Laravel Resource controller

How do I tell my API to display a particular result based on another column?

e.g. localhost:8000/api/gadgets/{{id}}

Normally it returns the particular information of the specific gadget with that ID and localhost:8000/api/gadgets/{{imei_code}} does not return any value or an error whereas imei_code is a column that I needed to pass as a GET request…

I’m using the normal resource controller

public function show(Gadgets $gadget)
{
    $response = ['data' => new GadgetResource($gadget), 'message' => 'specific gadget'];

    return response($response, 200);  
}

Also I need help on how I can create like a search function in the controller.

Answer

You can specify the model key by scoping – check docs

Route::resource('gadgets', GadgetController::class)->scoped([
    'gadget' => 'imei_code'
]);

Than, when Laravel try to bind Gadget model in Controller – model will will be searched by key imei_code.

This code equvalent of

Route::get('/gadget/{gadget:imei_code}');