Laravel API Resources Artisan Command

The Laravel Resources package is an artisan command for speeding up the development of APIs by creating the boilerplate code around a default API structure:

You interface with this package via the resources:create command, which will generate all the files you’ll need to build an API resource:

php artisan resources:create Post
Checking if the model exists ...
The model Post does not exist.
 
 Should I create it? (yes/no) [yes]:
 >
 Should I create the migration for Post? (yes/no) [yes]:
 >
 Should I create the factory for Post? (yes/no) [yes]:
 >
 Should I create the seeder for Post? (yes/no) [yes]:
 >
 
Creating 6 resources ...

The command will create the following files for you:

• Controller
• Form request
• Resource and resource collection
• Policy
• Model
• Database factory
• Database migration
• Database seeder
• Routes

Here’s the format of the routes added to the routes/api.php file:

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Post endpoints
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
Route::name('posts.')->prefix('posts')->group(function () {
    Route::get('/', 'PostControllerAPI@index')->name('index');
    Route::post('/', 'PostControllerAPI@store')->name('create');
    Route::get('/{post}', 'PostControllerAPI@show')->name('show');
    Route::patch('/{post}', 'PostControllerAPI@update')->name('update');
    Route::delete('/{post}', 'PostControllerAPI@destroy')->name('destroy');
});

The package has a customizable configuration which affects things like file location(s), filename prefix and suffixes. You can learn more about this package by checking out the code and readme on GitHub: LaravelResources.