Livewire, Laravel - can I call a controller 'store' method from a Livewire component?

Question

I have a Laravel controller with a 'store' method. i.e. store(Request $request).

For the view I want to embed a livewire component and then utilize the existing controller 'store' method (behind the scenes) from a livewire component method. Is this possible? Currently, I'm running into the problem that there is no Request object since I'm no longer making the call from the existing route/view (i.e. POST /orders).

public function oms_order()
// this method provides the POST /orders leveraging 
// Controllers\OrderController@store
{
    $this->refId = app('App\Http\Controllers\OrderController')->store($this->jsonOrder);
}

Argument 1 passed to App\Http\Controllers\OrderController::store() must be an instance of Illuminate\Http\Request, null given, called in D:\xampp\htdocs\jade\livewire_hpp\app\Http\Livewire\Oms.php on line 26

I can remove the 'Request $request' from the store method but then that breaks the standard Laravel POST /orders route.

I was hoping to use the existing laravel app as the backend/API and add the livewire bit for a demo. Any advice is welcome.

try app(OrderController::class)->store(request(), $this->jsonOrder) — Taha Paksu

Qudratxo'ja Musayev Qudratxo'ja Musayev · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-01T23:33:47

I don't think it is a best practice to call a controller function from another class. If you want reusability, I suggest refactoring code by creating a separate class with a store method which accepts only required attributes and saves a record. Then you can use this method in multiple places. It is easier to test also. It is difficult to give an exact answer before seeing your store method.

Livewire, Laravel - can I call a controller 'store' method from a Livewire component?

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