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Route::get('/blog', 'BlogController@listAllPosts');
Route::get('/blog/p/{page}', 'BlogController@listAllPosts');


app/Http/Controllers/BlogController.php:

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Routing\Controller as BaseController;
use ButterCMS\ButterCMS;

class BlogController extends BaseController {

  private static $apiToken = 'your_api_token';
  private $client;

  public function __construct() {
    $this->client = new ButterCMS(BlogController::$apiToken);
  }

  public function listAllPosts(int $page = 1) {
    $response = $this->client->fetchPosts([ 
      'page' => $page,
      'page_size' => 10
    ]);
    return view('posts', [
      'posts' => $response->getPosts(),
      'nextPage' => $response->getMeta()['next_page'],
      'previousPage' => $response->getMeta()['previous_page']
    ]);
  }
}

@extends('master')

@section('pageTitle', 'Blog')

@section('content')
  <h2>Blog</h2>

  @foreach ($posts as $post)
    <a href="/blog/{{urlencode($post->getSlug())}}">{{$post->getTitle()}}</a> 
    by 
    <a href="/author/{{urlencode($post->getAuthor()->getSlug())}}">
      {{$post->getAuthor()->getFirstName()}} {{$post->getAuthor()->getLastName()}}
    </a>
    <br>
  @endforeach

  @if (!is_null($previousPage))
    <a href="/blog/p/{{$previousPage}}">Prev</a>
  @endif
  @if (!is_null($nextPage))
    <a href="/blog/p/{{$nextPage}}">Next</a>
  @endif
@stop

Route::get('/blog/{slug}', 'BlogController@showPost')

public function showPost(string $slug) {
  $response = $this->client->fetchPost($slug);
  $post = $response->getPost();
  return view('post', [
    'post' => $post,
    'published' => date('j/n/Y', strtotime($post->getPublished())),
  ]);
}

@extends('master')

@section('pageTitle', $post->getSeoTitle())
@section('metaDescription', $post->getMetaDescription())

@section('content')

  <!-- Post title -->
  <h2>{{$post->getTitle()}}</h2>

  <!-- Publish date -->
  Published {{$published}} 

  @if (count($post->getCategories()) > 0)  
    in
  @endif

  <!-- Post categories -->
  @foreach ($post->getCategories() as $category)
    <a href="/category/{{urlencode($category->getSlug())}}">{{$category->getName()}}</a>
  @endforeach

  <br />

  <!-- Post author -->
  <a href="/author/{{urlencode($post->getAuthor()->getSlug())}}">
    {{$post->getAuthor()->getFirstName()}} {{$post->getAuthor()->getLastName()}}
  </a>

  <br />

  <div>
    {!! $post->getBody() !!}
  </div>
@stop