Imports: Database, Schema, Mermaid, JSON, OpenAPI

You rarely start from a blank form. The extension can generate the whole API surface from what you already have, a database, a versioned schema, a diagram or a spec.

Whole-schema commands

Available from the command palette and the sidebar … menu.

Generate APIs from Database

This is the legacy-project command. It generates complete REST APIs for every table at once, straight from the existing schema.

A multi-select lists the tables, all preselected except users so your customized app/Models/User.php is never overwritten by accident. Choose the options you want (Spatie QueryBuilder filtering, Pest tests, whether to also generate migration files) and generate: foreign keys become belongsTo/hasMany, pivot tables become belongsToMany, and deleted_at columns enable Soft Deletes, all automatically. Details in From an Existing Database.

Generate APIs from Schema File

Describe the whole API in a declarative, versionable YAML/JSON file. The extension auto-detects api-schema.yaml / .yml / .json at the project root, or lets you browse for one. Entities are generated parents-first with FK-safe migration ordering and automatic pivot migrations. See YAML & JSON Schemas.

Generate APIs from Mermaid Diagram

Turn a Mermaid erDiagram or classDiagram (hand-written or produced by an AI assistant) into a working API. The command uses the active .mmd file or lets you browse for one. Cardinalities (||--o{, "1" --> "*") become the right Eloquent relations on both sides. See Mermaid Diagrams.

Panel imports

Buttons inside the generator panel that pre-fill the form, so you can review and adjust before generating.

Import from Database (single table)

Prefer to review one table before generating? The extension lists every user table (system tables like migrations, sessions and personal_access_tokens are filtered out). Pick one: its columns are read, mapped to the generator's vocabulary, and the form is pre-filled with the entity name (singularized and PascalCased), the field list and the Soft Deletes flag when a deleted_at column exists. Review, adjust, then click Generate API.

OpenAPI / Swagger import

Import an OpenAPI 3.0 or Swagger 2.0 JSON spec to bulk-generate entities.

The importer walks components.schemas (or definitions for Swagger 2.0) and converts each schema into an entity, mapping OpenAPI types and formats to field types (integer/int64, number/float, string with uuid/date/date-time, boolean, array, object). A $ref property becomes a belongsTo relationship, an array of $ref becomes hasMany, and boilerplate schemas like ErrorResponse, PaginatedResponse, Meta or Links are skipped automatically.

JSON bulk import

Import a class_data.json file to generate multiple entities at once, with a visual preview of every entity, its fields and relationships before the one-click generation. Relationships (oneToMany, manyToOne, manyToMany, compositions, aggregations) are supported. Download a sample class_data.json to try it: a Blog with Author, Category, Article and Tag.