<?php

namespace App\Http\Resources;

use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\Resource;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

class User extends Resource
{
    /**
     * Transform the resource into an array.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return array
     */
    public function toArray($request)
    {
        return [
            'id' => $this->id,
            'name' => $this->name,
            'email' => $this->email,
            'profile' => url('/user/'. $this->id . '/'),
     
        ];
    }
}
 

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\Resource;

class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * Bootstrap any application services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function boot()
    {
        Resource::withoutWrapping();   
    }

    /**
     * Register any application services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function register()
    {
        //
    }
}

<?php

use App\User;
use App\Http\Resources\User as UserResource;


Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

Route::get('/json', function () {

	$users = User::first();
    return new UserResource($users);
});