Agent skill
laravel-api-resources-and-pagination
Use API Resources with pagination and conditional fields; keep response shapes stable and cache-friendly
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SKILL.md
API Resources and Pagination
Represent models via Resources; keep transport concerns out of Eloquent.
Commands
# Resource
php artisan make:resource PostResource # or: php artisan make:resource PostResource
# Controller usage
return PostResource::collection(
Post::with('author')->latest()->paginate(20)
);
# Resource class
public function toArray($request)
{
return [
'id' => $this->id,
'title' => $this->title,
'author' => new UserResource($this->whenLoaded('author')),
'published_at' => optional($this->published_at)->toAtomString(),
];
}
Patterns
- Prefer
Resource::collection($query->paginate())over manual arrays - Use
when()/mergeWhen()for conditional fields - Keep pagination cursors/links intact for clients
- Version resources when contracts change; avoid breaking fields silently
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