laravel/app/Http/Resources/FormDataResource.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Resources;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource;

class FormDataResource extends JsonResource
{
    /**
     * Transform the resource into an array.
     *
     * @return array<string, mixed>
     */
    public function toArray(Request $request): array
    {
        return [
            'id' => $this->id,
            'uuid' => $this->uuid,
            'name' => $this->name,
            'email' => $this->email,
            'phone' => $this->phone,
            'gender' => $this->gender ? 'Male' : 'Female',
            'message' => $this->message,
            'submitted_at' => $this->submitted_at->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
            'created_at' => $this->created_at->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
            'updated_at' => $this->updated_at->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
            'category' => $this->whenLoaded('category', function () {
                return [
                    'id' => $this->category->id,
                    'name' => $this->category->name,
                ];
            }),
            'comments' => $this->whenLoaded('comments', function () {
                return $this->comments->map(function ($comment) {
                    return [
                        'id' => $comment->id,
                        'content' => $comment->content,
                        'user' => $comment->user ? $comment->user->name : 'Anonymous',
                    ];
                });
            }),
            'links' => [
                'self' => route('api.form-data.show', $this->id),
                'edit' => route('api.form-data.update', $this->id),
                'delete' => route('api.form-data.destroy', $this->id),
            ],
        ];
    }
}