How to convert json data in json file in Laravel 5.6 - php

Question

I need convert my json data in file .json. I parsing data to array of json in this code
$movies = Movie::all();
return response()->json($movies);
I need create movies.json file. Where my file must be, which folder? And how to it?

Answer 1

use
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
and then
Storage::disk('public')->put('movies.json', response()->json($movies));
and this file will be save in public folder

Answer 2

According to the fact that you want to create the file on the server, maybe you can use the file-storage functions in Laravel like this
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
$movies = Movie::all();
Storage::put('Movies.json', $movies);
return true;
In the future, if you want to offer it as a download you can create a response macro. I've done the same for a HTML download
File: App\Providers\AppServiceProvider#boot
\Response::macro('attachment', function ($content) {
$headers = [
'Content-type' => 'text/json',
'Content-Disposition' => "attachment; filename='Movies.json'",
];
return \Response::make($content, 200, $headers);
});
And call it as
return response()->attachment($movies); //App\Providers\AppServiceProvider

Answer 3

in your web.php
Route::get('/download','MoviesController#downloadJSON')->name('download_movies');
paste below code in your controller :
public function downloadJSON(Request $request){
$table = Movie::all();
$filename = "movies.json";
$handle = fopen($filename, 'w+');
fputs($handle, $table->toJson(JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
fclose($handle);
$headers = array('Content-type'=> 'application/json');
return response()->download($filename,'movies.json',$headers);
}
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