How to get data in api with employee number instead of id - php

Question

I have created an api GET method to fetch child seminar table with parent users table that has employee_number column
Route::group(['prefix' => 'users'], function() {
Route::group(['prefix' => 'seminar'], function() {
Route::get("/{employee_number}", [UserProfileController::class, 'getSeminar']);
Route::post("/{user}", [UserProfileController::class, "createSeminar"]);
Route::put("/{seminar}", [UserProfileController::class, "updateSeminar"]);
Route::delete("/{seminar}", [UserProfileController::class, "deleteSeminar"]);
});
});
This is my Seminar model
<?php
namespace App\Models\Users;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Seminar extends Model
{
use HasFactory;
protected $table = 'users.seminars';
protected $fillable = [
'user_id',
'dates',
'name',
'certificate_number',
];
public function user()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Models\User', 'user_id');
}
public function seminarFiles()
{
return $this->hasMany("App\Models\Users\SeminarFile", "seminar_id");
}
}
This is my get method
public function getSeminar($employee_number)
{
$seminars = Seminar::with('user')->where('user_id', $employee_number)->get();
return response()->json($seminars, 200);
}
In my get method how do i compare the $employee_number value to seminar table. Do i do something like this
$seminars = Seminar::with('user')->where('user_id', $employee_number)->Auth::user()->id;
Is this the right path or should i do where('user_id', $id) instead
Any help would greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

public function getSeminar($employee_number)
{
$seminars = Seminar::with('user')
->where('users.employee_number', $employee_number)
->get();
return response()->json($seminars, 200);
}
If you want to get seminars of authenticated user, use this:
public function getSeminar()
{
$seminars = Seminar::with('user')
->where('users.employee_number', Auth::user()->employee_number)
->get();
return response()->json($seminars, 200);
}