React JS CRUD – Complete react crud using laravel api from scratch tutorial

React is a popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces. In this tutorial, we will learn how to perform CRUD operations in a React application using a Laravel API for the backend.

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of React
• Basic knowledge of Laravel
• Node.js installed on your machine
• Composer installed on your machine

Setting up the Laravel API

First, let’s set up the backend API using Laravel. We will create a simple CRUD API with endpoints for creating, reading, updating, and deleting data.

Create a new Laravel project using the following command:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel react-crud

Create a new model and migration for the resource you want to perform CRUD operations on. For example, if you want to create a CRUD for a “Product” model, run the following command:

php artisan make:model Product -m

Next, define the model properties and the migration schema. Then, migrate the database using the following command:

php artisan migrate

Now, create a new CRUD controller using the following command:

php artisan make:controller ProductController --resource

Define the CRUD operations in the controller, and define the routes for these operations in the routes/web.php file.

Setting up the React Application

Create a new React application using create-react-app:

npx create-react-app react-crud-app

Next, install axios, a promise-based HTTP client for making API requests, by running the following command:

npm install axios

Now, create a new component for each CRUD operation in the src/components directory. For example, you can create components for creating, reading, updating, and deleting data.

Define the API endpoints in a separate file, and import them into your CRUD components. Use axios to make HTTP requests to the Laravel API, and perform the CRUD operations using the data returned from the API.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to perform CRUD operations in a React application using a Laravel API for the backend. We have set up a simple CRUD API in Laravel and created a new React application to perform CRUD operations using axios. You can now apply these concepts to build more complex applications with React and Laravel.