API resource controllers in Laravel - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a resource controller using Artisan.

Laravel

php artisan make:controller [1] --resource

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Aresource

Bmake:controller

CUserController

Dapi

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Common Mistakes

Using 'make:controller' as the controller name.

Omitting the controller name.

Using 'resource' as the controller name.

The command php artisan make:controller UserController --resource creates a resource controller named UserController with all RESTful methods.

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medium

Complete the route definition to register a resource controller for 'users'.

Laravel

Route::[1]('users', UserController::class);

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Apost

Bresource

Cget

Dcontroller

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Common Mistakes

Using 'get' or 'post' instead of 'resource'.

Using 'controller' which is for single action controllers.

The Route::resource method registers all RESTful routes for the UserController automatically.

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hard

Fix the error in the method signature for updating a resource in the controller.

Laravel

public function update(Request [1], $id)

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A$request

B$Request

CRequest

Drequest

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Common Mistakes

Using the class name without a variable.

Omitting the dollar sign for the variable.

The parameter must be a variable with a dollar sign, typically $request, to receive the Request object.

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hard

Fill both blanks to return a JSON response with the updated user data and a 200 status code.

Laravel

return response()->json([1], [2]);

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A$user

B200

C201

DUser::all()

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Common Mistakes

Using User::all() which returns all users instead of the updated one.

Using status code 201 which is for resource creation.

Use $user to return the updated user data and 200 as the HTTP status code for a successful update.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to define a route group with 'api' middleware and register a resource controller for 'posts'.

Laravel

Route::middleware('[1]')->group(function () {
    Route::[2]('[3]', PostController::class);
});

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Aauth:api

Bresource

Cposts

Dweb

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Common Mistakes

Using 'web' middleware instead of 'auth:api'.

Using 'get' or 'post' instead of 'resource' for route registration.

Using 'post' instead of 'posts' as the route URI.

The middleware auth:api protects the routes, resource registers RESTful routes, and posts is the URL prefix for the resource.