Add new methods to a resource controller in Laravel

I want to know if it is possible to add new methods to a resource controller in Laravel and how you do it.

I know that these methods are the default (index, create, store, edit, update, destroy). Now I want to add additional methods and routes to the same controller.

Is that possible?

Just add a route to that method separately, before you register the resource:

Route::get('foo/bar', 'FooController@bar');
Route::resource('foo', 'FooController');

Yeah, It's possible..

In my case I add method : data to handle request for /data.json in HTTP POST method.

This what I did.

First we extends Illuminate\Routing\ResourceRegistrar to add new method data

<?php

namespace App\MyCustom\Routing;

use Illuminate\Routing\ResourceRegistrar as OriginalRegistrar;

class ResourceRegistrar extends OriginalRegistrar
{
    // add data to the array
    /**
     * The default actions for a resourceful controller.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $resourceDefaults = ['index', 'create', 'store', 'show', 'edit', 'update', 'destroy', 'data'];


    /**
     * Add the data method for a resourceful route.
     *
     * @param  string  $name
     * @param  string  $base
     * @param  string  $controller
     * @param  array   $options
     * @return \Illuminate\Routing\Route
     */
    protected function addResourceData($name, $base, $controller, $options)
    {
        $uri = $this->getResourceUri($name).'/data.json';

        $action = $this->getResourceAction($name, $controller, 'data', $options);

        return $this->router->post($uri, $action);
    }
}

After that, make your new ServiceProvider or use AppServiceProvider instead.

In method boot, add this code :

    public function boot()
    {
        $registrar = new \App\MyCustom\Routing\ResourceRegistrar($this->app['router']);

        $this->app->bind('Illuminate\Routing\ResourceRegistrar', function () use ($registrar) {
            return $registrar;
        });
    }

then :

add to your route :

Route::resource('test', 'TestController');

Check by php artisan route:list And you will find new method 'data'

I just did that, to add a GET "delete" method.

After creating your files, you just need to add

'AntonioRibeiro\Routing\ExtendedRouterServiceProvider',

to 'providers' in your app/config.php

Edit the Route alias in this same file:

'Route'           => 'Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route',

changing it to

'Route'           => 'AntonioRibeiro\Facades\ExtendedRouteFacade',

And make sure those files are being autoloaded, they must be in some directory that you have in your composer.json ("autoload" section).

Then you just need to:

Route::resource('users', 'UsersController');

And this (look at the last line) is the result if you run php artisan routes:

Those are my source files:

ExtendedRouteFacade.pas

<?php namespace AntonioRibeiro\Facades;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade as IlluminateFacade;

class ExtendedRouteFacade extends IlluminateFacade {

	/**
	 * Determine if the current route matches a given name.
	 *
	 * @param  string  $name
	 * @return bool
	 */
	public static function is($name)
	{
		return static::$app['router']->currentRouteNamed($name);
	}

	/**
	 * Determine if the current route uses a given controller action.
	 *
	 * @param  string  $action
	 * @return bool
	 */
	public static function uses($action)
	{
		return static::$app['router']->currentRouteUses($action);
	}

	/**
	 * Get the registered name of the component.
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	protected static function getFacadeAccessor() { return 'router'; }

}

ExtendedRouter.pas

<?php namespace AntonioRibeiro\Routing;

class ExtendedRouter extends \Illuminate\Routing\Router {

	protected $resourceDefaults = array('index', 'create', 'store', 'show', 'edit', 'update', 'destroy', 'delete');

	/**
	 * Add the show method for a resourceful route.
	 *
	 * @param  string  $name
	 * @param  string  $base
	 * @param  string  $controller
	 * @return void
	 */
	protected function addResourceDelete($name, $base, $controller)
	{
		$uri = $this->getResourceUri($name).'/{'.$base.'}/destroy';

		return $this->get($uri, $this->getResourceAction($name, $controller, 'delete'));
	}

}

ExtendedRouteServiceProvider.pas

<?php namespace AntonioRibeiro\Routing;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class ExtendedRouterServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider {

    /**
     * Indicates if loading of the provider is deferred.
     *
     * @var bool
     */
    protected $defer = true;

    /**
     * Register the service provider.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function register()
    {
        $this->app['router'] = $this->app->share(function() { return new ExtendedRouter($this->app); });
    }

    /**
     * Get the services provided by the provider.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function provides()
    {
        return array('router');
    }

}

Route::resource('foo', 'FooController');
Route::controller('foo', 'FooController');

Give this a try .Put you extra methods like getData() etc etc .. This worked for me to keep route.php clean

Using Laravel >5 Find the web.php file in routes folder add your methods

You can use route::resource to route all these methods index, show, store, update, destroy in your controller in one line

Route::get('foo/bar', 'NameController@bar');
Route::resource('foo', 'NameController');

Just add a new method and a route to that method.

In your controller:

public function foo($bar=“default”)
{
      //do stuff
}

And in your web routes

Route::get(“foo/{$bar}”, “MyController@foo”);

Just be sure the method in the controller is public.

I solve by

Create a custom router file that extends the BaseRouter

// src/app/Custom/Router.php


<?php

namespace App\Custom;

use Illuminate\Routing\Router as BaseRouter;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;

class Router extends BaseRouter
{
    public function customResource($name, $controller, array $options = [])
    {
        $model = Str::singular($name); // this is optional, i need it for Route Model Binding

        $this
            ->get( // set the http methods
                $name .'/{' . $model . '}/audit',
                $controller . '@audit'
            )->name($name . '.audit');

        return $this->resource($name, $controller, $options);
    }
}

Then register at src/bootstrap/app.php

$app->singleton('router', function ($app) {
    return new \App\Custom\Router($app['events'], $app);
});

And use it on /routes/web.php

Route::customResource(
    'entries',
    'EntryController'
);

Previously I defined my route as:

Route::get('foo/bar', 'FooController@bar');
Route::resource('foo', 'FooController');

It gave the error: >route foo.bar is not defined

And then after some Googling I added name

Route::get('foo/bar', 'FooController@bar')->name('foo.bar');

And it worked fine.

This works pretty good too. No need to add more routes just use show method of the resource controller like this :

public function show($name){
 
 switch ($name){
   case 'foo':
    $this -> foo();
    break;
   case 'bar':
    $this ->bar();
    break; 
  defautlt:
    abort(404,'bad request');
    break;
 }

}
public function foo(){}
publcc function bar(){}

I use the default to throw custom error page.