Laravel API CRUD Generator

A powerful Laravel package that generates complete CRUD APIs with a single command. This package creates everything you need for a fully functional REST API including models, controllers, requests, resources, migrations, factories, seeders, tests, and routes.

🚀 Features

• Complete CRUD Generation: Models, Controllers, Requests, Resources, Migrations, Factories, Seeders, Tests, and Routes
• Field Type Support: String, text, integer, boolean, date, email, JSON, decimal, float, and more
• Relationship Support: BelongsTo and HasMany relationships
• Validation: Automatic validation rules generation based on field types
• API Resources: JSON API responses with proper formatting
• Pagination: Built-in pagination support with meta information
• Search & Filtering: Search functionality and sorting options
• Factory & Seeders: Automatic fake data generation for testing
• Feature Tests: Complete test suite for all CRUD operations
• Smart Fake Data: Context-aware fake data generation (emails, names, phones, etc.)

📦 Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require yassin-ahmed/laravel-api-crud-generator

Publish the package configuration (optional):

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Yassin\LaravelApiCrudGenerator\ServiceProvider"

🎯 Quick Start

Generate a complete CRUD API with a single command:

php artisan crud:generate Post --fields="title:string,content:text,published:boolean,published_at:date:nullable"

This creates:

• Migration file
• Post model
• PostController (API)
• Store/Update request classes
• PostResource
• API routes
• PostFactory
• PostSeeder
• Feature tests

📝 Usage

Basic Usage

# Simple model with basic fields
php artisan crud:generate Product --fields="name:string,price:decimal,description:text"

# With nullable fields
php artisan crud:generate User --fields="name:string,email:email,phone:string:nullable,bio:text:nullable"

# With relationships
php artisan crud:generate Post --fields="title:string,content:text" --relations="belongsTo:User,hasMany:Comment"

Command Options

Field Types

Relationship Types

📚 Examples

E-commerce Product

php artisan crud:generate Product \
  --fields="name:string,description:text,price:decimal,stock:integer,is_active:boolean,category_id:integer" \
  --relations="belongsTo:Category,hasMany:OrderItem"

Blog System

# Create Category
php artisan crud:generate Category --fields="name:string,slug:string,description:text:nullable"

# Create Post with relationship
php artisan crud:generate Post \
  --fields="title:string,slug:string,content:text,excerpt:text:nullable,published_at:date:nullable,is_published:boolean" \
  --relations="belongsTo:User,belongsTo:Category,hasMany:Comment"

# Create Comment
php artisan crud:generate Comment \
  --fields="content:text,author_name:string,author_email:email" \
  --relations="belongsTo:Post"

User Management

php artisan crud:generate Profile \
  --fields="first_name:string,last_name:string,bio:text:nullable,avatar:string:nullable,phone:string:nullable,date_of_birth:date:nullable" \
  --relations="belongsTo:User"

🔧 Generated Files Structure

After running the command, the following files are created:

app/
├── Models/
│   └── YourModel.php
├── Http/
│   ├── Controllers/Api/
│   │   └── YourModelController.php
│   ├── Requests/YourModel/
│   │   ├── StoreYourModelRequest.php
│   │   └── UpdateYourModelRequest.php
│   └── Resources/
│       └── YourModelResource.php
database/
├── migrations/
│   └── xxxx_xx_xx_xxxxxx_create_your_models_table.php
├── factories/
│   └── YourModelFactory.php
└── seeders/
    └── YourModelSeeder.php
routes/api/
└── YourModel.php
tests/Feature/YourModel/
└── YourModelApiTest.php

🌐 API Endpoints

The generated controller provides these endpoints:

Query Parameters

• search - Search in name field
• sort_by - Field to sort by
• sort_direction - Sort direction (asc/desc)
• per_page - Records per page (default: 15)

Example API Calls

# List products with pagination
GET /api/products?per_page=10&page=1

# Search products
GET /api/products?search=laptop

# Sort products by price
GET /api/products?sort_by=price&sort_direction=desc

# Create product
POST /api/products
{
    "name": "Laptop",
    "price": 999.99,
    "description": "High-performance laptop"
}

# Update product
PUT /api/products/1
{
    "name": "Gaming Laptop",
    "price": 1299.99
}

🧪 Testing

The package generates comprehensive feature tests. Run them with:

# Run all tests
php artisan test

# Run specific model tests
php artisan test tests/Feature/Product/ProductApiTest.php

# Run with coverage
php artisan test --coverage

🔄 After Generation

1. Run migrations:

   php artisan migrate
   

2. Register routes (if not using automatic discovery):

   // In routes/api.php
   require_once __DIR__ . '/api/Product.php';
   

3. Run seeders (optional):

   php artisan db:seed --class=ProductSeeder
   

4. Customize as needed:

   • Update validation rules in request classes
   • Modify API resource fields
   • Add custom methods to controllers
   • Enhance factory definitions

⚡ Advanced Features

Custom Validation

Update the generated request classes to add custom validation:

// In StoreProductRequest.php
public function rules()
{
    return [
        'name' => 'required|string|max:255|unique:products',
        'price' => 'required|numeric|min:0',
        'description' => 'nullable|string|max:1000',
    ];
}

Custom API Resources

Enhance the generated resource classes:

// In ProductResource.php
public function toArray($request)
{
    return [
        'id' => $this->id,
        'name' => $this->name,
        'price' => number_format($this->price, 2),
        'description' => $this->description,
        'formatted_price' => '$' . number_format($this->price, 2),
        'category' => new CategoryResource($this->whenLoaded('category')),
        'created_at' => $this->created_at->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
        'updated_at' => $this->updated_at->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
    ];
}

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📄 License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

📞 Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions:

1. Check the issues page
2. Create a new issue if your problem isn't already reported
3. Provide detailed information about your Laravel version and the command you used

🙏 Credits

Created by Yassin

Made with ❤️ for the Laravel community