Package that makes RESTful error handling easier than ever.

• Pre-defined errors and response codes
• Run time errors response
• Errors defined at database

1.0.4

Preparation

Open your composer.json file and add the following to the require array:

"esdlabs/reply": "1.*"

Install dependencies

php composer install

Or

php composer update

After installing the package, open your Laravel config file app/config/app.php and add the following lines.

In the $providers array add the following service provider for this package.

'Esdlabs\Reply\ReplyServiceProvider',

In the $aliases array add the following facade for this package.

'Reply' => 'Esdlabs\Reply\Facades\Reply',

Migrations

php artisan migrate --package=esdlabs/reply

reply_errors

• id
• error_code
• response_code
• description

Define your errors at the errors table as follow:

| id | error_code | response_code | description | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | '0x001' | 400 | 'Invalid username or password' | | 2 | '0x002' | 406 | ' Valitation failed |

class LoginController extends Controller {

    public function store()
    {
        try
        {
            ...
        }
        catch (CustomException $e)
        {
            return Reply::error('0x001');
        }
        catch (AnotherException $e)
        {
            return Reply::error('0x002', array('note 1', 'note 2');
        }
        catch (Exception $e)
        {
            return Reply::customError('Custom error description', 500, "Note description");
        }
    }
}

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request

{
    "error_code": "0x001",
    "description"": "Invalid username or password"
}

HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable

{
    "error_code": "0x002",
    "description"": "Valitation failed",
    "notes" : [
        "note 1", 
        "note 2"
    ]
}

HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error

{
    "error_code": "UNK-ERROR",
    "description"": "Custom error description",
    "notes": "Note description"
}

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license