php - Laravel Route model binding with relaionship -

i wondering if possible return relationship laravels route model binding ?

say have user model relationship 'friends' other users, , want return both user info , relationship route or controller.

eg route domain.tld/user/123

route::model('user', 'user');  route::get('/user/{user}', function(user $user) {      return response::json($user);  }); 

this return me user info fine want relationships, there easy/proper way ?

i know can

route::get('/user/{user}', function((user $user) {      return response::json(user::find($user['id'])->with('friends')->get());  }); 

or

route::get('/user/{id}', function(($id) {     return response::json(user::find($id)->with('friends')->get());  }); 

but suspect there may better way, in advance

keith

you can populate $with property in user model. so;

protected $with = ['friends']; 

this autoload relationship data automatically.

please note: every user model query.

if dont want friends loaded time, can bind parameter within route, so;

route::bind('user_id', function($id) {     return user::with('friends')->findorfail($id); });  route::get('/user/{user_id}', 'blogcontroller@viewpost');