Filtering Development Tutorials, Guides & Insights

Modify the response structure to include metadata and links:

   use Illuminate\Http\Request;

   public function index(Request $request)
   {
       $posts = Post::paginate(10);

       return response()->json([
           'data' => $posts->items(), // The paginated items
           'meta' => [
               'current_page' => $posts->currentPage(),
               'per_page' => $posts->perPage(),
               'total' => $posts->total(),
               'last_page' => $posts->lastPage(),
           ],
           'links' => [
               'next' => $posts->nextPageUrl(),
               'previous' => $posts->previousPageUrl(),
           ],
       ]);
   }

Introduction

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