CODEWITHSUNDEEP
laravelapi
user12508960
user12508960

Reputation:

Send array to api via postman?

Beginner in API

I have table post_tag which is posts table has relation ( many to many ) with tags table.

my controller code ( every thing is good ):

  $post = Post::create($data);

  $post->tag()->attach($request->tags);

  return $this->apiRespone($post , 'Added Post Successfuly', null ,200);

My question is here: now I send array of tags like that! Is that the best way or the correct way to send array ( means when I give this api url to mobile developer, he will know what to do with this api url ?

My way is correct or not ?

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 1579

Answers (1)

Hyder B.
Hyder B.

Reputation: 12226

Although your solution works, a better approach since you are building an endpoint, it would be better to switch your input to accept JSON format rather than using form-data. Make your API endpoint to accept the following payload:

{
  "title": "First Post",
  "desc": "Desc of Post",
  "image": "image3.jpg",
  "category_id": 1,
  "tags": [
    "one",
    "two",
    "three"
  ]
}

In Laravel, you get just grab the tags (or any other properties) with the following:

$tags = $request->input('tags');

For the image, you can allow it to be received in base64 encoded image. The image will look like a bunch of string which should be converted by the client (ios or android) e.g:

{
 image:"/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/7QB8UGhvdG9zaG9wIDMuMAA4QklNBAQAAAAAAF8cAigAWkZCTUQyMzAwMDk2OTAxMDAwMDgxNTIwMDAwNWY2MDAwMDA3NDZmMDAwMDE2YmEwMDAwNDAxYjAxMDBmMTM0MDEwMGY4YzIwMTAwZDkxNDAyMDA1ZDRhMDIwMAD/2wBDAAcHBwcHBwwHBwwRDAwMERcRERERFx4XFxcXFx4kHh4eHh4eJCQkJCQkJCQrKysrKysyMjIyMjg4O"
}

Then in PHP, if you want to save the image on disk, just use base64_decode. See example here.

Upvotes: 1

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