For API

If we want to generate API Controller with feature tests, we use following command :

1

$ php artisan make:crud-api Vehicle

By default, we use Laravel Token Based Authentication, so we need to update our user model.

1. Add api_token column on our users_table_migration.
2. Add api_token as fillable property on User model.
3. Add api_token field on our UserFactory.

API Usage

The generated API is a REST API, using GET and POST verbs, with a URI of /api/modelname.

Example code for calling the generated API, using Guzzle:

// Read data a specific Vehicle record...
$uri = 'http://your-domain.com/api/vehicles/'.$vehicleID;
$headers = ['Authorization' => 'Bearer '.$apiToken];

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$res = $client->request('GET', $uri, ['headers' => $headers]);

// Create a new Vehicle record...
$uri = 'http://your-domain.com/api/vehicles';
$headers = ['Authorization' => 'Bearer '.$apiToken];
$payload = json_encode([
    'title' => 'Vehicle Name 1',
    'description' => 'Vehicle Description 1',
]);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$res = $client->request('POST', $uri, ['body' => $payload, 'headers' => $headers]);

The generated functional tests will give you examples of how to adapt this code for other call types.