PHP/Laravel, url with multiples arguments - php

Question

I'm building a Laravel app, and I need to use an URL that looks like that :
/api/ads?page=Actuel&formatsQuery[]=side&formatsQuery[]=leaderboard&deviceQuery=mobile
I have 3 parameters (page, formatsQuery (as an array), and deviceQuery).
Do you now how to hold his in routing and controller in order to have the correct value inside the controller's fonction?
I tried this :
routes/api.php
//request to get ads for given parameters
Route::get('/ads', [MediaController::class, 'findAds']);
and this (MediaController.php) :
public function findAds($page, $formatsQuery, $deviceQuery) {
echo $page;
if(sizeof($formatsQuery) <= 0 || sizeof($formatsQuery) > 3){
return $this->unvalidParametersError();
}
//transform format to position depending on deviceQuery
$position = [];
$res = [];
foreach ($formatsQuery as $format) {
$res = Media::where('position', $format)->inRandomOrder()->first()->union($res);
}
echo $res;
return $res;
}
then I test it with this :
public function test_findAds()
{
$ads = Ad::factory()
->has(Media::factory()->count(3), 'medias')
->count(3)->create();
$response = $this->get('/api/ads?page=Actuel&formatsQuery[]=side&formatsQuery[]=leaderboard&deviceQuery=mobile');
$response->assertStatus(200);
}

Answer 1

You are using a GET request to fetch your data. GET request is a type of request that you send parameters in URL using ? after URL and separating parameters with &. You can find out more about HTTP methods here.
In laravel using request parameters is so simple. First of all you need to add Request $request to your method prototype like this:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
public function findAds(Request $request)
Then you can simply use $request->parameter to get the values. So you need to change your code like this:
public function findAds(Request $request){
$page = $request->page;
$formatsQuery = $request->formatsQuery;
$deviceQuery = $request->deviceQuery;
// Your code
}
And as #matiaslauriti mentioned in the comments you don't need to put [] after formatsQuery[] to send an array in GET request. Using the same key more than one time automatically makes an array for you.