Remote models hydrated from API

Remote models created from API responses now have their exists flag set to true, preventing Laravel from querying the local database for them

Author: KroderDev

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 - Refactored `QueryBuilder` and `ApiModel` to use the new `ParsesApiResponse` trait, removing duplicate `parseResponse` implementations.
 
+### Fixed
+- Remote models hydrated from API responses are marked as existing to prevent local database queries.
 
 ## [0.4.1] - 2025-07-10
 ### Added

src/Traits/ApiModelTrait.php

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public static function fromApiResponse(array $data): static
     {
         $instance = new static();
 
+        // Handle API relations defined in the model
         foreach (static::$apiRelations as $relation => $cast) {
             if (array_key_exists($relation, $data)) {
                 $instance->setRelation(
@@ -34,8 +35,14 @@ public static function fromApiResponse(array $data): static
             }
         }
 
+        // Fill the model with the remaining data
         $instance->fill($data);
 
+        // Mark the instance as existing to prevent local database queries
+        if (property_exists($instance, 'exists')) {
+            $instance->exists = true;
+        }
+
         return $instance;
     }