Adding GET input to my resourceful controller in Laravel - php

Question

Using Laravel 4 to create a "Read-it-Later" application just for testing purposes.
I'm able to successfully store a URL and Description into my application using the following curl command:
curl -d 'url=http://testsite.com&description=For Testing' readitlater.local/api/v1/url
I'm interested in using GET to accomplish the same thing but by passing my variables in a URL (e.g. readitlater.local/api/v1/url?url=testsite.com?description=For%20Testing)
Here is my UrlController segment:
/**
* Store a newly created resource in storage.
*
* #return Response
*/
public function store()
{
$url = new Url;
$url->url = Request::get('url');
$url->description = Request::get('description');
$url->save();
return Response::json(array(
'error' => false,
'urls' => $urls->toArray()),
200
);
}
Here is my Url model:
<?php
class Url extends Eloquent {
protected $table = 'urls';
}
I read through the Laravel docs on input types but I'm not certain how to apply that to my current controller: http://laravel.com/docs/requests#basic-input
Any tips?

Answer 1

You didn't apply what you correctly linked to...Use Input::get() to fetch anything from GET or POST, and the Request class to get info on the current request. Are you looking for something like this?
public function store()
{
$url = new Url; // I guess this is your Model
$url->url = Request::url();
$url->description = Input::get('description');
$url->save();
return Response::json(array(
'error' => false,
'urls' => Url::find($url->id)->toArray(),
/* Not sure about this. You want info for the current url?
(you already have them...no need to query the DB) or you want ALL the urls?
In this case, use Url::all()->toArray()
*/
200
);
}