Using Laravel 5.5 Resources to create your own {JSON:API} formatted API - Medium Gists

article-collection.json

{
  "links": {
    "self": "http://example.com/articles",
    "first": "http://example.com/articles?page=1",
    "last": "http://example.com/articles?page=2",
    "prev": null,
    "next": "http://example.com/articles?page=2"
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "articles",
      "id": "1",
      "attributes": {
        "title": "JSON API paints my bikeshed!"
      },
      "links": {
        "self": "http://example.com/api/articles/1"
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "articles",
      "id": "2",
      "attributes": {
        "title": "Build APIs You Won't Hate"
      },
      "links": {
        "self": "http://example.com/api/articles/2"
      }
    }
  ]
}