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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;
+
+use Auth;
+use App\{Like, Profile, Status};
+use League\Fractal;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
+use App\Util\Webfinger\Webfinger;
+use App\Transformer\Api\{
+  AccountTransformer,
+  StatusTransformer
+};
+use League\Fractal\Serializer\ArraySerializer;
+
+class BaseApiController extends Controller
+{
+    protected $fractal;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->middleware('auth');
+        $this->fractal = new Fractal\Manager();
+        $this->fractal->setSerializer(new ArraySerializer());
+    }
+
+    public function accounts(Request $request, $id)
+    {
+        $profile = Profile::findOrFail($id);
+        $resource = new Fractal\Resource\Item($profile, new AccountTransformer);
+        $res = $this->fractal->createData($resource)->toArray();
+        return response()->json($res, 200, [], JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
+    }
+
+    public function accountFollowers(Request $request, $id)
+    {
+        $profile = Profile::findOrFail($id);
+        $followers = $profile->followers;
+        $resource = new Fractal\Resource\Collection($followers, new AccountTransformer);
+        $res = $this->fractal->createData($resource)->toArray();
+        return response()->json($res, 200, [], JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
+    }
+
+    public function accountFollowing(Request $request, $id)
+    {
+        $profile = Profile::findOrFail($id);
+        $following = $profile->following;
+        $resource = new Fractal\Resource\Collection($following, new AccountTransformer);
+        $res = $this->fractal->createData($resource)->toArray();
+        return response()->json($res, 200, [], JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
+    }
+
+    public function accountStatuses(Request $request, $id)
+    {
+        $profile = Profile::findOrFail($id);
+        $statuses = $profile->statuses()->orderBy('id', 'desc')->paginate(20);
+        $resource = new Fractal\Resource\Collection($statuses, new StatusTransformer);
+        $res = $this->fractal->createData($resource)->toArray();
+        return response()->json($res, 200, [], JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
+    }
+
+    
+    public function followSuggestions(Request $request)
+    {
+        $followers = Auth::user()->profile->recommendFollowers();
+        $resource = new Fractal\Resource\Collection($followers, new AccountTransformer);
+        $res = $this->fractal->createData($resource)->toArray();
+        return response()->json($res);
+    }
+}
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