Fetch image as a url from mysql database in laravel Api - laravel

Question

I want to fetch the image from database as a URL like http://127.0.0.1:8000/uploads/category/image.png
but the result I am getting is the name of the file not the URL.
This is the model class:
class CategoryModel extends Model
{
protected $table="tb_category";
public $timestamps = false;
protected $fillable = [
'id',
'name',
'image'
];
}
This is my controller class:
class CategoryController extends Controller
{
//
public function viewPage(){
return view('category');
}
public function saveCategory(Request $request){
$category = new CategoryModel();
$category->name=$request->input('name');
if($request->hasfile('image')){
$file=$request->file('image');
$extension = $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$filename=time().'.'.$extension;
//$headers = array('Content-Type' => 'application/octet-stream');
$file->move('uploads/category/',$filename);
$category->image =$filename;
$category->_image =$filename;
}
else{
return $request;
$category->image='';
$category->_image=null;
}
$category->save();
return view('category')->with('category',$category);
}
public function getCategories(){
$res = CategoryModel::get(
['id','name','image'
]
);
return response()->json($res,200);
}
}

Answer 1

In your saveCategory method, you're storing $filename in 'image' column.
Change it to store path.
public function saveCategory(Request $request){
$category = new CategoryModel();
$category->name=$request->input('name');
if($request->hasfile('image')){
$file=$request->file('image');
$extension = $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$filename=time().'.'.$extension;
$file->move('uploads/category/',$filename);
$category->image ='http://127.0.0.1:8000/uploads/category/'.$filename; //This is where you need to save absolute path of the image.
}
else{
return $request;
}
$category->save();
return view('category')->with('category',$category);
}
One more problem here is that you've written code after return $request; in else statement. Any code written after return is unreachable for the interpreter and will not be executed.