Laravel ZPL Library Demo

Project Structure

zpl-library-demo/
├── app/
│   ├── Http/
│   │   ├── Controllers/
│   │   │   └── ZplController.php
│   ├── Models/
│   │   └── Template.php
├── database/
│   ├── migrations/
│   │   ├── 2024_05_24_185822_create_templates_table.php
│   └── seeds/
│       └── TemplateSeeder.php
├── public/
│   └── assets/
│       └── john.png
│       └── tarik.png
├── resources/
├── routes/
│   └── web.php
├── storage/
│   └── app/
│       └── templates/
│           └── designTmp.zpl
│           └── sample1.xml
│           └── sample2.xml
│           └── templateSchema.xsd
│       └── zpl/
├── tests/
├── .env.example
├── composer.json
├── phpunit.xml
└── README.md
└── postman_collection.json

Overview

This project is a Laravel-based library for generating ZPL files from XML templates and dynamic data.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/itsTarikBTW/zpl-library-demo.git
   cd zpl-library-demo

2. Install dependencies:

   composer install

3. Set up the environment:

   cp .env.example .env
   php artisan key:generate

4. Configure your .env file with your database credentials.

5. Run migrations:

   php artisan migrate

6. Seed the database with an example template (optional):

   php artisan db:seed --class=TemplateSeeder

7. Import the Postman collection to test the API.

Usage

1. Start the Laravel development server:

   php artisan serve

2. Send a POST request to /upload-template with a name and a file named template to upload a new template.

3. Send a POST request to /generate-zpl/{id} with dynamic data to generate ZPL.

Testing

Run the following command to run the tests:

php artisan test

Worning

This project is a demo and should not be used in production. The CSRF middleware is disabled for demonstration purposes.

License

This project is open-source software licensed under the MIT license.