like to use response()->json from the helper file. I am not able to. I dont get any errors, but I dont see any outputs either. Should I add something in the use statement to be able to use it?
I made helper class myself. so please let me know whats wrong.
Also Is this a good approach? The backend will have considerable number of controllers which output data, which is why I made a helper instead of formatting it every time,
It's hard to help, without any code snippets.
Are you returning the returned value from your helper class in your controller?
class ResponseController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
return MyHelperClass::getFormattedResponse();
}
}
Besides that, it sounds like you could benefit from using transformers. There's an excellent package from The PHP League here: https://fractal.thephpleague.com/transformers/
Sorry for not including the code.
[CODE] class Helper { public static function output($data){ return response()->json(['response' => array('status'=>true,'data'=>$data)]); } } [/CODE]
I am trying to use the response() function from the Helper file, opposed to returning the formatted output back to controller. I am wondering if I should use any use statements to print the response from the helper class itself.
A method in a controller MUST return something, otherwise no response is being generated.
The response() method is not setting a global response object, but rather making a ResponseFactory.
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