Laravel assign and cast API request keys to table columns

ColumnsFromRequestTrait.php

<?php

namespace App\Traits;

use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;

trait ColumnsFromRequestTrait
{
    public function fillReceivedData()
    {
        $parametersBody = get_object_vars(json_decode(request()->getContent()));
        $invalidKeys = array_diff(array_keys($parametersBody), array_keys($this->keysToColumns));

        if (!empty($invalidKeys)) {
            //TODO: Return error
            dd('This keys are not allowed: ' . join(', ', $invalidKeys));
        }

        foreach ($this->keysToColumns as $key => $parameters) {

            if (!empty($paramenters) || $parameters != []) {

                if (array_key_exists($key, $parametersBody)) {

                    if ($parameters['type'] == 'string') {
                        $this->{$parameters['columnName']} = (string) $parametersBody[$key];
                    } else if ($parameters['type'] == 'integer') {
                        $this->{$parameters['columnName']} = (int) $parametersBody[$key];
                    } else if ($parameters['type'] == 'boolean') {
                        $this->{$parameters['columnName']} = (bool) $parametersBody[$key];
                    } else if ($parameters['type'] == 'json') {
                        $originalContent = json_decode($this->{$parameters['columnName']});
                        $newParameters = json_decode(json_encode($parametersBody[$key]), true);;
                        $this->{$parameters['columnName']} = array_merge((array) $originalContent, (array) $newParameters);
                    } else if ($parameters['type'] == 'password') {
                        $this->{$parameters['columnName']} = Hash::make($parametersBody[$key]);
                    } else {
                        $this->{$parameters['columnName']} = $parametersBody[$key];
                    }
                } else if (request()->method() == 'PUT') {

                    if (array_key_exists('default', $parameters)) {
                        $this->{$parameters['columnName']} = $parameters['default'];
                    } else {

                        if ($parameters['type'] == 'string') {
                            $this->{$parameters['columnName']} = '';
                        } else if ($parameters['type'] == 'integer') {
                            $this->{$parameters['columnName']} = 0;
                        } else if ($parameters['type'] == 'boolean') {
                            $this->{$parameters['columnName']} = false;
                        } else if ($parameters['type'] == 'json') {
                            $this->{$parameters['columnName']} = [];
                        } else if ($parameters['type'] == 'password') {
                            $this->{$parameters['columnName']} = Hash::make(Str::random(20));
                        } else {
                            $this->{$parameters['columnName']} = NULL;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

ItemController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Models\Item;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class ItemController extends Controller
{
    public function create(Request $request)
    {

        $newItem = new Item();
        $newItem->fillReceivedData();
        $newItem->save();
      
        return $newItem;
    }
}

ItemModel.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use App\Traits\ColumnsFromRequestTrait;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class ItemModel extends Model
{
    use ColumnsFromRequestTrait;

    protected $casts = [
        'metadata' => 'array'
    ];
    
    protected $keysToColumns = [
        'typeId' => [
            'columnName' => 'type_id',
            'type' => 'integer'
        ],
        'alias' => [
            'columnName' => 'alias',
            'type' => 'string'
        ],
        'itemNumber' => [
            'columnName' => 'item_number',
            'type' => 'integer'
        ],
        'available' => [
            'columnName' => 'available',
            'type' => 'boolean'
        ],
        'price' => [
            'columnName' => 'price',
            'type' => 'float'
        ],
        'attributes' => []
    ];
}