izyim-api/app/Http/Controllers/ContactController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Contact;
use App\Company;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Auth;

class ContactController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        //return Auth::user()->company()->first()->id;
        $output= array();
       // $contacts = Contact::where('sender_id', Auth::user()->id)->get();
        //$companies= Contact::with('companies')->get();
        $contacts =\DB::table('contacts')->select('contacts.id as contact_id', 'sender_company.company_name as sender_company_name', 'sender_company.id as sender_company_id', 'recipient_company.id as recipient_company_id', 'recipient_company.company_name as recipient_company_name', 'contacts.status', 'sender_company.tel_no as sender_tel_no', 'recipient_company.tel_no as recipient_tel_no', 'sender_company.contact_person as sender_contact_pers', 'recipient_company.contact_person as recipient_contact_pers')->leftJoin('companies as sender_company', 'sender_company.id', '=', 'contacts.sender_id')->leftJoin('companies as recipient_company', 'recipient_company.id', '=', 'contacts.recipient_id')->where('contacts.sender_id', Auth::user()->company()->first()->id)->orWhere('contacts.recipient_id', Auth::user()->company()->first()->id)->get();

        if (!$contacts)
        {
            return response()->json(['message'=>'Access Denied!'], 404);
        }

        $contacts2 = $contacts->toArray();
        // $toprint = $contacts2[0]->sender_company_name;
        // echo $toprint;
        $length = count($contacts2);

        for ($i=0; $i < $length; $i++) {
            # code...
            if($contacts2[$i]->sender_company_id == Auth::user()->company()->first()->id){
                $contacts2[$i]->is_me = 1;
            }
            else{
                $contacts2[$i]->is_me = 0;
            }
        }

        return response()->json($contacts2, 200);
    }

    public function sendRequest(Request $request)
    {
        $user = Auth::user();
        $recipient_id = $request->input('recipient_id');

        // query to find company asisng to $company
        $company = Company::find($recipient_id);

        // get user from session
        $request->user();
        $user = $request->user();

        // prepare query
         $contact = new Contact();
         $contact->recipient_id = $company->id;
         $contact->sender_id = $user->id;
         $contact->save();

        return response()->json($contact, 201);
    }

    public function acceptRequest(Request $request)
    {
        $contact = Contact::where('id', $request->input('id'))->first();//->where('id', $id)->first();
        //$contact = Contact::where('id', '=', e($id))->first();
        if($contact)
        {
            $contact->status=1;

            $saved = $contact->save();
            if ($saved){
                return response()->json(["success"=> true, "message" => "Successfully accepted"], 201);
            }
            else{
                return response()->json($contact, ["message" => "not saved"], 400);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            return response()->json( ["message" => "not allowed"], 400);
        }
    }

    public function destroy(Request $request)
    {
        $contact = Contact::where('id', $request->input('id'))->first();
        //$contact = Contact::where('com_id', Auth::user()->company())->where('id', $id)->first();

        if (!$contact)
        {
            return response()->json(['message'=>'Access Denied!'], 404);
        }
        else
        {
            $contact->delete();
        }

        return response()->json($contact, 204);
    }
}