api api

ApiController.php

<?php 
class ApiController extends \BaseController {

	// extend apicontroller from homecontroller 
	// 
	// build functions for 400, 403, 500, and other ones that we may use
	// return errors with:
	// $this->respondNotFound('blah blah cant be found');
	// 
	// return success with:
	// $this->respond(array(
	// 		'status' => 'success'
	// 		'message' => 'worked!'
	// 		'data' => $users
	// 	));
	// list of status codes
	//  HttpFoundation/Response 
	// default 200
	
	protected $statusCode = 200;

	// http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html
	const HTTP_NOT_FOUND = 404;

	protected function setStatusCode($statusCode) {
		$this->statusCode = $statusCode;
		return $this;
	} 

	protected function getStatusCode() {
		return $this->statusCode;
	}

	protected function respondNotFound($message = 'Not found.') {

		return $this->setStatusCode(404)->respondError  ($message);
	} 

	protected function respondError($message) {
		$data = array(
			'error' => array(
				'message' => $message,
				'status_code' => $this->getStatusCode()
				)
			);

		return $this->respond($data);
	}

	protected function respond($data, $headers = array()) {
		return Response::json($data, $this->getStatusCode(), $headers);
	}


}