Using Redactor WYSIWYG with Laravel 4.x

AdminRedactorController.php

<?php

class AdminRedactorController extends AdminController {

  private $publicFolder = 'redactor_uploads';
	private $uploadFolder = 'public/' . $publicFolder;
	

	public function fileUpload(){

	    $file = Input::file('file');

	    $name = Input::file('file')->getClientOriginalName();

         if (Input::file('file')->move($this->uploadFolder, $name))
         {
            return Response::json(array('filelink' => '/uploads/' . $name, 'filename' => $name));
         }
         return FALSE;

	}

	public function imageUpload() {

		$rules = array(
	         'file' => 'image|max:10000'
	    );
	 
	    $validation = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules);
	    $file = Input::file('file');

	    $name = Input::file('file')->getClientOriginalName();

	    if ($validation->fails())
	    {
	        return FALSE;
	    }
	    else
	    {
	        if (Input::file('file')->move($this->uploadFolder, $name))
	        {
	        	$thumbsFolder = $this->uploadFolder . '/thumbs/';
	        	$uploadedfile = $this->uploadFolder . '/' . $name;
	        	$extension = File::extension($name);
				$extension = ($extension == 'jpg') ? 'jpeg' : $extension;
				$imagecreatefunction =  'imagecreatefrom' . $extension;
				$src = call_user_func($imagecreatefunction, $uploadedfile); 	           
				list($width,$height)=getimagesize($uploadedfile);
				$newwidth=100;
				$newheight=($height/$width)*$newwidth;
				$tmp=imagecreatetruecolor($newwidth,$newheight);
				imagecopyresampled($tmp,$src,0,0,0,0,$newwidth,$newheight, $width,$height);
				$uploadedFile = $thumbsFolder . $name;
				imagejpeg($tmp,$uploadedFile,100);


	        	return Response::json(array('filelink' => '/'. $this->publicFolder .'/' . $name));
	        }
	        return FALSE;
	    }
	}

	public function finder(){
		$thumbsFolder = $this->publicFolder . '/thumbs/';
		$uploadsFolder = $this->publicFolder . '/';
		$serverThumbs = public_path() . '/' .  $thumbsFolder;
		$files = glob($serverThumbs .'*', GLOB_BRACE);
		$image_files = preg_grep("/(jpg|gif|png|bmp)/i", $files);
		foreach($image_files as $file) { 
			$item['image'] = '/' . $uploadsFolder . basename($file); 
			$item['thumb'] = '/' . $thumbsFolder . basename($file);
			$item['title'] = basename($file);
			$uploadedfiles[] = $item;
		}

		return $uploadedfiles;
	}
}

edit.form.blade.php

//in your view

<script src="/assets/admin/plugins/redactor/redactor.min.js"></script>
<script src="/assets/admin/plugins/redactor/imagemanager.js"></script>

<script>

	//redactor init
	$(document).ready(function(){
		$('.wysiwyg').redactor({
		    focus: true,
		    imageUpload: '{{route('admin.redactor.image')}}',
		    fileUpload: "{{route('admin.redactor.file')}}",
		    iframe: true,
		    imageManagerJson: '{{route('admin.redactor.finder')}}',
        plugins: ['imagemanager']
		    // css: '/site/stylesheets/typography.css'
		});
	});
</script>

routes.php

<?php

// ...

Route::post('redactor/imageUpload', array('as' => 'admin.redactor.image', 'uses' => 'AdminRedactorController@imageUpload'));
Route::get('redactor/finder', array('as' => 'admin.redactor.finder', 'uses' => 'AdminRedactorController@finder'));
Route::post('redactor/fileUpload', array('as' => 'admin.redactor.file', 'uses' => 'AdminRedactorController@fileUpload'));

//...