Laravel Dev Joke

This package offer a simple way to fetch a random dev joke from this DevJoke API.

Prerequisites

This package requires:

• PHP 8.1 or higher
• Laravel 9.0 or higher

If you are on the PHP version 8.0 just use an older version of this package.

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require sissokho/laravel-dev-joke

Usage

This package can be used by resolving the Sissokho\LaravelDevJoke\DevJoke class from the container or by injecting it into a method:

use Sissokho\LaravelDevJoke\DevJoke;

public function joke(DevJoke $devJoke)
{
    $joke = $devJoke->random();

    $joke->question; // retrieve the question
    $joke->punchline; // retrieve the punchline
    $joke->toArray(); // ['question' => 'lorem', 'punchline' => 'ipsum']
}

The randomJoke method will return a Sissokho\LaravelDevJoke\DataTransferObjects\Joke object, which includes the question and the punchline of the joke;

You can also use the Facade:

use Sissokho\LaravelDevJoke\Facades\DevJoke;

$joke = DevJoke::random();

Artisan

An artisan command is provided for you to display a random joke:

php artisan devjoke

The joke is displayed like this:

Testing

You can run PHPUnit tests, PHPStan/Larastan static analysis and inspect the code for style errors without changing the files (with Laravel Pint):

composer test

However, you can run these tests separately.

• Static analysis:

composer test:types

• PHPUnit tests:

composer test:unit

• Code inspection:

composer test:style

To fix code style issues, run the following command:

composer stylefix

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Credits

• Mouhamadou Moustapha SISSOKHO

Huge thanks to @askudhay for providing this API.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.