searchanddisplace-core/app/Http/Controllers/FileController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\BindingResolutionException;
use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;

class FileController extends Controller
{

    /**
     *
     * @return JsonResponse
     *
     * @throws BindingResolutionException
     */
    public function create(): JsonResponse
    {
        $file = request()->file('file');
        $filename = time() . $file->getClientOriginalName();

        $path = Storage::putFileAs('files/', $file, $filename);

        return response()->json([
            'file'  => $file->getClientOriginalName(),
            'id'    => $filename,
            'path'  => $path
        ]);
    }


    /**
     *
     * @param string $id
     *
     * @return JsonResponse
     *
     * @throws BindingResolutionException
     */
    public function get(string $id): JsonResponse
    {
        return response()->json(['success']);
    }
}