shipping-portal/app/Http/Resources/DocumentResource.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Resources;

use App\Models\Company;
use App\Models\Document;
use Carbon\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource;

class DocumentResource extends JsonResource
{
    /**
     * Transform the resource into an array.
     *
     * @param Request $request
     * @return array
     */
    public function toArray($request): array
    {
        return [
            'id' => $this->id,
            'reference' => $this->reference,
            'status' => (int)$this->status,
            'document_type' => $this->document_type,
            'owner' => new CompanyResource($this->whenLoaded('owner')),
            'files' => $this->when($this->shouldIncludeFiles(false), FileResource::collection($this->files)),
            'created_at' => Carbon::parse($this->created_at)->format('d-m-Y h:i:s A')
        ];
    }

    /**
     * include only when should include file, to be loaded if needed in the UI
     * @param bool $includeFile
     * @return bool
     */
    private function shouldIncludeFiles(bool $includeFile): bool
    {
        return $includeFile;
    }


}