Dogs API

Breeds and images come from The Dog API (with a Dog CEO fallback for breed photos). Here is the real PHP behind it.

DogController::index()

public function index(): View
{
    try {
        $breeds = $this->dogApiService->getBreeds();
        $randomDogImage = $this->dogApiService->getRandomDogImage();

        return view('dogs', [
            'heading' => 'Dogs',
            'breeds' => $breeds,
            'dogImage' => $randomDogImage
        ]);
    } catch (RequestException $e) {
        // Log the error
        logger()->error('Dog API Error', [
            'message' => $e->getMessage(),
            'code' => $e->getCode()
        ]);

        return view('dogs', [
            'heading' => 'Dogs',
            'breeds' => [],
            'dogImage' => null,
            'error' => 'Unable to fetch dog information. Please try again later.'
        ]);
    }
}

DogApiService::__construct()

public function __construct()
{
    $apiUrl = self::API_BASE_URL;
    Http::macro('dogApi', function () use ($apiUrl) {
        return Http::withHeaders([
            'x-api-key' => config('services.dog_api.key')
        ])->baseUrl($apiUrl);
    });
}

DogApiService::getBreeds()

public function getBreeds(): Collection
{
    $response = Http::dogApi()
        ->get('/breeds')
        ->throw();

    return collect($response->json());
}

DogApiService::getRandomDogImage()

public function getRandomDogImage(): ?array
{
    $response = Http::dogApi()
        ->get('/images/search')
        ->throw();

    return $response->json()[0] ?? null;
}

DogApiService::getBreedImage()

public function getBreedImage(string $breedId): ?array
{
    $response = Http::dogApi()
        ->get('/images/search', ['breed_ids' => $breedId])
        ->throw();

    return $response->json()[0] ?? null;
}