$users = Users::paginate();

// Extracting the pagination data from the paginator instance
$pagination = [
 "page" => $users->currentPage(),
 "first_page_url" => $users->url(1),
 "from" => $users->firstItem(),
 "last_page" => $users->lastPage(),
 "links" => array_map(function ($url, $page) use ($users) {
 return [
 "url" => $url,
 "label" => $page,
 "active" => $page == $users->currentPage(),
 "page" => $page
 ];
 }, $users->getUrlRange(1, $users->lastPage()), range(1, $users->lastPage())),
 "next_page_url" => $users->nextPageUrl(),
 "items_per_page" => $users->perPage(),
 "prev_page_url" => $users->previousPageUrl(),
 "to" => $users->lastItem(),
 "total" => $users->total(),
];

// Combine the users data and the pagination data into the desired structure
$response = [
 "data" => $users->items(), // Users data
 "payload" => [
 "pagination" => $pagination // Pagination data
 ]
];

return response()->json($response);