/**
* Get all comments of a user, paginated
*
* @param $user_id
*
* @param Request $request
*
* @return array
*/
public function userComments($user_id, Request $request)
{
// get limit
$limit = $request->get('limit') ?: 5;
$limit = $limit > 5 ? 5 : $limit;
try {
// Get user
$user = User::select('user_id', 'username', 'created_at')->findOrFail($user_id);
// Get comments of user, paginated
$comments = $user->comments()->select('comment_id', 'comment', 'created_at')->paginate($limit);
} catch (ModelNotFoundException $e) {
return ResponseHelper::write(404, 1001, 'The requested user does not exist.');
}
// Get transformer for user and user comments
$userTransformer = new UserTransformer();
$commentTransformer = new UserCommentTransformer();
// Return transformed user and comments
return ResponseHelper::withPaginationData(['user' => $userTransformer->transform($user->toArray()), 'comments' => $commentTransformer->transformCollection($comments->toArray()['data'])], $comments);
}
