Laravel-permission: How to use as an include in a fractal transformer?

[devingray]

I am using repositories to create and manage roles and permissions for a user.

I have a function that allows me to include certain pieces of data in a request, however when I do it like this:

/**
 * Class UserTransformer
 * @package namespace App\Transformers;
 */
class UserTransformer extends TransformerAbstract
{
    protected $availableIncludes = ['roles', 'permissions'];

    /**
     * Transform the \User entity
     * @param User $model
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function transform(User $model)
    {
        $data = array_only($model->toArray(), $model->getFillable());
        return [
            'id'         => (int) $model->id,
            'type' => $model->getModelName(),
            'attributes' => $data
        ];
    }

    public function includeRoles(User $model)
    {
        return $this->collection($model->roles, new RoleTransformer());
    }

    public function includePermissions(User $model)
    {
        return $this->collection($model->permissions, new PermissionTransformer());
    }
}

I get an error saying:

Argument 1 passed to App\\Transformers\\RoleTransformer::transform() must be an instance of App\\Models\\Role, instance of Spatie\\Permission\\Models\\Role given

I know it isnt technically an issue on the package, and more on my side, but I am looking for assistance on how to have these included

[sebastiandedeyne]

Could it be that you have a wrong use statement in your RoleTransformer?

Should be use Spatie\Permission\Models\Role, your error shows that you currently have use App\Models\Role.

[freekmurze]

Looks like you're importing the wrong namespace in your RoleTransformer. In the class replace

use App\Models\Role;

by

use Spatie\Permission\Models\Role;

[devingray]

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