Building Modern Laravel APIs
Build and deploy production-ready Laravel 13 APIs using PHP 8.5. Design an opinionated, robust architecture that scales under real production load through a step-by-step complete application build.
Series Curriculum
Building Modern Laravel APIs: Foundations and Project Structure
Start the Modern Laravel APIs series by structuring Pulse-Link for production with clear layers, ULIDs, action classes, DTO requests, and versioning.
Building Modern Laravel APIs: Ingesting Leads
Implement lead ingestion in Laravel with Form Request validation, typed DTO payloads, Action classes, and JSON:API responses for POST /v1/leads.
Building Modern Laravel APIs: Routing, Versioning, and API Contracts
Learn how to version Laravel API routes, signal deprecations with Sunset headers, and keep API contracts aligned with your implementation.
Building Modern Laravel APIs: Authentication with JWT
Add JWT auth to a Laravel API with register, login, refresh, and logout flows using Form Request DTOs, Action classes, and auth:api middleware.
Building Modern Laravel APIs: Lead Scoring and Prioritisation
Building a configurable lead scoring engine in Laravel 13 - config-driven weights, query objects for prioritised retrieval, rescoring commands, and a top leads endpoint.
Building Modern Laravel APIs: The Action Pattern
Building a lead enrichment and scoring pipeline in Laravel 13 using the AI SDK, structured agents, composable Action classes, and PHP enums for type-safe status management.