NetworkController

A Laravel package that provides a powerful, convention-driven base API controller and model foundation for building RESTful endpoints quickly. It includes rich GET query capabilities (pagination, filtering, sorting, search, includes, aggregations), transformers via Fractal, file and image upload helpers, ready-made auth controllers, and more.

Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Installation
• Publish Configuration
• Quick Start
• Models (BaseModel)
• Special Features and Aggregations
• File and Image Uploads
• Auth Controllers (Login and Change Password)
• GET Requests Reference
• Contributing
• License

Requirements

• PHP: ^8.0.2
• Laravel: ^9.0 | ^10.0 | ^11.0 | ^12.0
• Extensions: ext-imagick (required for image features)

Installation

Install via Composer:

  composer require nevestul4o/network-controller

Publish Configuration

The package ships with a publishable configuration file. Use:

  php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Nevestul4o\NetworkController\NetworkControllerServiceProvider"

This will publish:

• config/networkcontroller.php

Quick Start

1. Create a controller that extends NetworkController and register a resource route:

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Nevestul4o\NetworkController\NetworkController;

class APIEmployeeController extends NetworkController {}

In routes/api.php:

use App\Http\Controllers\APIEmployeeController;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

Route::resource('employee', APIEmployeeController::class);

2. Create a model that extends BaseModel and place it under App\Http\Models (as expected by this package):

namespace App\Http\Models;

use Nevestul4o\NetworkController\Models\BaseModel;

class Employee extends BaseModel
{
    protected $fillable = ['first_name', 'last_name'];
}

3. Optional: Add a Fractal transformer for your model and configure includes as needed.

Now you can call endpoints like GET /api/employee with rich query parameters (see reference below).

Models (BaseModel)

• Abstract class; your application models should extend it.
• Expected location: App\Http\Models.
• Ideally, one model maps to one controller that extends NetworkController.

Special Features and Aggregations

• Advanced ordering (including virtual keys via scopes)
• Safe, predefined aggregations returned under meta.aggregate

Read more and see examples: BaseModel — Examples.

File and Image Uploads

Add these routes to routes/api.php:

use Nevestul4o\NetworkController\Controllers\ImagesController;
use Nevestul4o\NetworkController\Controllers\UploadController;

Route::get('images/{width}/{name}', [ImagesController::class, 'getImage'])->name('get-image');
Route::post('upload', [UploadController::class, 'uploadSubmit']);

Configure your .env:

UPLOADS_PATH=../uploads/files
IMAGES_PATH=../uploads/images
IMAGES_RESIZED_PATH=../cache/images
IMAGES_SUPPORTED_SIZES=300,600,900
IMAGES_REMOVE_METADATA=TRUE

Maintenance command to clear the resized image cache:

  php artisan network-controller:images-clear-cache

Auth Controllers (Login and Change Password)

• Pre-made controllers offering login/logout and password change flows.
• Requires a User model under App\Http\Models extending BaseUser.
• Update the user provider namespace in config/auth.php to App\Http\Models\User.
• Requires a UserTransformer under App\Http\Models\Transformers.
• You can override methods as needed.

Routes (add to routes/api.php):

use Nevestul4o\NetworkController\Controllers\Auth\LoginController;
use Nevestul4o\NetworkController\Controllers\Auth\ChangePasswordController;

Route::post('login', [LoginController::class, 'login'])->name('login');
Route::get('login', [LoginController::class, 'login'])->name('getCurrentUser');
Route::post('logout', [LoginController::class, 'logout'])->name('logout');

Route::post('change-password', [ChangePasswordController::class, 'changePassword'])->name('changePassword');
Route::post('change-password-forced', [ChangePasswordController::class, 'changePasswordForced'])->name('changePasswordForced');

Warning: changePasswordForced in ChangePasswordController is NOT secured. It can change a user's password without the current password. Protect the route appropriately or override the method.

GET Requests Reference

For detailed documentation of the supported GET parameters (pagination, showMeta, sorting, filtering, search, resolve/includes, slugs, aggregations, and more), see:

• NetworkController GET Requests

These docs explain how to use parameters like page, limit, orderby, sort, filters, query, resolve, aggregate and how meta.route_info helps discover allowed values.

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. Please follow the conventional code style and include tests where possible.

License

MIT