Uploading files via API

In this lesson, let's talk about uploading files.

For this example, I have created a new photo field for the categories table.

database/migrations/xxx_add_photo_to_categories_table.php:

Schema::table('categories', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('photo')->nullable();
});

class Category extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;
 
    protected $fillable = ['name', 'photo']; 
}

From the backend, there is no difference for uploading files.

app/Http/Controllers/Api/CategoryController.php:

use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
class CategoryController extends Controller
{
    // ...
 
    public function store(StoreCategoryRequest $request)
    {
        $data = $request->all();
 
        if ($request->hasFile('photo')) { 
            $file = $request->file('photo');
            $name = 'categories/' . Str::uuid() . '.' . $file->extension();
            $file->storePubliclyAs('public', $name);
            $data['photo'] = $name;
        } 
 
        $category = Category::create($data);
 
        return new CategoryResource($category);
    }
 
    // ...
}

In the store method, we upload...