update profile in laravel API for mobile apps - laravel

Question

I want to build an api for mobile apps. for now, i want to create an edit profile api. but i dont know how to store an image, if user wants to upload their avatar.
Here is my code:
public function profileedit($id, Request $request){
$users = user::find($id);
$users->name = $request->firstName;
$users->thumbnail = $request->avatar;
$users->save();
$data[] = [
'id'=>$users->uid,
'name'=>$users->name,
'avatar'=>$users->thumbnail,
'status'=>200,
];
return response()->json($data);
}
how to put the $request->avatar into my project storage, and show it in url form (my project is already uploaded on the server)

Answer 1

The easiest way to store files in Laravel is this.
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
public function profileedit($id, Request $request){
//validator place
$users = user::find($id);
$users->name = $request->firstName;
$users->thumbnail = $request->avatar->store('avatars','public');
$users->save();
$data[] = [
'id'=>$users->uid,
'name'=>$users->name,
'avatar'=>Storage::url($users->thumbnail),
'status'=>200,
];
return response()->json($data);
}
but as you probably know, you should run php artisan storage:link command to generate storage shortcut in public directory.
for security reason you can use validator to let only image file store. in this example I limited file to all image types with maximum 4MB size
$request->validate([
'avatar' => 'required|image|max:4096',
]);
for more information these are document links.
File Storage
Validation