Retrieve JSON Object List from Ajax in Laravel Framework

  1. Download and install the latest version of Composer from https://getcomposer.org/download/

  2. Open Windows Terminal in Visual Studio Code install Laravel Installer with command as below:

    composer global require laravel/installer
  3. Create new folder named LearnLaravelWithRealApps. Use Visual Studio Code open to LearnLaravelWithRealApps foler. In this folder, create new project named LearnLaravelWithRealApps with command as below:

    laravel new LearnLaravelWithRealApps

  4. Run LearnLaravelWithRealApps project with command as below:

    php artisan serve
  5. Open LearnLaravelWithRealApps project with url as below:

    http://localhost:8000

Create new folder named js in public folder. Copy JQuery library to public/js folder.

Create new PHP file named Product.php in app/Models folder as below:

<?php

namespace App\Models;

class Product
{
    var $id;
    var $name;
    var $price;
    var $quantity;
    var $photo;

    function __construct($id, $name, $price, $quantity, $photo)
    {
        $this->id = $id;
        $this->name = $name;
        $this->price = $price;
        $this->quantity = $quantity;
        $this->photo = $photo;
    }
}

Create new PHP file named DemoController.php in app/Http/Controllers folder as below:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Models\Product;

class DemoController extends Controller
{
	public function index()
	{
		return view('demo/index');
	}

	public function ajax()
	{
		$products = array(
			new Product('p01', 'Name 1', 4.5),
			new Product('p02', 'Name 2', 5.6),
			new Product('p03', 'Name 3', 8.5)
		);
		return response()->json($products);
	}
}

Create new folder named demo in resources/views folder. In this folder, create new Blade file named index.blade.php as below:

<html>

	<head>
		<title>Laravel</title>
		<script src="{{asset('js/jquery-3.6.0.min.js')}}" type="text/javascript"></script>
		<script>
			$(document).ready(function() {

				$('#buttonDemoAjax').on('click', function() {
					$.ajax({
						type: 'GET',
						url: "{{url('/demo/ajax')}}",
						success: function(products) {
							var result = '';
							for(var i = 0; i < products.length; i++) {
								result += '<br>id: ' + products[i].id;
								result += '<br>name: ' + products[i].name;
								result += '<br>price: ' + products[i].price;
								result += '<br>-------------------';
							}
							$('#result').html(result);
						}
					});
				});

			});
		</script>

	</head>

	<body>

		<h3>Index</h3>
		<input type="button" value="Demo Ajax" id="buttonDemoAjax">
		<br>
		<span id="result"></span>

	</body>

</html>

Open web.php file in routes folder, add new routes as below:

<?php
				
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

use App\Http\Controllers\DemoController;

Route::group([], function () {
	Route::get('/', [DemoController::class, 'index']);
	Route::get('/demo', [DemoController::class, 'index']);
	Route::get('/demo/index', [DemoController::class, 'index']);
	Route::get('/demo/ajax', [DemoController::class, 'ajax']);
});

Access index action in Demo controller with urls as below:

  • http://localhost:8000
  • http://localhost:8000/demo
  • http://localhost:8000/demo/index

Output

Click Demo Ajax button to call Ajax