ysm/responsable

A Laravel package for standardized JSON response macros

1.0.0 2025-09-21 18:19 UTC

Requires

• php: >=7.2
• illuminate/http: ^6.0|^7.0|^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0
• illuminate/support: ^6.0|^7.0|^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0

MIT

• json
• api
• response
• laravel
• macros

README

A Laravel package that provides standardized response macros for both JSON (API) and web (redirect) responses, along with helper functions to manage session data. It adds success and error macros to the Response facade (for JSON) and RedirectResponse class (for web), and provides responsable() and responsable_forget() helpers for session data management in Laravel 12+ applications.

Features

• success and error macros for JSON API responses with optional pagination metadata.
• success and error macros for web redirects with session-based flash or persistent data.
• success() and error() helper functions for cleaner syntax in controllers.
• responsable() helper to retrieve session data in a structured format.
• responsable_forget() helper to clear session data.
• Supports Laravel's pagination (LengthAwarePaginator, Paginator, CursorPaginator).
• Lightweight and easy to integrate.

Requirements

• PHP 7.2 or higher
• Laravel 6.0 or higher

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require ysm/responsable

The package uses Laravel's auto-discovery to register the ResponsableServiceProvider. If auto-discovery is disabled, manually add the provider to config/app.php:

'providers' => [
    // Other providers
    YSM\Responsable\ResponsableServiceProvider::class,
],

Usage

The package provides success and error macros for both JSON responses (via Response facade or response() helper) and web redirects (via RedirectResponse), along with helper functions responsable() and responsable_forget() for session data management.

JSON Response Macros

Example 1: Fetching a Collection of Posts

Return a collection of posts with a JSON success response:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Http\Filters\PostFilter;
use App\Http\Resources\PostResource;
use App\Models\Post;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response;

class PostController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $posts = Post::filterable(PostFilter::class)->limit(5)->get();

        return Response::success(
            message: 'Posts fetched success',
            data: PostResource::collection($posts)
        );
    }
}

Output:

{
    "status": true,
    "message": "Posts fetched success",
    "code": 200,
    "data": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "title": "Post 1"
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "title": "Post 2"
        }
    ]
}

Example 2: Fetching Paginated Posts

Return paginated posts with metadata:

public function paginated()
{
    $posts = Post::filterable(PostFilter::class)->paginate(5);

    return Response::success(
        message: 'Posts fetched success',
        data: PostResource::collection($posts),
        paginator: $posts
    );
}

Output:

{
    "status": true,
    "message": "Posts fetched success",
    "code": 200,
    "data": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "title": "Post 1"
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "title": "Post 2"
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "total": 50,
        "per_page": 5,
        "current_page": 1,
        "last_page": 10,
        "first_item": 1,
        "last_item": 5
    }
}

Example 3: Handling JSON Errors

Return an error response when a condition fails:

public function errors(Request $request)
{
    if (isset($request->case)) {
        return Response::success('Posts fetched success');
    }

    return Response::error('Posts fetched error');
}

Output (Error):

{
    "status": false,
    "message": "Posts fetched error",
    "code": 422,
    "errors": []
}

Use apiSuccess() || apiError() Helpers

You can also use the success() and error() helpers for cleaner syntax:

#### Example 1: Fetching a Collection of Posts with Helpers
public function index()
{
    $posts = Post::filterable(PostFilter::class)->limit(5)->get();

    return success('Posts fetched success', PostResource::collection($posts));
}

#### Example 3: Handling JSON Errors with Helpers
public function errors(Request $request)
{
    if (isset($request->case)) {
        return success('Posts fetched success');
    }

    return error('Posts fetched error');
}

Web Redirect Macros

Example 4: Success Redirect with Session Data

Redirect with a success message stored in the session:

public function store(Request $request)
{
    $validated = $request->validate([
        'title' => 'required|string|max:255',
    ]);

    Post::create($validated);

    return redirect()->route('posts.index')->success('Post created successfully', 201, ['title' => $validated['title']]);
}

