Methods 'only' in JsonResource

[danilopinotti]

Sometimes I need to filter which fields my API will return, but, I'm using JSON Resources and I don't find any 'short way' to filter these fields.

What do you think about the "only" method in JsonResource?

Example:

use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource;

class UserResource extends JsonResource
{
    /**
     * Transform the resource into an array.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return array
     */
    public function toArray($request)
    {
        return [
             'name' => $this->name,
             'email' => $this->email,
        ]
    }
}

class UserController {
    public function show(User $user)
    {
        $fields = request('fields', ['name']);
        return UserResource::make($user)->only($fields)
    }

[dyaskur]

JsonResource is for make unified JSON response, if you want to use dynamic/filter field it's better not using that, just use from eloquent directly. return $user->only($fields)