response.md

Hybrid Response

Response class extends Laravel\Response class to allow RESTful response using either normal View, JSON, XML, CSV, serialize or etc. It will check for Input::get('format') given in the request to properly define the data for output.

Example

Route::get('api', function()
{
	$data = array(
		'foo' => 'bar',
	);
	
	$view = View::make('home.index', $data);
	
	return Hybrid\Response::restful(array(
		'view' => $view,
		'data' => $data,
	), 200);
});

// In application/views/home/index.php
<h1>Hello <?php echo $foo; ?></h1>

Given the example, when user access as:

/api

<h1>Hello bar</h1>

/api?format=json

{"foo":"bar"}

/api?format=xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xml>
	<foo>bar</foo>
</xml>

In event where view is not defined and Format is not available, Response::error('500') will be thrown.