Session Data (accessible via responsable()):

responsable()->getAttributes(); // Return all response attributes
responsable()->get('type'); // 'success'
responsable()->get('message'); // 'Post created successfully'
responsable()->get('code'); // 201
responsable()->get('data'); // ['title' => 'Post Title']
responsable()->get('errors'); // []

Example 5: Error Redirect with Validation Errors

Redirect with an error message and validation errors:

public function update(Request $request, Post $post)
{
    $validated = $request->validate([
        'title' => 'required|string|max:255',
    ]);

    if (!$post->update($validated)) {
        return redirect()->back()->error('Failed to update post', 422, ['title' => 'Update failed']);
    }

    return redirect()->route('posts.index')->success('Post updated successfully');
}

Session Data (accessible via responsable()):

responsable();
// Returns:
// [
//     'type' => 'error',
//     'message' => 'Failed to update post',
//     'code' => 422,
//     'data' => [],
//     'errors' => ['title' => 'Update failed']
// ]

Example 6: Persistent Session Data

Use $persist = true to store data beyond the next request:

public function store(Request $request)
{
    $validated = $request->validate([
        'title' => 'required|string|max:255',
    ]);

    Post::create($validated);

    return redirect()->route('posts.index')->success('Post created successfully', 201, ['title' => $validated['title']], true);
}

Helper Functions

responsable()

Retrieve session data stored by web macros in a structured array:

$data = responsable();

Example in a Controller:

public function show()
{
    $response = responsable();
    if ($response['type'] === 'success') {
        // Handle success
        return view('posts.index', ['message' => $response['message']]);
    }
    // Handle error
    return view('posts.index', ['error' => $response['message']]);
}

responsable_forget()

Clear session data stored by web macros:

responsable_forget();

Example in a Controller:

public function clear()
{
    responsable_forget();
    return redirect()->route('posts.index');
}

Accessing Session Data in Views

Use the responsable() helper in Blade views for a cleaner interface:

@php
    $response = responsable();
@endphp

@if ($response['type'])
    <div class="alert alert-{{ $response['type'] }}">
        <strong>{{ $response['message'] }}</strong>
        @if ($response['errors'])
            <ul>
                @foreach ($response['errors'] as $field => $error)
                    <li>{{ $field }}: {{ $error }}</li>
                @endforeach
            </ul>
        @endif
    </div>
@endif

Alternatively, access session data directly:

@if (session('response_type'))
    <div class="alert alert-{{ session('response_type') }}">
        <strong>{{ session('message') }}</strong>
        @if (session('errors'))
            <ul>
                @foreach (session('errors') as $field => $error)
                    <li>{{ $field }}: {{ $error }}</li>
                @endforeach
            </ul>
        @endif
    </div>
@endif

Macro Signatures

• JSON success Macro:

  Response::success(
      string $message = '',
      array|object $data = [],
      int $code = 200,
      \Illuminate\Contracts\Pagination\Paginator|\Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator|\Illuminate\Pagination\CursorPaginator|null $paginator = null
  ): \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse

• JSON error Macro:

  Response::error(
      string $message = '',
      int $code = 422,
      array $errors = []
  ): \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse

• Web success Macro:

  redirect()->success(
      string $message = '',
      int $code = 200,
      array|object $data = [],
      bool $persist = false
  ): \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse

• Web error Macro:

  redirect()->error(
      string $message = '',
      int $code = 422,
      array $errors = [],
      bool $persist = false
  ): \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse

You can also use the response() helper for JSON responses:

return response()->success('Operation successful', ['data' => 'value'], 200);

IDE Support

To enable autocompletion for the success, error, responsable(), and responsable_forget() functions in your IDE ( e.g., PHPStorm, VS Code):

1. Install the barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper package:

   composer require --dev barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper

2. Generate the IDE helper file:

   php artisan ide-helper:generate

This creates a _ide_helper.php file that includes the success and error macros for both Response and RedirectResponse, as well as the responsable() and responsable_forget() helpers.

License

This package is open-sourced under the MIT License.