Add common API response helpers to Controller

Introduced convenience methods for standard API responses, including success, created, error, not found, and no content responses. These helpers simplify and standardize JSON responses across controllers.

Author: KroderDev

src/Http/Controller.php

@@ -23,4 +23,44 @@ protected function apiResponse(mixed $data = null, string $message = null, int $
             'data'    => $data,
         ], $statusCode);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Convenience wrapper for successful responses.
+     */
+    protected function successResponse(mixed $data = null, string $message = null, int $statusCode = 200): JsonResponse
+    {
+        return $this->apiResponse($data, $message, $statusCode, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Response for newly created resources.
+     */
+    protected function createdResponse(mixed $data = null, string $message = 'Created'): JsonResponse
+    {
+        return $this->apiResponse($data, $message, 201, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convenience wrapper for error responses.
+     */
+    protected function errorResponse(string $message, int $statusCode = 400, mixed $data = null): JsonResponse
+    {
+        return $this->apiResponse($data, $message, $statusCode, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Response used when a resource cannot be found.
+     */
+    protected function notFoundResponse(string $message = 'Not found'): JsonResponse
+    {
+        return $this->errorResponse($message, 404);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Response with no content.
+     */
+    protected function noContentResponse(): JsonResponse
+    {
+        return response()->json([], 204);
+    }
 }