Modify json output in laravel

January 4, 2024

I want to remove some element from my json output
My Output is :

[
    {
        "current_page": 1,
        "data": [
            {
                "_id": "6580f69587f0f77a14091c22",
                "email": "janzboy@gmail.com",
                "first_name": "Janz",
                "last_name": "Boy",
                "password": "1995",
            }
        ],
        "first_page_url": "http://localhost:8000/api/customer?page=1"
    }
]

I want simple output, like this :

[
  {
    "_id": "6580f69587f0f77a14091c22",
    "email": "janzboy@gmail.com",
    "first_name": "Janz",
    "last_name": "Boy",
    "password": "1995",
  }
]

Here’s my controller :

class CustomerController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $customers=Customer::paginate(10);
        return response()->json([
            'data'=> $customers 
        ]);
    }
}

Do me your biggest favor brother..

>Solution :

To modify the JSON output how you want, you should change the data you send in the response. Instead of sending the whole paginated object, you should only send the data part of it.

class CustomerController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $customers = Customer::paginate(10);
        return response()->json($customers->items());
    }
}

In this code, $customers->items() will return an array of the current page items, giving you the desired output.