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    Use an API endpoint for an Eloquent model instead of a database table

    And show them in Laravel Nova!

    07 Feb 2020 • Last updated a few seconds ago

    The following tweet caught my attention on the Laravel Discord server.

    This actually works!

    By using calebporzio/sushi and kitetail/zttp you can create Eloquent models using an API endpoint instead of a database table.

    namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Sushi\Sushi;
use Zttp\Zttp;

class GithubUser extends Model
{
    use Sushi;

    public function getRows()
    {
        return Zttp::withHeaders(['User-agent' => 'PHP'])
            ->get('https://api.github.com/users')
            ->json();
    }
}
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    This also means you can display them as Nova resources!

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    namespace App\Nova;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Laravel\Nova\Fields\ID;
use Laravel\Nova\Fields\Text;

class GithubUser extends Resource
{
    
    public static $model = 'App\GithubUser';

    public static $title = 'id';
    
    public static $search = [
        'id',
    ];

    public function fields(Request $request)
    {
        return [
            ID::make()->sortable(),

            Text::make('avatar_url')
        ];
    }

    // ...
}
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