Laravel Database Query Builder error with table name - laravel

Question

I'm making a "simple" api for laravel. This api has to handle with filters, pagination and sorting the result. To make this I use laravel query builder. The problem is that it's making a select without a table name, for example:
select * order by `id` asc
My code:
public function index()
{
$request = request();
$query = DB::table('customers')->newQuery();
// Orden
if (request()->has('sort')) {
// Multiorden
$sorts = explode(',', request()->sort);
foreach ($sorts as $sort) {
list($sortCol, $sortDir) = explode('|', $sort);
$query = $query->orderBy($sortCol, $sortDir);
}
} else {
$query = $query->orderBy('id', 'asc');
}
//Filtros
if ($request->exists('filter')) {
$query->where(function($q) use($request) {
$value = "%{$request->filter}%";
$q->where('name', 'like', $value)
->orWhere('address', 'like', $value);
});
}
$perPage = request()->has('per_page') ? (int) request()->per_page : null;
$pagination = $query->get()->paginate($perPage);
$pagination->appends([
'sort' => request()->sort,
'filter' => request()->filter,
'per_page' => request()->per_page
]);
return response()->json(
$pagination
);
}
Error:
Illuminate\Database\QueryException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error:
1096 No tables used (SQL: select * order by id asc) in file
C:\xampp\htdocs\iService\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connection.php
on line 664
UPDATE:
return DB::table('customers')->get();
If i use this, the api works fine, I have more apis working. The problem is that I need Query Builder to handle filters, sort, etc...

Answer 1

The problem was the way I instance a new query.
$query = DB::table('customers')->newQuery();
Correct:
$query = Model::query();
For my example:
$query = Customer::query();