In Laravel 5.5+, we can use API resource to format our API response in a way we want. I want to create API resource in Laravel 5.4 project which I can't upgrade to 5.5. Is there any way to use API resource in Laravel 5.4?
If not, what is the best way to format response and how to properly format responses while creating an API with Laravel? What are the tips and best practices to create API in Laravel version 5.4, 5.3, 5.2 etc?
I would highly recommend using Fractal by the League of PHP:
http://fractal.thephpleague.com/
The concept is the same (typically a "resource" is called a transformer). They tackle both single items and collections and act as a simplification layer between the actual data and what you want presented through your endpoint.
I have been using this in 5.0 through to 5.4 without issue.
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Since Laravel UI started recommending Laravel Breeze and Jetstream packages then what is the best way to use Laravel Authentication with any frontend we need such as Bootstrap or React?
I don't need Livewire or Inertia at the moment but these are included in the above packages by default. Should I use Fortify or is there any other simple method to get the default Laravel Auth functionalities?
I would personally recommend using passport or sanctum.
Official documentation :
Before getting started, you may wish to determine if your application would be better served by Laravel Passport or Laravel Sanctum. If your application absolutely needs to support OAuth2, then you should use Laravel Passport.
However, if you are attempting to authenticate a single-page application, mobile application, or issue API tokens, you should use Laravel Sanctum. Laravel Sanctum does not support OAuth2; however, it provides a much simpler API authentication development experience.
I have an application built out in Laravel 5.2 with a mySQL DB, I'm trying to find a way to integrate React as the frontend framework with the version of Laravel I currently have. Is this possible?
Yes it is possible.
You can find more information in the official react docs:
https://reactjs.org/docs/add-react-to-a-website.html#add-react-in-one-minute
Definitively possible. You would be creating 2 apps: React for the front end and PHP/Laravel as an API for the data that your react app uses.
I am new to laravel and but know core PHP well. And I am decided to create a project in laravel. So I started studying laravel. while I research about laravel, laravel community says that laravel 5.1 has Long term support(LTS). Now I confused which version want to use. Give me suggestions about which one want to use.
#Gowtham I reccommend to go for 5.3 version. because of realy specious features like
Laravel Scout: is a driver based full-text search for Eloquent
Laravel Mailable :is a new Mail class for sending emails in an expressive way.
Laravel Notifications : awesome feature which allows you to make quick updates through services like Slack, SMS, or Email.
Laravel Passport : Another superb feature . It is an optional package that is a full oAuth 2 server ready to go.
There are lot more which will curious you to go for 5.3 version.
I've been trying to make a mobile app which uses an API to fetch resources. So far, so good. Now I need to make the website and I want to use the same API.
The API is built on the top of Slimframework and illuminate/database. So I'm wondering is it good to use Laravel for something that has no connection to the database directly?
For example, components such as Auth will require to supply a different driver and etc.
Would you recommend using Laravel 4.2 for this kind of purpose? What kind of advice can you give me?
It's time to switch now laravel 5.0. I would recommend you to use Laravel for your purpose.
Yes, that is ok, try using Laravel 5 instead 4.2
I am building an application which uses an API to get/save data rather than a MySQL database.
The application is acting as an isolated front end.
I really like how the Laravel Eloquent ORM works but it seems to only work with the databases specified in the documentation.
Would it be possible to use Eloquent to interact with data on an API over HTTP/HTTPS?
No, it's not possible, mainly because each HTTP API has its own "format" so there's no easy way to create a tool that can be compatible with all existing APIs to provide a standard interface like Eloquent does.
What you can do however is create an extension that would interact with the API and provide the same methods that Eloquent does.
If you need libraries for consuming an API, you can try Guzzle or Httpful, both installable via Composer.