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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Transformer\Api;
+
+use League\Fractal;
+use App\DirectMessage;
+
+class DirectMessageTransformer extends Fractal\TransformerAbstract
+{
+	public function transform(DirectMessage $dm)
+	{
+		return [
+			'id' 					=> $dm->id,
+			'to_id' 				=> $dm->to_id,
+			'from_id' 				=> $dm->from_id,
+			'from_profile_ids' 		=> $dm->from_profile_ids,
+			'group_message' 		=> $dm->group_message,
+			'status_id' 			=> $dm->status_id,
+			'read_at' 				=> $dm->read_at,
+			'created_at' 			=> $dm->created_at
+		];
+	}
+}