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Problem

Most applications have multiple entry points. For example, a form for creating a user, an API for a mobile application, and there may even be a command for creating users.

Then there is the problem of repeating pieces of code.

class UserController 
{
    public function create(CreateUserRequest $request) 
    {
        $user = new User;
        $user->email = $request->email;
        $user->password = bcrypt($request->password);
        $user->save();
        
        return redirect('users/' . $user->id);
    }
}


class UserApiController 
{
    public function create(CreateUserRequest $request) 
    {
        $user = new User;
        $user->email = $request->email;
        $user->password = bcrypt($request->password);
        $user->save();
        
        return new UserResponse($user);
    }
}

Solution

I recently discovered an elegant solution to this problem by reading an article on medium.

Repetition is removed by adding new class:

class UserCreateAction 
{
    public function execute(CreateUserRequest $request): User
    {
        $user = new User;
        $user->email = $request->email;
        $user->password = bcrypt($request->password);
        $user->save();
        
        return $user;
    }
}

class UserController 
{
    public function create(CreateUserRequest $request, CreateUserAction $action) 
    {
        return redirect('users/' . $action->execute($request)->id);
    }
}


class UserApiController 
{
    public function create(CreateUserRequest $request) 
    {
        return new UserResponse($action->execute($request));
    }
}

So what does the package do?

It adds one irreplaceable command make:action!

php artisan make:action Users/CreateUserAction

This generates the following code:

<?php

namespace App\Actions\Users;

use App\User;
use Slexx\LaravelActions\Action;

class CreateUserAction extends Action
{
    /**
     * @param array $data
     * @return User
     */
    public function execute(array $data)
    {
        $user = User::create($data);

        return $user;
    }
}

Install

You can install this package via composer:

composer require slexx/laravel-actions

After updating composer, add the service provider to the providers array in config/app.php

Slexx\LaravelActions\ActionsServiceProvider::class,

slexx / laravel-actions

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