php | dynamic api call - php

Question

I am trying to create a dynamic endpoint for a API I am creating in order to include some data but only if it is required so I can use it in multiple places.
The idea is to have api.domain.com/vehicle to bring back basic vehicle information but if I did api.domain.com/vehicle?with=owners,history then the idea is to have a function which maps the owners and history to a class which will return data but only if it is required.
This is what I currently have.
public static function vehicle()
{
$with = isset($_GET['with']) ? $_GET['with'] : null;
$properties = explode(',', $with);
$result = ['vehicle' => Vehicle::data($id)];
foreach ($properties as $property) {
array_push($result, static::getPropertyResponse($property));
}
echo json_encode($result);
}
Which will then call this function.
protected static function getPropertyResponse($property)
{
$propertyMap = [
'owners' => Vehicle::owner($id),
'history' => Vehicle::history($id)
];
if (array_key_exists($property, $propertyMap)) {
return $propertyMap[$property];
}
return null;
}
However, the response I'm getting is being nested within a index, which I don't want it to be. The format I want is...
{
"vehicle": {
"make": "vehicle make"
},
"owners": {
"name": "owner name"
},
"history": {
"year": "26/01/2018"
}
}
But the format I am getting is this...
{
"vehicle": {
"make": "vehicle make"
},
"0": {
"owners": {
"name": "owner name"
}
},
"1": {
"history": {
"year": "26/01/2018"
}
}
}
How would I do this so it doesn't return with the index?

Answer 1

Vehicle::history($id) seems to return ['history'=>['year' => '26/01/2018']], ...etc.
foreach ($properties as $property) {
$out = static::getPropertyResponse($property) ;
$result[$property] = $out[$property] ;
}
Or your methods should returns something like ['year' => '26/01/2018'] and use :
foreach ($properties as $property) {
$result[$property] = static::getPropertyResponse($property) ;
}