Fix headers and other tweaks

Changed

• We have switched to a new font; the font is more legible at small screen sizes, and, it looks cool.
• We have reviewed our HTTP headers; Content-Language missing along with other expected headers.
• We log the id of the user that added a user to the 'permitted_user' table; this is to help later with permitted user management.
• We have updated the API to the most recent version of Laravel 6.

Fixed

• The description field for the simple-item type should be nullable.
• Card data missing from head.
• Google analytics missing.

Item type refactoring

Changed

• We have renamed the existing Interfaces, more straightforward names.
• We have added additional Interfaces interfaces for the summary models.
• We have refactored several model classes to again, simplify the naming.
• We have corrected multiple summary config files, unnecessary structure.
• We have unified the parameters for related item methods.

Range filtering

Added

• We have added range filtering to the items collection; initially, we have added support for filtering for the effective_date of allocated expense items.
• We have added range filtering to the resource type items collection; as above, we have added effective_date filtering.
• We have added support for range filtering to the items and resource type item summary routes.
• We have added an X-Filter header to show the valid filters applied to a collection.
• We have added a link to Costs to Expect blog; the blog is a central repository for all product updates and somewhere to talk about our products.
• We have added a FilterParameters class to fetch any filter parameters from the URI and validate the format and values.

Changed

• We have refreshed the landing page, we have added updated text for each of the products within the service.
• We have tweaked the stying for the landing page.
• We have renamed the data methods in the Option subclasses, the conditional prefix is confusing.
• We have added an interface for the item model classes.
• We have added an interface for the resource type item model classes.

Fixed

• We have updated the Option/Get class, the sort, search and filter parameters will only display if there are viable parameters.

Removed

• We have removed the layout file, not used as there is only one view file for the API.

Bugs (validation and link)

Fixed

• Select the correct year when validating the min and max year for year validation.
• The logo on the welcome page will redirect you to the API, not the app dashboard.

Simple Items type

Added

• We have added a new item type, simple item. We intend that the 'simple item' type is useful for managing collections. The API will now allow you to list, add, edit and delete them.
• We have updated the summary routes to calculate the correct summaries for the simple item type.

Changed

• We have removed the effective date from simple expenses. Our intention is simple expenses are bucket based, not time-based.
• We have updated the copyright for the API.
• We have moved additional methods in the base item classes to reduce configuration code duplication.
• We have simplified the validation classes for item create and update requests.
• We have renamed some of the methods on the item class to make the intent of the method names more clear.
• We have renamed the item interface class.
• We have moved the resource type item classes; they are below theitem class; there is no need for them to be so low in the structure.
• We have moved the factory class for resource type items.
• We have moved the validation classes.
• We have moved the item model classes; we have grouped all classes of the same type.

Auth and middleware tweaks

Auth

• We have added a GET 'auth/check' endpoint; faster check for the Costs to Expect App.

Changed

• We have updated the dependencies for the API.
• We have enabled URL compression.
• We now return the user id on sign-in, saves a second request for the Costs to Expect App.
• We have updated the README, adding links to the App readme and changelog.
• We have tweaked two middleware classes to improve performance slightly.

Fixed

• The HTTP verb was incorrect for the 'auth/user' endpoint.

Registration configuration and bug fixes

Added

• We have added a configuration option to control API registrations.

Changed

• We have made adjustments to the registration process; we return status code 204. Please sign-in to get your Bearer.
• We have updated the maintenance message to include a link to the status page for the Costs to Expect service.
• Dependencies updated.
• We have added a new landing page; the design matches the rest of the service.

Fixed

• Correction to a migration, updated_by field nullable.
• Correction to a migration file, a data type was incorrect.

Summary collection metadata

Added

• We have added an X-Last-Updated header to the item summaries. It is only relevant and applied to the summaries which return a single item. Summaries that return a collection do not include the header.

Changed

• We have updated the X-Total-Count header for summaries which return a single item; the header is now the total number of 'items' in the result.
• We have tweaked the server config and no longer return some default server headers.

Added link to our app

Changed

• We have added links to the Costs to Expect app.
• We have added 'app' as a source for the request log and error log.
• We have removed three traits from the base controller.
• We have removed the exception code for the failed request entry.

Switch to database caching

• We have switched to database caching.
• We have updated the parameters helper, it now throws away more invalid requests.
• Dependencies updated.
• We have updated the landing page content.