Adding endpoints to the API

Hey Bobby or whomever,

After developing our shop4charities publishing website for advertisers, I realized that I needed a better way to manage the stores, products, categories, and links. I have gone through several processes thus far ranging from filling out a form to uploading the csv file cj.com gives but it does not contain all the information we use on our website.

As you know I am using Laravel Wave for this. I am in the process of adding endpoints for it right now.

I looked at the API controller out of the box and it does use the BREAD operations.

namespace Wave\Http\Controllers\API;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use TCG\Voyager\Http\Controllers\ContentTypes\Text;
use TCG\Voyager\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use TCG\Voyager\Http\Controllers\Traits\BreadRelationshipParser;
use TCG\Voyager\Models\DataType;

    //*********************************************
    //                _____
    //               |  __ \
    //               | |  | |
    //               | |  | |
    //               | |__| |
    //               |_____/
    //
    //         API Delete an item BREA(D)
    //
    //*********************************************

    public function delete(Request $request, $slug, $id)
    {
        $slug = $this->getSlug($request);

        $dataType = Datatype::where('slug', '=', $slug)->first();

        // Check permission
        $this->authorize('delete', app($dataType->model_name));
        $data = call_user_func([$dataType->model_name, 'findOrFail'], $id);

        $res = $data->delete($id);

        if ($res) {
            return response()->json(['success' => true, 'message' => 'Successfully deleted']);
        }

    }

    public function getSlug(Request $request)
    {
        if (isset($this->slug)) {
            $slug = $this->slug;
        } else {
            $slug = $request->segment(2);
        }

        return $slug;
    }

    public function insertUpdateData($request, $slug, $rows, $data)
    {

        foreach ($rows as $row) {

            $options = $row->details;

            $content = $this->getContentBasedOnType($request, $slug, $row, $options);

            if(isset($request->{$row->field})){
                $data->{$row->field} = $content;
            }
        }

        $data->save();

        return $data;
    }

    public function getContentBasedOnType(Request $request, $slug, $row, $options = null)
    {
        return (new Text($request, $slug, $row, $options))->handle();
    }

    private function isValidJson($string) {
     json_decode($string);
     return (json_last_error() == JSON_ERROR_NONE);
    }

}

My question is, should I extend the api controller namespace you guys created or go with my own namespace. Currently, I have added methods to my StoreController and CategoryController for the api endpoints. I am wondering if I should just make a new controller and go the BREAD route which would be better coherence to what is already in place.

  public function apiShow($programName)
    {
        $store = Store::where('program_name', $programName)
                      ->with('category') // Ensure the relationship is defined in the Store model
                      ->firstOrFail();

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

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 public function apiShow($slug)
    {
        $category = Category::where('slug', $slug)->with('stores')->firstOrFail();
        return response()->json($category);
    }