# Getting Started

# Requirements

PHP >= 7.2
Laravel >= 5.7

# Installation

Laravel Orion can be installed into a new or existing project, simply by adding a composer dependency:

composer require tailflow/laravel-orion

# Simple CRUD

Let's assume you have a model Post that represents a blog post and you would like to manage it via REST API.

With Laravel Orion it can be acomplished in 3 simple steps:

Create PostsController and extend it from Orion\Http\Controllers\Controller

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;

use App\Models\Post;
use Orion\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class PostsController extends Controller
{

}

Then define protected $model property and set it to the fully-qualified model class name. The complete controller should look like this

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;

use Orion\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class PostsController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Fully-qualified model class name
     */
    protected $model = Post::class; // or "App\Models\Post"
}

TIP

By default Laravel is not shipped with API folder in app/Http/Controllers, but it is recommended to create one and store all API controllers there to keep the code organized.

ATTENTION

Make sure to have policy (opens new window) created and registered for the model you are exposing via the API or consider using DisableAuthorization trait (only for local testing) to avoid getting 403 error, if the policy is not registered or incorrect.
Request classes must extend Orion\Http\Requests\Request class instead of Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest

Finally, register the route in api.php by calling Orion::resource

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use Orion\Facades\Orion;
use App\Http\Controllers\PostsController;

Route::group(['as' => 'api.'], function() {
    Orion::resource('posts', PostsController::class);
});

Done 🎉 Now you can create, list, search, view, update, and delete blog posts via REST API. Try to create a post via (POST) https://<your app url>/api/posts endpoint 😉

You can also take a look at all available endpoints by running php artisan route:list command

+--------+-----------+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Domain | Method    | URI                                             | Name                                   | Action                                                                    | Middleware                                      |
+--------+-----------+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
...
|        | GET|HEAD  | api/posts                                       | api.posts.index                        | App\Http\Controllers\Api\PostsController@index                            | api                                             |
|        | POST      | api/posts/search                                | api.posts.search                       | App\Http\Controllers\Api\PostsController@index                            | api                                             |
|        | POST      | api/posts                                       | api.posts.store                        | App\Http\Controllers\Api\PostsController@store                            | api                                             |
|        | GET|HEAD  | api/posts/{post}                                | api.posts.show                         | App\Http\Controllers\Api\PostsController@show                             | api                                             |  
|        | PUT|PATCH | api/posts/{post}                                | api.posts.update                       | App\Http\Controllers\Api\PostsController@update                           | api                                             |
|        | DELETE    | api/posts/{post}                                | api.posts.destroy                      | App\Http\Controllers\Api\PostsController@destroy                          | api                                             |
|        | POST      | api/posts/batch                                 | api.posts.batchStore                   | App\Http\Controllers\Api\PostsController@batchStore                       | api                                             |
|        | PATCH     | api/posts/batch                                 | api.posts.batchUpdate                  | App\Http\Controllers\Api\PostsController@batchUpdate                      | api                                             |
|        | DELETE    | api/posts/batch                                 | api.posts.batchDestroy                 | App\Http\Controllers\Api\PostsController@batchDestroy                     | api                                             |

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