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ResponseTrait

Response trait.

Provides common, more readable, methods to provide consistent HTTP responses under a variety of common situations when working as an API.

Table of Contents

$request  : IncomingRequest
$response  : Response
$codes  : array<string|int, mixed>
Allows child classes to override the status code that is used in their API.
$format  : string
How to format the response data.
$formatter  : FormatterInterface
Current Formatter instance. This is usually set by ResponseTrait::format
fail()  : mixed
Used for generic failures that no custom methods exist for.
failForbidden()  : mixed
Used when access is always denied to this resource and no amount of trying again will help.
failNotFound()  : mixed
Used when a specified resource cannot be found.
failResourceExists()  : mixed
Use when trying to create a new resource and it already exists.
failResourceGone()  : mixed
Use when a resource was previously deleted. This is different than Not Found, because here we know the data previously existed, but is now gone, where Not Found means we simply cannot find any information about it.
failServerError()  : Response
Used when there is a server error.
failTooManyRequests()  : mixed
Used when the user has made too many requests for the resource recently.
failUnauthorized()  : mixed
Used when the client is either didn't send authorization information, or had bad authorization credentials. User is encouraged to try again with the proper information.
failValidationError()  : mixed
Used when the data provided by the client cannot be validated.
failValidationErrors()  : mixed
Used when the data provided by the client cannot be validated on one or more fields.
respond()  : mixed
Provides a single, simple method to return an API response, formatted to match the requested format, with proper content-type and status code.
respondCreated()  : mixed
Used after successfully creating a new resource.
respondDeleted()  : mixed
Used after a resource has been successfully deleted.
respondNoContent()  : mixed
Used after a command has been successfully executed but there is no meaningful reply to send back to the client.
respondUpdated()  : mixed
Used after a resource has been successfully updated.
setResponseFormat()  : $this
Sets the format the response should be in.
format()  : string|null
Handles formatting a response. Currently makes some heavy assumptions and needs updating! :)

Properties

$codes

Allows child classes to override the status code that is used in their API.

protected array<string|int, mixed> $codes = ['created' => 201, 'deleted' => 200, 'updated' => 200, 'no_content' => 204, 'invalid_request' => 400, 'unsupported_response_type' => 400, 'invalid_scope' => 400, 'temporarily_unavailable' => 400, 'invalid_grant' => 400, 'invalid_credentials' => 400, 'invalid_refresh' => 400, 'no_data' => 400, 'invalid_data' => 400, 'access_denied' => 401, 'unauthorized' => 401, 'invalid_client' => 401, 'forbidden' => 403, 'resource_not_found' => 404, 'not_acceptable' => 406, 'resource_exists' => 409, 'conflict' => 409, 'resource_gone' => 410, 'payload_too_large' => 413, 'unsupported_media_type' => 415, 'too_many_requests' => 429, 'server_error' => 500, 'unsupported_grant_type' => 501, 'not_implemented' => 501]

$format

How to format the response data.

protected string $format = 'json'

Either 'json' or 'xml'. If blank will be determine through content negotiation.

Methods

fail()

Used for generic failures that no custom methods exist for.

public fail(string|array<string|int, mixed> $messages[, int $status = 400 ][, string|null $code = null ][, string $customMessage = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$messages : string|array<string|int, mixed>
$status : int = 400

HTTP status code

$code : string|null = null

Custom, API-specific, error code

$customMessage : string = ''
Return values
mixed

failForbidden()

Used when access is always denied to this resource and no amount of trying again will help.

public failForbidden([string $description = 'Forbidden' ][, string $code = null ][, string $message = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$description : string = 'Forbidden'
$code : string = null
$message : string = ''
Return values
mixed

failNotFound()

Used when a specified resource cannot be found.

public failNotFound([string $description = 'Not Found' ][, string $code = null ][, string $message = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$description : string = 'Not Found'
$code : string = null
$message : string = ''
Return values
mixed

failResourceExists()

Use when trying to create a new resource and it already exists.

public failResourceExists([string $description = 'Conflict' ][, string $code = null ][, string $message = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$description : string = 'Conflict'
$code : string = null
$message : string = ''
Return values
mixed

failResourceGone()

Use when a resource was previously deleted. This is different than Not Found, because here we know the data previously existed, but is now gone, where Not Found means we simply cannot find any information about it.

public failResourceGone([string $description = 'Gone' ][, string $code = null ][, string $message = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$description : string = 'Gone'
$code : string = null
$message : string = ''
Return values
mixed

failServerError()

Used when there is a server error.

public failServerError([string $description = 'Internal Server Error' ][, string|null $code = null ][, string $message = '' ]) : Response
Parameters
$description : string = 'Internal Server Error'

The error message to show the user.

$code : string|null = null

A custom, API-specific, error code.

$message : string = ''

A custom "reason" message to return.

Return values
Response

The value of the Response's send() method.

failTooManyRequests()

Used when the user has made too many requests for the resource recently.

public failTooManyRequests([string $description = 'Too Many Requests' ][, string $code = null ][, string $message = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$description : string = 'Too Many Requests'
$code : string = null
$message : string = ''
Return values
mixed

failUnauthorized()

Used when the client is either didn't send authorization information, or had bad authorization credentials. User is encouraged to try again with the proper information.

public failUnauthorized([string $description = 'Unauthorized' ][, string $code = null ][, string $message = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$description : string = 'Unauthorized'
$code : string = null
$message : string = ''
Return values
mixed

failValidationError()

Used when the data provided by the client cannot be validated.

public failValidationError([string $description = 'Bad Request' ][, string $code = null ][, string $message = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$description : string = 'Bad Request'
$code : string = null
$message : string = ''
Tags
deprecated

Use failValidationErrors instead

Return values
mixed

failValidationErrors()

Used when the data provided by the client cannot be validated on one or more fields.

public failValidationErrors(string|array<string|int, string> $errors[, string|null $code = null ][, string $message = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$errors : string|array<string|int, string>
$code : string|null = null
$message : string = ''
Return values
mixed

respond()

Provides a single, simple method to return an API response, formatted to match the requested format, with proper content-type and status code.

public respond([array<string|int, mixed>|string|null $data = null ][, int $status = null ][, string $message = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$data : array<string|int, mixed>|string|null = null
$status : int = null
$message : string = ''
Return values
mixed

respondCreated()

Used after successfully creating a new resource.

public respondCreated([mixed $data = null ][, string $message = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$data : mixed = null

Data.

$message : string = ''

Message.

Return values
mixed

respondDeleted()

Used after a resource has been successfully deleted.

public respondDeleted([mixed $data = null ][, string $message = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$data : mixed = null

Data.

$message : string = ''

Message.

Return values
mixed

respondNoContent()

Used after a command has been successfully executed but there is no meaningful reply to send back to the client.

public respondNoContent([string $message = 'No Content' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$message : string = 'No Content'

Message.

Return values
mixed

respondUpdated()

Used after a resource has been successfully updated.

public respondUpdated([mixed $data = null ][, string $message = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$data : mixed = null

Data.

$message : string = ''

Message.

Return values
mixed

setResponseFormat()

Sets the format the response should be in.

public setResponseFormat([string $format = null ]) : $this
Parameters
$format : string = null
Return values
$this

format()

Handles formatting a response. Currently makes some heavy assumptions and needs updating! :)

protected format([string|array<string|int, mixed>|null $data = null ]) : string|null
Parameters
$data : string|array<string|int, mixed>|null = null
Return values
string|null

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