Laravel API Scaffold Command

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A Laravel Artisan command to quickly scaffold a complete RESTful API resource, including:

• Eloquent Model with SoftDeletes & fillable setup
• Migration file with a name column and soft deletes support
• API Controller with basic CRUD operations & pagination, filtering, sorting
• Form Request classes for validation with proper JSON error responses

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Installation

Require the package via Composer:

composer require worksofallen/laravel-api-scaffold:v1.0.0 --dev

Publish the command if necessary (depends on how you package it).

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Usage

Run the custom Artisan command to generate a full API scaffold for a resource:

php artisan make:api {name}

Replace {name} with the singular model name, e.g., Product, Category, etc.

What gets created?

• app/Models/{Name}.php — Model with fillable name attribute and soft deletes.
• database/migrations/xxxx_xx_xx_xxxxxx_create_{snake_plural}_table.php — Migration with name and soft deletes columns.
• app/Http/Requests/{Name}StoreRequest.php — Validation request for storing.
• app/Http/Requests/{Name}UpdateRequest.php — Validation request for updating.
• app/Http/Controllers/API/{Name}Controller.php — API controller with:
• index method supporting search (q), sort (sortField, sortOrder), and pagination (sizePerPage).
• store, show, update, destroy methods.

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Features

• Standardized API scaffolding reduces repetitive boilerplate code.
• Soft deletes enabled by default.
• Search, sort, paginate support out of the box.
• JSON validation error responses for API-friendly error handling.
• Clean, maintainable, and easy to customize generated code.

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Example

php artisan make:api Product

Generates Product API scaffolding:

• Model: app/Models/Product.php
• Migration: database/migrations/xxxx_xx_xx_create_products_table.php
• Requests: ProductStoreRequest, ProductUpdateRequest
• Controller: app/Http/Controllers/API/ProductController.php

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Authors

• Allen Alvarez

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Security

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Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.