If you are building API-driven applications, nothing clutters up your controllers faster than manually typing out arrays every single time you need to return data or throw an error.
When you have inconsistent response structures, your frontend (and the developers consuming your API) will constantly have to guess whether the data is nested under , , or just at the root of the object.
The cleanest way I've found to standardize this across an entire application is by creating a dedicated trait.
Instead of rewriting your JSON structure in every controller method, create this trait in your directory: Next, simply this trait inside your base .
Now, your actual endpoints become incredibly readable and strictly standardized: This guarantees that every single endpoint in your application returns the exact same JSON signature.
Your frontend will thank you.
How are you handling global API responses in your current stack?
Do you use traits, or do you prefer wrapping everything in dedicated Resource classes?
Let me know below.
Disclosure: Formatted using Ai so I don't get laughed at with grammatical mistakes 😂