Add new methods to a resource controller in Laravel

Just add a route to that method separately, before you register the resource:

Route::get('foo/bar', 'FooController@bar');
Route::resource('foo', 'FooController');

Yeah, It's possible..

In my case I add method : data to handle request for /data.json in HTTP POST method.

This what I did.

First we extends Illuminate\Routing\ResourceRegistrar to add new method data

<?php

namespace App\MyCustom\Routing;

use Illuminate\Routing\ResourceRegistrar as OriginalRegistrar;

class ResourceRegistrar extends OriginalRegistrar
{
    // add data to the array
    /**
     * The default actions for a resourceful controller.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $resourceDefaults = ['index', 'create', 'store', 'show', 'edit', 'update', 'destroy', 'data'];


    /**
     * Add the data method for a resourceful route.
     *
     * @param  string  $name
     * @param  string  $base
     * @param  string  $controller
     * @param  array   $options
     * @return \Illuminate\Routing\Route
     */
    protected function addResourceData($name, $base, $controller, $options)
    {
        $uri = $this->getResourceUri($name).'/data.json';

        $action = $this->getResourceAction($name, $controller, 'data', $options);

        return $this->router->post($uri, $action);
    }
}

After that, make your new ServiceProvider or use AppServiceProvider instead.

In method boot, add this code :

    public function boot()
    {
        $registrar = new \App\MyCustom\Routing\ResourceRegistrar($this->app['router']);

        $this->app->bind('Illuminate\Routing\ResourceRegistrar', function () use ($registrar) {
            return $registrar;
        });
    }

then :

add to your route :

Route::resource('test', 'TestController');

Check by php artisan route:list And you will find new method 'data'

I just did that, to add a GET "delete" method.

After creating your files, you just need to add

'AntonioRibeiro\Routing\ExtendedRouterServiceProvider',

to 'providers' in your app/config.php

Edit the Route alias in this same file:

'Route'           => 'Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route',

changing it to

'Route'           => 'AntonioRibeiro\Facades\ExtendedRouteFacade',

And make sure those files are being autoloaded, they must be in some directory that you have in your composer.json ("autoload" section).

Then you just need to:

Route::resource('users', 'UsersController');

And this (look at the last line) is the result if you run php artisan routes:

Those are my source files:

ExtendedRouteFacade.pas

<?php namespace AntonioRibeiro\Facades;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade as IlluminateFacade;

class ExtendedRouteFacade extends IlluminateFacade {

    /**
     * Determine if the current route matches a given name.
     *
     * @param  string  $name
     * @return bool
     */
    public static function is($name)
    {
        return static::$app['router']->currentRouteNamed($name);
    }

    /**
     * Determine if the current route uses a given controller action.
     *
     * @param  string  $action
     * @return bool
     */
    public static function uses($action)
    {
        return static::$app['router']->currentRouteUses($action);
    }

    /**
     * Get the registered name of the component.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected static function getFacadeAccessor() { return 'router'; }

}

ExtendedRouter.pas

<?php namespace AntonioRibeiro\Routing;

class ExtendedRouter extends \Illuminate\Routing\Router {

    protected $resourceDefaults = array('index', 'create', 'store', 'show', 'edit', 'update', 'destroy', 'delete');

    /**
     * Add the show method for a resourceful route.
     *
     * @param  string  $name
     * @param  string  $base
     * @param  string  $controller
     * @return void
     */
    protected function addResourceDelete($name, $base, $controller)
    {
        $uri = $this->getResourceUri($name).'/{'.$base.'}/destroy';

        return $this->get($uri, $this->getResourceAction($name, $controller, 'delete'));
    }

}

ExtendedRouteServiceProvider.pas

<?php namespace AntonioRibeiro\Routing;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class ExtendedRouterServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider {

    /**
     * Indicates if loading of the provider is deferred.
     *
     * @var bool
     */
    protected $defer = true;

    /**
     * Register the service provider.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function register()
    {
        $this->app['router'] = $this->app->share(function() { return new ExtendedRouter($this->app); });
    }

    /**
     * Get the services provided by the provider.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function provides()
    {
        return array('router');
    }

}