Laravel REST API Made Easy: LEARN TO WRITE FLUENT LARAVEL API with Omkar Panherkar (Become Full Stack Developer Book 2) by Panherkar Omkar

Author:Panherkar, Omkar
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10. Advanced topics in Laravel API development such as Caching and Event handling

As your Laravel API grows and evolves, you may find that you need to implement more advanced features to optimize performance, improve scalability, and add new functionality. In this chapter, we'll discuss two advanced topics in Laravel API development: caching and event handling.

First, let's talk about caching. Caching is a technique that allows you to store frequently-used data in memory, so that it can be quickly retrieved without having to go back to the database or other data source. This can significantly improve the performance of your API, especially if you have a lot of read-heavy operations.

Laravel provides built-in support for caching, making it easy to add caching to your API. One popular method for caching in Laravel is using the built-in "Cache" facade.

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;

class UserController extends Controller

{

public function index()

{

$users = Cache::remember('users', 60, function () {

return User::all(); });

return $users;

}

}

In the example above, we're using the "remember" method of the "Cache" facade to cache the result of the "User::all()" query for 60 minutes. This means that if the same request is made within 60 minutes, the cached result will be returned, rather than querying the database again.

Another advanced topic in Laravel API development is event handling. Events are a way to send notifications or trigger actions when certain events occur in your application. This allows you to decouple different parts of your application, making it more modular and easier to maintain.

Laravel provides built-in support for events, making it easy to add event handling to your API. You can use the built-in "Event" facade to trigger events, and the "EventServiceProvider" to listen for events and register event handlers.

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Event::listen('user.registered', function ($user) {

// send welcome email

});

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