UserLib

Installation

To set up the package please run following command in your project.

composer require mabjavaid/user-lib

Supported laravel Versions

• Laravel 8.x
• Laravel 9.x

Usage

• To get a single user by id you can call following method.
  • Namespace => Mabjavaid\UserLib\UserLib
  • UserLib::getUserById($id)
• To get all users you can call following method.
  • Namespace => Mabjavaid\UserLib\UserLib
  • UserLib::getAllUsers($pageNumber)
• To create a new user you can call following method.
  • Namespace => Mabjavaid\UserLib\UserLib
  • UserLib::createUser($name, $job)

Challenges and Solutions

• C1: Remote APIs are often unstable and unreliable; how will you handle this?
  • I am using custom exception ReqresException to communicate errors to other developers utilising this package with clear message and error code.
  • I develop a custom exception to handle api related exceptions
  • I am catching api related exceptions and throwing custom exception with clear message and error code.
  • FYI: for other validations e:g parameters i will do the following
    • I will use laravel validation (Request Class => set payload using request() helper) to validate the parameters and throw custom validation exception with clear message and error code.
• C2: How can you make your code testable?
  • Unit tests are written and covering every expect of written code.
  • We should never make live request to a third party when testing.A good developer will always mock the test data and response
• Package is developed using php 8.0 and laravel 9.x. It is tested on laravel 9.x and php 8.0.