Dirty solution for paginate modification.

Desirable output of paginate

{
   "error":false,
   "data":{
      "current_page":2,
      "data":[
         {
            "id":5,
            "path":"\/storage\/1\/brand\/c7523294b7787a124a613a857c9dfc5c.png",
            "title":"c7523294b7787a124a613a857c9dfc5c",
            "created_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03",
            "updated_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03"
         },
         {
            "id":6,
            "path":"\/storage\/1\/brand\/4a00deed4b586b788ad3c110638cafa9.png",
            "title":"4a00deed4b586b788ad3c110638cafa9",
            "created_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03",
            "updated_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03"
         },
         {
            "id":7,
            "path":"\/storage\/1\/brand\/4206e927aebcf25d6f972757ef80b252.png",
            "title":"4206e927aebcf25d6f972757ef80b252",
            "created_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03",
            "updated_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03"
         },
         {
            "id":8,
            "path":"\/storage\/1\/brand\/2306247ddeead450d91ee81d528020fa.png",
            "title":"2306247ddeead450d91ee81d528020fa",
            "created_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03",
            "updated_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03"
         }
      ],
      "from":5,
      "last_page":12,
      "per_page":4,
      "to":8,
      "total":46,
      "prev_page_num":"1",
      "next_page_num":"3",
      "last_page_num":"12",
      "first_page_num":"1"
   }
}

media.laravel.controller.php

/**
 * Return a json array of available Media Brands owned by the current user. 
 * @todo replace request with a custom Laravel Request object todo validation and authorization (implement this on security sprint)
 * @param MediaGetRequest $request the current HTTP request object.
 * @return Response a json containing all the files available
 * @uses App\Models\Media
 * @uses Illuminate\Http\Response
 * @uses App\Api\V1\Requests\MediaGetRequest
 */
public function getMediaBrand(MediaGetRequest $request)
{
    $limit = ($request->query('limit')) ? $request->query('limit') : 4;

    $media = Media::select('id', 'path', 'title', 'created_at', 'updated_at')
        ->where([
            'user_id' => Auth::user()->id,
            'type' => 'brand',
        ])
        ->paginate($limit);

    $brand = $media->toArray();
    # start Dirty Solution
    $brand['prev_page_num'] = substr($brand['prev_page_url'], strpos($brand['prev_page_url'], 'page=') + 5, strlen($brand['prev_page_url']));
    $brand['next_page_num'] = substr($brand['next_page_url'], strpos($brand['next_page_url'], 'page=') + 5, strlen($brand['next_page_url']));
    $brand['last_page_num'] = substr($brand['last_page_url'], strpos($brand['last_page_url'], 'page=') + 5, strlen($brand['last_page_url']));
    $brand['first_page_num'] = substr($brand['first_page_url'], strpos($brand['first_page_url'], 'page=') + 5, strlen($brand['first_page_url']));
    unset($brand['prev_page_url']);
    unset($brand['next_page_url']);
    unset($brand['last_page_url']);
    unset($brand['first_page_url']);
    unset($brand['path']);
    # end Dirty Solution
    return response()->success($brand);
}

Normal output of paginate

{
   "error":false,
   "data":{
      "current_page":2,
      "data":[
         {
            "id":5,
            "path":"\/storage\/1\/brand\/c7523294b7787a124a613a857c9dfc5c.png",
            "title":"c7523294b7787a124a613a857c9dfc5c",
            "created_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03",
            "updated_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03"
         },
         {
            "id":6,
            "path":"\/storage\/1\/brand\/4a00deed4b586b788ad3c110638cafa9.png",
            "title":"4a00deed4b586b788ad3c110638cafa9",
            "created_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03",
            "updated_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03"
         },
         {
            "id":7,
            "path":"\/storage\/1\/brand\/4206e927aebcf25d6f972757ef80b252.png",
            "title":"4206e927aebcf25d6f972757ef80b252",
            "created_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03",
            "updated_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03"
         },
         {
            "id":8,
            "path":"\/storage\/1\/brand\/2306247ddeead450d91ee81d528020fa.png",
            "title":"2306247ddeead450d91ee81d528020fa",
            "created_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03",
            "updated_at":"2018-10-03 16:09:03"
         }
      ],
      "first_page_url":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/api\/media\/brand?page=1",
      "from":5,
      "last_page":12,
      "last_page_url":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/api\/media\/brand?page=12",
      "next_page_url":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/api\/media\/brand?page=3",
      "path":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/api\/media\/brand",
      "per_page":4,
      "prev_page_url":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/api\/media\/brand?page=1",
      "to":8,
      "total":46
   }
}