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Darama
Darama

Reputation: 3370

How to add in response HTTP data in Laravel?

Now that to get data I call method from controller, that returns data as JSON:

return response()->json([$data]);

Can I add to this response global data? And merge this $data?

For example I have global $user object that I want to give away in each HTTP response to avoid the following entry in each method:

return response()->json(["data" => $data, "user" => $user]);

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7851

Answers (2)

Rwd
Rwd

Reputation: 35200

An alternative to @rnj's answer would be to use middleware.

https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/middleware#global-middleware

This would allow you to instead hook in to the request rather than use a helper function that you may decide you don't want/need later.

The handle method for your middleware could look something like:

public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
    $response = $next($request);

    $content = json_decode($response->content(), true);

    //Check if the response is JSON
    if (json_last_error() == JSON_ERROR_NONE) {

        $response->setContent(array_merge(
            $content,
            [
                //extra data goes here
            ]
        ));

    }

    return $response;
}

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 14

user5307109
user5307109

Reputation: 373

Create your own PHP class or function to wrap Laravel's response with your own data. Eg:

function jsonResponse($data)
{
    return response()->json([
        'user' => $user, 
        'data' => $data,
    ]);
}

Then you can call:

return jsonResponse($data);

This is just a simple example of how to keep your program DRY. If you're creating an application you're expecting to grow and maintain, do something more like this.

Upvotes: 2

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