Example Laravel codebase containing real world examples (CRUD, auth, advanced patterns and more) that adheres to the RealWorld spec and API.

This repo is functionality complete — PRs and issues welcome!

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Getting started

Installation

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/devprantoroy/gaming-and-beting.git

Switch to the repo folder

cd gaming-and-beting

Install all the dependencies using composer

composer install

Copy the example env file and make the required configuration changes in the .env file

cp .env.example .env

Generate a new application key

php artisan key:generate

Run the database migrations (Set the database connection in .env before migrating)

php artisan migrate:refresh --seed

Start the local development server

You can now access the server at http://localhost/gaming-and-beting

TL;DR command list

git clone https://github.com/devprantoroy/gaming-and-beting.git
cd gaming-and-beting
composer install
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

Make sure you set the correct database connection information before running the migrations Environment variables

php artisan migrate:refresh --seed

Database seeding

Populate the database with seed data with relationships which includes users, articles, comments, tags, favorites and follows. This can help you to quickly start testing the api or couple a frontend and start using it with ready content.

Open the DummyDataSeeder and set the property values as per your requirement

database/seeds/DummyDataSeeder.php

Run the database seeder and you're done

php artisan db:seed

Note : It's recommended to have a clean database before seeding. You can refresh your migrations at any point to clean the database by running the following command

php artisan migrate:refresh

Code overview

Dependencies

• laravel-cors - For handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)

Folders

• app - Contains all the Eloquent models
• app/Http/Controllers/Api - Contains all the api controllers
• app/Http/Middleware - Contains the JWT auth middleware
• app/Http/Requests/Api - Contains all the api form requests
• app/RealWorld/Favorite - Contains the files implementing the favorite feature
• app/RealWorld/Filters - Contains the query filters used for filtering api requests
• app/RealWorld/Follow - Contains the files implementing the follow feature
• app/RealWorld/Paginate - Contains the pagination class used to paginate the result
• app/RealWorld/Slug - Contains the files implementing slugs to articles
• app/RealWorld/Transformers - Contains all the data transformers
• config - Contains all the application configuration files
• database/factories - Contains the model factory for all the models
• database/migrations - Contains all the database migrations
• database/seeds - Contains the database seeder
• routes - Contains all the api routes defined in api.php file
• tests - Contains all the application tests
• tests/Feature/Api - Contains all the api tests

Environment variables

• .env - Environment variables can be set in this file

Note : You can quickly set the database information and other variables in this file and have the application fully working.

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