Full-Stack Vue.js 2 and Laravel 5

Inserting the data
In order to insert the data, we'll use the DB facade again. This time we'll call the
table method, which returns an instance of Builder. The Builder class is a fluent
query builder that allows us to query the database by chaining constraints, for
example, DB::table(...)->where(...)->join(...) and so on. Let's use the insert method
of the builder, which accepts an array of column names and values.
database/seeds/ListingsTableSeeder.php:
public function run()
{
$path = base_path() . '/database/data.json';
$file = File::get($path);
$data = json_decode($file, true);
DB::table('listings')->insert($data);
}