Refactor script

app/Http/Controllers/MerchantController.php

@@ -9,20 +9,14 @@ class MerchantController extends Controller
 {
     /**
      * GET /api/merchants
-     * Get all merchants with optional filters
+     * Get all customers (aliased as merchants for frontend compatibility)
      */
     public function index(Request $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        // Read from merchants.json file (like the original Express.js backend)
-        $jsonPath = base_path('merchants.json');
+        // Switch to Customer model
+        $query = \App\Models\Customer::query();
 
-        if (!file_exists($jsonPath)) {
-            return response()->json([]);
-        }
-
-        $merchants = json_decode(file_get_contents($jsonPath), true);
-
-        // Filter by bbox if provided
+        // Filter by bbox
         if ($request->has('bbox') && !empty($request->bbox)) {
             $bbox = explode(',', $request->bbox);
             if (count($bbox) === 4) {
@@ -31,30 +25,34 @@ class MerchantController extends Controller
                 $maxLng = (float) $bbox[2];
                 $maxLat = (float) $bbox[3];
 
-                $merchants = array_filter($merchants, function ($m) use ($minLat, $maxLat, $minLng, $maxLng) {
-                    return $m['latitude'] >= $minLat &&
-                        $m['latitude'] <= $maxLat &&
-                        $m['longitude'] >= $minLng &&
-                        $m['longitude'] <= $maxLng;
-                });
+                $query->where('latitude', '>=', $minLat)
+                    ->where('latitude', '<=', $maxLat)
+                    ->where('longitude', '>=', $minLng)
+                    ->where('longitude', '<=', $maxLng);
             }
         }
 
-        // Filter by categories if provided
+        // Filter by categories
         if ($request->has('categories') && !empty($request->categories)) {
             $categories = explode(',', $request->categories);
-            $merchants = array_filter($merchants, function ($m) use ($categories) {
-                return in_array($m['category'], $categories);
-            });
+            $query->whereIn('category', $categories);
         }
 
+        $customers = $query->get();
 
+        // return formatted data
+        $data = $customers->map(function ($m) {
+            return [
+                'id' => $m->id,
+                'name' => $m->name,
+                'category' => $m->category ?? 'other',
+                'latitude' => (float) $m->latitude,
+                'longitude' => (float) $m->longitude,
+                'city' => $m->city ?? '',
+                'address' => $m->address ?? ''
+            ];
+        });
 
-        // Return plain values
-        return response()->json(array_map(function ($m) {
-            $m['latitude'] = (float) $m['latitude'];
-            $m['longitude'] = (float) $m['longitude'];
-            return $m;
-        }, array_values($merchants)));
+        return response()->json($data);
     }
 }