laravel api with vue 2 js not returning data - could 'localhost:8000' (or '127.0.0.1:8000') be the issue? - laravel

Question

I am using the repo https://github.com/mschwarzmueller/laravel-ng2-vue/tree/03-vue-frontend so I have 100% confidence in the reliability of the code. I can post through the laravel api endpoint through the very simple Vue client, and also through Postman. Through Postman I can retrieve the table data array, but not so in the client app. In POSTMAN:
localhost:8000/api/quotes
works just fine.
IN THE vue 2 js CLIENT APP:
methods: {
onGetQuotes() {
axios.get('http://localhost:8000/api/quotes')
.then(
response => {
this.quotes = (response.data.quotes);
}
)
.catch(
error => console.log(error)
);
}
returns nothing. returning the response to Console.log returns nothing. The Network/XHR tab shows the table data rows, but I am not sure what that means.
I know for sure that this code works for others with their unique api endpoints, which I assume may not use localhost or '127:0.0.1:1080.
Edit: in response to request for more info
public function getQuotes()
{
$quotes = Quote::all();
$response = [$quotes];
return response()->json($response, 200);
}
and the relevant route:
Route::get('/quotes', [
'uses' => 'QuoteController#getQuotes'
]);
Just to confirm: I am using verified github repo code in which the ONLY change is my api endpoint addressas mentioned in the first line of the body of this question. . Note that the Laravel back end is also derived from a related repo in Max's fine tutorial. The running code can be seen at
So I really don't think this is a coding error- but is it a configuration error due to me using local host??
EDIT: It WAS a coding error in the laravel controller as shown below

Answer 1

The reason your code isn't working if because you haven't provided a key for your $quotes in your controller but you're looking for it in your vue file (response.data.quotes).
[$quotes] is essentially [0 => $quotes] so when the json response comes through it be 0: [...] not quotes: [...].
To get this to work you just need to change:
$response = [$quotes];
to:
$response = ['quotes' => $quotes];
Furthermore, just an FYI, you don't need to provide the 200 in response->json() as it's the default and you can just return an array and Laravel automatically return the correct json response e.g.:
public function getQuotes()
{
$quotes = \App\Models\Artist::all();
return compact('quotes'); //<-- This is just another way of writting ['quotes' => $quotes]
}
Obviously, you don't have to if you don't want to.
Hope this helps!