Laravel: JSON ORM for remote resources

Consuming JSON resources from a REST API doesn’t have to be a pain.

“grayscale photo of remote beside eyeglasses” by Steve Johnson on Unsplash

In my app I needed to consume remote resources constantly. Of course, Guzzle HTTP Client and a Repository was the first thing it came to my mind.

It worked until the cluttered code was unbearable and I couldn’t debug what I was doing, let alone repeating code. Then in the course of 7 days during my local holidays I made a JSON ORM and Query Builder package. Probably my first serious package.

What is JSON ORM?

Think about a Remote Database, that instead of Eloquent Models it has Documents, and work almost the same. Installing the package will allow you to make something like this:

$color = RemoteColor::whereImplicit('red')->first()
$color->name = 'purple';
$color->save();

DarkGhostHunter/JSON-ORM

Of course, every JSON API and REST API is different, so the package comes with the following pieces that you can change with your own if you don’t like it:

• Grammar — Transform the Query to something your API understands.
• Dispatch the Request to the API, with your own HTTP Client.
• Sign the content in some way, if the API needs it.
• Process the Response you get.

So head to composer at test it.