middleware( function ($request, $next) { $this->repository = app(ExchangeRateRepositoryInterface::class); $this->repository->setUserGroup($this->validateUserGroup($request)); return $next($request); } ); } public function store(StoreRequest $request): JsonResponse { $date = $request->getDate(); $rate = $request->getRate(); $from = $request->getFromCurrency(); $to = $request->getToCurrency(); // already has rate? $object = $this->repository->getSpecificRateOnDate($from, $to, $date); if (null !== $object) { // just update it, no matter. $rate = $this->repository->updateExchangeRate($object, $rate, $date); } if (null === $object) { // store new $rate = $this->repository->storeExchangeRate($from, $to, $rate, $date); } $transformer = new ExchangeRateTransformer(); $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters); return response() ->api($this->jsonApiObject(self::RESOURCE_KEY, $rate, $transformer)) ->header('Content-Type', self::CONTENT_TYPE) ; } }