/**
* Format a collection of items for our Vue viewmodel.
* @param Builder $query
* @param int $perPage Number of items to show per page
* @return array Ready for JSON array of item data
*/
public function scopePagedJson($query, $perPage)
{
$items = $query->orderby('pub_date', 'desc')->paginate($perPage);
$json_data = $items->toArray();
unset($json_data['data']);
foreach ($items as $item) {
$json_data['items'][] = ['date' => $item->pub_date->diffForHumans(), 'source' => $item->source(), 'title' => $item->title, 'categories' => $item->categories, 'link' => $item->link, 'id' => $item->id, 'viewed' => $item->viewed];
}
return $json_data;
}