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Laravel 8 Follow Unfollow Example

Today, i we will show you Laravel 8 Follow Unfollow Example. This article will give you simple example of Laravel 8 Follow Unfollow Example. you will learn Laravel 8 Follow Unfollow Example. step by step explain Laravel 8 Follow Unfollow Example.

For making it i will use “overture/laravel-follow” composer package to create follow unfollow system in Laravel.
Laravel 8 Follow Unfollow
Laravel 8 Follow Unfollow

Step 1 :- Install Laravel 8

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel follow-unfollow

Connect Database .env

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=databse
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

Step 2 :- Install overtrue/laravel-follow Package

composer require overtrue/laravel-follow -vvv

Now open config/app.php file and add service provider and aliase.

config/app.php

'providers' => [
	Overtrue\LaravelFollow\FollowServiceProvider::class,
],

To publish the migrations file run bellow command.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider='Overtrue\LaravelFollow\FollowServiceProvider' --tag="migrations"

As optional if you want to modify the default configuration, you can publish the configuration file.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Overtrue\LaravelFollow\FollowServiceProvider" --tag="config"

Then just migrate it by using following command

php artisan migrate

Step 3 :- Create Authentication

composer require laravel/ui

php artisan ui vue --auth

Step 4: Create Dummy Users

php artisan tinker
\App\Models\User::factory(10)->create();

Step 5: Update User Model

App/Models/User.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Overtrue\LaravelFollow\Followable;


class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Notifiable, Followable; 

    protected $fillable = [
        'name', 'email', 'password',
    ];

    protected $hidden = [
        'password', 'remember_token',
    ];
}

Step 6: Add Routes

routes/web.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/

Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

Auth::routes();
Route::get('home', [App\Http\Controllers\HomeController::class, 'index'])->name('home');
Route::get('users', [App\Http\Controllers\HomeController::class, 'users'])->name('users');
Route::get('user/{id}', [App\Http\Controllers\HomeController::class, 'user'])->name('user.view');
Route::post('follow', [App\Http\Controllers\HomeController::class, 'follwUserRequest'])->name('follow');


Step 7: Create Controller Method

app/Http/HomeController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use App\Models\User;

class HomeController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware('auth');
    }

    public function index()
    {
        return view('home');
    }

    public function users()
    {
        $users = User::get();
        return view('users', compact('users'));
    }

    public function user($id)
    {
        $user = User::find($id);
        return view('usersView', compact('user'));
    }

    public function follwUserRequest(Request $request){


        $user = User::find($request->user_id);
        $response = auth()->user()->toggleFollow($user);


        return response()->json(['success'=>$response]);
    }
}

Step 8: Create Blade files and JS File

Now in this file we will need to create userList.blade.php, users.blade.php and usersView.blade.php files and custom.js file. So let’s create both files.

resources/views/users.blade.php

@extends('layouts.app')
@section('content')

<script src="{{ asset('js/custom.js') }}" defer></script>

<div class="container">
    <div class="row justify-content-center">
        <div class="col-md-12">
            <div class="card">
                <div class="card-header">List of Users- CodePlaners.com</div>
                <div class="card-body">
                    <div class="row pl-5">
                        @include('userList', ['users'=>$users])
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
@endsection 

resources/views/usersView.blade.php

@extends('layouts.app')

@section('content')
<script src="{{ asset('js/custom.js') }}" defer></script>

<div class="container">
    <div class="row justify-content-center">
        <div class="col-md-12">
            <div class="card">
                <div class="card-header">
                    {{ $user->name }}
                    <br/>
                    <small>
                        <strong>Website:</strong> CodePlaners.com, 
                        <strong>Email: </strong>{{ $user->email }}
                    </small>
                </div>

                <div class="card-body">
                    <nav>
                      <div class="nav nav-tabs" id="nav-tab" role="tablist">
                        <a class="nav-item nav-link active" id="nav-home-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#followers" role="tab" aria-controls="nav-home" aria-selected="true">Followers <span class="badge badge-primary">{{ $user->followers()->get()->count() }}</span></a>
                        <a class="nav-item nav-link" id="nav-profile-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#following" role="tab" aria-controls="nav-profile" aria-selected="false">Following <span class="badge badge-primary">{{ $user->followings()->get()->count() }}</span></a>
                      </div>
                    </nav>
                    <div class="tab-content" id="nav-tabContent">
                      <div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="followers" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="nav-home-tab">
                        <div class="row pl-5">
                            @include('userList', ['users'=>$user->followers()->get()])
                        </div>
                      </div>
                      <div class="tab-pane fade" id="following" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="nav-profile-tab">
                        <div class="row pl-5">
                            @include('userList', ['users'=>$user->followings()->get()])
                        </div>
                      </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
@endsection 

resources/views/userList.blade.php

@if($users->count())
    @foreach($users as $user)
        <div class="col-2 profile-box border p-1 rounded text-center bg-light mr-4 mt-3">
            <img src="https://codeplaners.com/wp-content/themes/codeplaners/img/favicon.png" style="height: 50px; width: 50px; border-radius: 50%;" class="img-responsive">
            <h5 class="m-0"><a href="{{ route('user.view', $user->id) }}"><strong>{{ $user->name }}</strong></a></h5>
            <p class="mb-2">
                <small>Following: <span class="badge badge-primary">{{ $user->followings()->get()->count() }}</span></small>
                <small>Followers: <span class="badge badge-primary tl-follower">{{ $user->followers()->get()->count() }}</span></small>
            </p>
            <button class="btn btn-info btn-sm action-follow" data-id="{{ $user->id }}"><strong>
            @if(auth()->user()->isFollowing($user))
                UnFollow
            @else
                Follow
            @endif
            </strong></button>
        </div>
    @endforeach
@endif 

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publis/js/custom.js

$(document).ready(function() {     

    $.ajaxSetup({
        headers: {
            'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')
        }
    });

    $('.action-follow').click(function(){    
        var user_id = $(this).data('id');
        var cObj = $(this);
        var c = $(this).parent("div").find(".tl-follower").text();

        $.ajax({
           type:'POST',
           url:'/follow',
           data:{user_id:user_id},
           success:function(data){
              console.log(data.success);
              if(jQuery.isEmptyObject(data.success.attached)){
                cObj.find("strong").text("Follow");
                cObj.parent("div").find(".tl-follower").text(parseInt(c)-1);
              }else{
                cObj.find("strong").text("UnFollow");
                cObj.parent("div").find(".tl-follower").text(parseInt(c)+1);
              }
           }
        });
    });      

}); 

Now we are ready to run our project.

php artisan serve

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