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//This is the controller's method:
public function create($id=null)
    {
        if($id)
        {
            $station = $this->api->getITem('station', $id);

}
        $cities = $this->api->get('city', [], ['country' => '59302eb0cae21503ebeb5bcb']);
        $cities = $cities['_items'];
        return view('station.create', compact('cities', 'station'));
    }

////This is the bridge between API and Laravel Application.
namespace App;

use GuzzleHttp\Client;
use GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException;

class ApiBridge
{
    public $client;

public function __construct()
    {
        $this->client = new Client([
            'base_uri' => 'some_address_here';
        ]);
    }

public function get($endpoint, $embed=[], $where=null)
    {

$embedded = array_fill_keys($embed, 1);
        $embedded = json_encode($embedded);
        $wherefix = null;

if ($where) {

foreach ($where as $k => $v)
            {
                $wherefix .= $k . '==' . $v . ',';
            }
            $wherefix =  rtrim($wherefix, ",").'&';
            $endpoint = $endpoint.'?where='.$wherefix;
        }

if(count($embed) > 0)
        {
            $endpoint = $endpoint.'&embedded='.$embedded;
        }

$response = $this->client->request('GET', $endpoint);
        return json_decode($response->getBody(), true);
    }

public function getItem($endpoint, $id)
    {
        try{
            $response =$this->client->request('GET', $endpoint.'/'. $id);
            return json_decode($response->getBody(), true);
        }catch(RequestException $e){
            $err = json_decode($e->getResponse()->getBody()->getContents(), true);
            $response['error'] = $err['_error'];
            return $response;
        }
    }

public function create($endpoint, $request)
    {

try{$response = $this->client->request('POST', $endpoint, ['json' => $request]);
            return json_decode($response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
        }catch(RequestException $e)
        {

$err = json_decode($e->getResponse()->getBody()->getContents(), true);

$response['error'] = $err['_issues'];
            return $response;

}

public function edit($endpoint, $request)
    {
        try{
            $response = $this->client->request('PATCH', $endpoint, ['json' => $request]);
        }catch(RequestException $e)
        {
            return json_decode($e->getResponse()->getBody()->getContents(), true);

}
    }

public function delete($endpoint, $id)
    {
        try{
            $response =$this->client->request('DELETE', $endpoint.'/'. $id);
        }catch(RequestException $e){
            $err = json_decode($e->getResponse()->getBody()->getContents(), true);
            $response['error'] = $err['_error'];
            return $response;
        }
    }
}