familytree365/backend

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Author extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;
    //
    protected $casts = ['is_active' => 'boolean'];
}

use App\Models\Author;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class AuthorController extends Controller
{
    //
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $request->validate([
            'name' => 'required',
            'description' => 'required',
            'is_active' => 'required',
        ]);

        return Author::create([
            'name' => $request->name,
            'description' => $request->description,
            'is_active' => $request->is_active,
        ]);
    }
    //
}