Eager Load Pivot in nested BelongsToMany with Api Resource - php

Question

I need your help!
I'm having problems returning pivot table information when using ApiResources.
If I have a model like this:
Post.php
public function likes()
{
return $this->belongsToMany(Like::class)
->withPivot(['points']) // I want this in my PostResource::collection !
}
When defining its Resources:
LikeResource.php
public function toArray($request)
{
return [
'like_field' => $this->like_field
];
}
PostResource.php
public function toArray($request)
{
return [
'title' => $this->title,
'likes' => LikeResource::collection($this->whenLoaded('likes'))
];
}
Then in PostController.php
return PostResource::collection(Post::with('likes')->get())
It will return something like this:
Controller Response
[
{
'title' => 'Post 1'
'likes' => [
{
'like_field' => 'Test'
},
{
'like_field' => 'Test 2'
}
]
},
{
'title' => 'Post 2',
...
}
]
The problem is, using that LikeResource::collection() it does not appends pivot information. How could I add 'points' of the pivot table when defining that PostResource??
Thats all,
Thx!
Solution
Well, simply reading a bit in Laravel Docs, to return pivot information you just has to use the method $this->whenPivotLoaded()
So, the PostResource becomes:
public function toArray($request)
{
return [
'title' => $this->title,
'likes' => LikeResource::collection($this->whenLoaded('likes')),
'like_post' => $this->whenPivotLoaded('like_post', function() {
return $this->pivot->like_field;
})
];
}