Cant send paginate meta data with response()->json

Question

I have an api and I want to send some info to my clients. I'm using resource collection to do this.

    return response()->json([
        'data' => ProductResource::collection(Product::orderBy('id', 'DESC')->paginate(8)),
        'catdata' => CategoryResource::collection(Category::get()),
        'status' => "200"
    ]);

All things work but paginate meta data doesn't work. It doesnt send paginate data.

Can you tell me what criteria you select for filter like generally we filter in size,name etc and also share your table relationship — Ravindra Bhanderi, Apr 04 '18 at 04:25

ashraj98 · Answer 1 · 2018-04-04T14:58:06.663

API Resources are not meant to be used with each other, meaning that Laravel will not be able to detect that you want pagination metadata because you are converting to JSON before Laravel can read it. You would be better off separating your API responses, and having your clients call the API twice.

public function products()
{
     return ProductResource::collection(Product::orderBy('id', 'DESC')->paginate(8));
}

public function categories()
{
     return CategoryResource::collection(Category::get());
}

You could also use the additional function on your ProductResource::collection call.

public function products()
{
     return ProductResource::collection(Product::orderBy('id', 'DESC')->paginate(8))->additional(['meta' => [
                'categories' => Category::get(),
            ]]);;
}

@TopStars I've updated my answer for one API call that should include pagination. — ashraj98, Apr 04 '18 at 14:59

Cant send paginate meta data with response()->json

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