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+++ b/server/src/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ViafController.php	Thu Dec 10 16:05:53 2015 +0100
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+<?php
+
+namespace CorpusParole\Http\Controllers\Api;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use CorpusParole\Http\Requests;
+use CorpusParole\Http\Controllers\Controller;
+use CorpusParole\Services\ViafResolverInterface;
+use CorpusParole\Services\ViafResolverException;
+
+class ViafController extends Controller
+{
+    public function __construct(ViafResolverInterface $viafResolver) {
+        $this->viafResolver = $viafResolver;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Display the specified resource.
+     *
+     * @param  int  $id od comma separatedlist of ids
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
+     */
+    public function show($id)
+    {
+        try {
+            return response()->json(['viafids' => $this->viafResolver->getNames(explode(",", $id))]);
+        } catch (ViafResolverException $e) {
+            abort($e->getCode(), $e->getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+}