Lesson.php

<?php



class Lesson extends Eloquent {

	

	protected $fillable = ['title', 'body'];

}

LessonController.php

<?php





class LessonsController extends \BaseController {



	/**

	 * @var Acme\Transformers\LessonTransformer

	 */

	protected $lessonTransformer;





	function __construct(LessonTransformer $lessonTransformer)

	{

		$this->lessonTransformer = $lessonTransformer;

	}





	/**

	 * Display a listing of the resource.

	 *

	 * @return Response

	 */

	public function index()

	{

		$lessons = Lesson::all();



		return Response::json([

			'data' => $this->lessonTransformer->transformCollection($lessons->all())

		], 200);

	}





	/**

	 * Show the form for creating a new resource.

	 *

	 * @return Response

	 */

	public function create()

	{

		//

	}





	/**

	 * Store a newly created resource in storage.

	 *

	 * @return Response

	 */

	public function store()

	{

		//

	}





	/**

	 * Display the specified resource.

	 *

	 * @param  int  $id

	 * @return Response

	 */

	public function show($id)

	{

		$lesson = Lesson::find($id);



		if ( ! $lesson)

		{

			return Response::json([

				'error' => [

					'message' => 'Lesson does not exist'

				]

			], 404);

		}



		return Response::json([

			'data' => $this->lessonTransformer->transform($lesson)

		], 200);

	}





	/**

	 * Show the form for editing the specified resource.

	 *

	 * @param  int  $id

	 * @return Response

	 */

	public function edit($id)

	{

		//

	}





	/**

	 * Update the specified resource in storage.

	 *

	 * @param  int  $id

	 * @return Response

	 */

	public function update($id)

	{

		//

	}





	/**

	 * Remove the specified resource from storage.

	 *

	 * @param  int  $id

	 * @return Response

	 */

	public function destroy($id)

	{

		//

	}



}

LessonTransformer.php

<?php namespace Acme\Transformers;



class LessonTransformer extends Transformer {



	public function transform($lesson)

	{

		return [

			'title' => $lesson['title'],

			'body' => $lesson['body'],

			'active' => (boolean) $lesson['some_bool']

		];

	}

}

routes.php

<?php



/*

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

| Application Routes

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

|

| Here is where you can register all of the routes for an application.

| It's a breeze. Simply tell Laravel the URIs it should respond to

| and give it the Closure to execute when that URI is requested.

|

*/



Route::group(['prefix' => 'api/v1'], function()

{

	Route::resource('lessons', 'LessonsController');

});

Transformer.php

<?php namespace Acme\Transformers;



abstract class Transformer {



	/**

	 * Transform a collection of lessons

	 *

	 * @param $items

	 * @return array

	 */



	public function transformCollection(array $items)

	{

		return array_map([$this, 'transform'], $items);

	}





	public abstract function transform($item);



}