Write Data to MongoDB

Implement the function to insert data

Replace the store() method in the MovieController.php file, located in the app/Http/Controllers directory with the following code:

public function store(Request $request)
{
    $data = $request->all();
    $movie = new Movie();
    $movie->fill($data);
    $movie->save();
}

Add an API route that calls the controller function

Generate an API route file by running the following command:

php artisan install:api

Import the controller and add an API route that calls the store() method in the routes/api.php file:

use App\Http\Controllers\MovieController;
// ...
Route::resource('movies', MovieController::class)->only([
    'store'
]);

Update the model fields

Update the Movie model in the app/Models directory to specify the fields that the fill() method populates as shown in the following code:

class Movie extends Model
{
     protected $connection = 'mongodb';
     protected $fillable = ['title', 'year', 'runtime', 'imdb', 'plot'];
}

Post a request to the API

Create a file called movie.json and insert the following data:

{
  "title": "The Laravel MongoDB Quick Start",
  "year": 2024,
  "runtime": 15,
  "imdb": {
    "rating": 9.5,
    "votes": 1
  },
  "plot": "This movie entry was created by running through the Laravel MongoDB Quick Start tutorial."
}

Send the JSON payload to the endpoint as a POST request by running the following command in your shell:

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data @movie.json http://localhost:8000/api/movies

View the data

Open http://127.0.0.1:8000/browse_movies in your web browser to view the movie information that you submitted. The inserted movie appears at the top of the results.