API Handler that makes processing CRUD and other requests more automatic.

api.php

<?php

class Api 
{
    public static function is_eloquent($obj) 
    {        
        if (is_array($obj)) {
            $obj = isset($obj[0]) ? $obj[0] : $obj;
        }

        return ($obj instanceof Laravel\Database\Eloquent\Model);
    }

    public static function is_password($password, $confirm) 
    {
        $v = Validator::make(array(
            'password' => $password,
            'password_confirmation' => $confirm
        ), array(
            'password' => 'required|confirmed'
        ));
        
        if ($v->fails()) {
            $message = current($v->errors->messages);
            return $message[0];
        }   
        
        return true;
    }
    
    public static function is_email($email, $unique = true)
    {
        $v = Validator::make(array(
            'email' => $email
        ), array(
            'email' => 'required|email',
        ));
        
        if ($v->fails()) {
            $message = current($v->errors->messages);
            return $message[0];
        }   
        
        if ($unique) {
            $user_check = static::is_email_unique($email);
            if ($user_check !== true) {
                return "Email is already taken.";
            }                   
        }
    
        return true;
    }
    
    public static function is_email_unique($email) 
    {
        $user_check = User::where_email($email)
            ->where_deleted(0)
            ->first();
        
        if ($user_check) {
            return false;
        }
                            
        return true;
    }
    
    public static function clean($html)
    {
        if (is_array($html)) {
            foreach ($html as $key => $value)
                $html[$key] = s($value);
    
            return $html;
        }
    
        return Sanitize::purify($html);
    }

    public static function inputs($defaults = array())
    {
        if (in_array($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'],  array('PUT', 'POST'))) {            
            $request_string = file_get_contents('php://input');
            $inputs = json_decode($request_string, 1);
        } else {
            $inputs = Input::all();
        }
        
        return extend($defaults, static::clean($inputs));
    }

    public static function update(&$model, $ignore = array())
    {
        $inputs = self::inputs();
        
        foreach ($inputs as $key => $value) {
            if (is_array($ignore)) {
                if (in_array($key, $ignore)) {
                    continue;
                }
            }

            $model->$key = $inputs[$key];   
        }
        
        return $inputs;
    }
    
    public static function json($data) 
    {
        $new_data = array();
        foreach($data as $key => $value) {
            if (static::is_eloquent($value)) {
                $value = to_json($value);
            }

            $new_data[$key] = $value;
        }

        return json($new_data);   
    }
    
    public static function success($message = true)
    {
        return Response::json(array(
            'success' => $message 
        ));
    }
    
    public static function error($message)
    {
        return Response::json(array(
            'error' => $message
        ));
    }
}