Endpoint This endpoint does NOT require authentication. It’s publicly accessible.
Description Retrieves all articles from the database, ordered by ID in descending order (newest first). Each article includes its associated category, subcategory, and images.
This endpoint is typically used for:
Displaying product catalogs in mobile/web applications
Browsing available tech and anime articles
Building article listing pages
Language preference for response messages. Supported values: en, es
Accept
string
default: "application/json"
Response content type
Response Indicates whether the request was successful
Human-readable message describing the result
Array of article objects Unique identifier for the article
ID of the category this article belongs to
ID of the subcategory this article belongs to
Detailed description of the article
Price of the article (minimum 0)
Array of image objects associated with this article Storage path to the image file
Polymorphic type (always “App\Models\Article”)
ID of the associated article
Example Request curl -X GET https://api.example.com/articles \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Accept-Language: en"
Example Response { "success" : true , "message" : "All articles retrieved successfully" , "data" : { "articles" : [ { "id" : 1 , "category_id" : 2 , "subcategory_id" : 5 , "name" : "Gaming Laptop RTX 4070" , "description" : "High-performance gaming laptop with RTX 4070 graphics card, 16GB RAM, and 1TB SSD" , "price" : 1499.99 , "images" : [ { "id" : 1 , "path" : "articles/article_image_1_1234567890.jpg" , "imageable_type" : "App \\ Models \\ Article" , "imageable_id" : 1 } ], "category" : { "id" : 2 , "name" : "Tech" }, "subcategory" : { "id" : 5 , "name" : "Laptops" } }, { "id" : 2 , "category_id" : 1 , "subcategory_id" : 3 , "name" : "Demon Slayer Figure" , "description" : "Premium collectible figure of Tanjiro Kamado from Demon Slayer anime" , "price" : 89.99 , "images" : [], "category" : { "id" : 1 , "name" : "Anime" }, "subcategory" : { "id" : 3 , "name" : "Figures" } } ] } }
Error Responses This endpoint typically doesn’t return errors as it will return an empty array if no articles exist. However, server errors may occur:
500 - Internal Server Error { "success" : false , "message" : "An error occurred while retrieving articles" , "errors" : { "exception" : "Database connection failed" } }
Implementation Notes
Articles are ordered by ID in descending order (newest first)
All relationships (category, subcategory, images) are eager-loaded for performance
No pagination is currently implemented - all articles are returned
The endpoint uses the ArticleResource for consistent response formatting
Source Code Reference : ArticleController::index() at /home/daytona/workspace/source/app/Http/Controllers/ArticleController.php:55
