Build Laravel API for Car Parking App: Step-By-Step

Remember, in the very beginning, we had created a structure for the Vehicle model? Let me remind you:

Migration file:

Schema::create('vehicles', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->id();
 
    $table->foreignId('user_id')->constrained();
    $table->string('plate_number');
 
    $table->timestamps();
    $table->softDeletes();
});

app/Models/Vehicle.php:

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 
class Vehicle extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;
    use SoftDeletes;
 
    protected $fillable = ['user_id', 'plate_number'];
}

So now we need API endpoints for a user to manage their vehicles. This should be a typical CRUD, with these 5 methods in the Controller:

• index
• store
• show
• update
• delete

So, let's generate it. This is our first Controller without the "Auth" namespace, and let's add a few Artisan flags to generate some skeleton for us...