Scribd
Upload
74 views

Laravel Rest Api

Laravel can be used to create a database with multiple tables and access it from web and mobile apps. Key steps include defining the database schema using migrations, running migrations to create tables, making models, defining API routes and controllers to interact with tables, configuring CORS to allow access from other apps, and making HTTP requests from web and mobile apps to the Laravel API endpoints.

Uploaded by

Rodrick Awambeng
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
74 views

Laravel Rest Api

Laravel can be used to create a database with multiple tables and access it from web and mobile apps. Key steps include defining the database schema using migrations, running migrations to create tables, making models, defining API routes and controllers to interact with tables, configuring CORS to allow access from other apps, and making HTTP requests from web and mobile apps to the Laravel API endpoints.

Uploaded by

Rodrick Awambeng
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

Yes, you can use Laravel to create a database with many tables and access it through your web

application and mobile application. Here are the basic steps:

Define your database schema using Laravel's database migrations. You can create a new
migration file for each table using the following command:
Copy
php artisan make:migration create_table_name_table --create=table_name
This will create a new migration file with the name "create_table_name_table" in the
"database/migrations" directory. In each migration file, define the schema for the
corresponding table.

Run the migrations to create the tables in your database:


Copy
php artisan migrate
Define models for each table in your Laravel app using the following command:
Copy
php artisan make:model ModelName
This will create a new model class called "ModelName" in the "app" directory for each table.
You can use these models to interact with the tables in your database.

Define API endpoints in your Laravel app to allow your web and mobile applications to interact
with the data in your database. You can define API routes in the "routes/api.php" file, and use
controllers to handle API requests and responses.
For example, you might define a route that maps to a "getResources" method in your
"ResourceController" controller to retrieve all the resources from the "resources" table in your
database:

Copy
Route::get('/resources', 'ResourceController@getResources');
In your "ResourceController" class, define the "getResources" method to retrieve all the
resources from the "resources" table in your database and return them in a JSON response:

Copy
use App\Resource;
public function getResources()
{
$resources = Resource::all();
return response()->json($resources);
}
You can also define other API endpoints to insert, update, and delete data from your tables as
needed.

Configure your Laravel app to allow access from your web and mobile applications. In your
Laravel app's "config/cors.php" file, add the domains or IP addresses of your web and mobile
applications to the "allowedOrigins" array:
Copy
'allowedOrigins' => [
'http://your-web-app.com',
'http://your-mobile-app.com',
],
This will allow your web and mobile applications to make cross-origin requests to your Laravel
app's API endpoints.

In your web application, make HTTP requests to your Laravel API endpoints to interact with
the data in your database. You can use Laravel's built-in HTTP client or a third-party library
like Guzzle to make HTTP requests from your web application.
For example, you might use the following code to retrieve all the resources from your Laravel
API in your web application:

Copy
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::get('http://your-laravel-app.com/api/resources');
$resources = $response->json();
In this example, we're using Laravel's built-in HTTP client to make a GET request to the
"/api/resources" endpoint in our Laravel app, and retrieving the JSON response data.
In your mobile application, make HTTP requests to your Laravel API endpoints to interact with
the data in your database. You can use a networking library like Alamofire (for iOS) or Retrofit
(for Android) to make HTTP requests from your mobile application.
For example, you might use the following code to retrieve all the resources from your Laravel
API in your mobile application:

oxygene
Copy
let url = "http://your-laravel-app.com/api/resources"

Alamofire.request(url, method: .get)


.responseJSON { response in
if let data = response.result.value {
// Process the JSON data here
}
}
In this example, we're using Alamofire to make a GET request to the "/api/resources" endpoint
in our Laravel app, and processing the JSON response data in the closure.

By following these steps, you can use Laravel to create a database with many tables and access
it through your web and mobile applications.

You might also like