format("Y-m-d");
}
public static function makeFeed($model, $title, $cache = 60) {
switch($title) {
case("new"):
$feed_title = 'Newest Articles';
$feed_description = 'Newest interesting articles from Wikipedia. Keep exploring.';
break;
case( "popular"):
$feed_title = 'Popular Articles';
$feed_description = 'The most popular articles. Keep exploring.';
break;
default:
$feed_title = 'Search for: ' . $title;
$feed_description = 'All articles for "' . $title . '".';
break;
}
// create new feed
$feed = \App::make("feed");
// multiple feeds are supported
// if you are using caching you should set different cache keys for your feeds
// cache the feed for $cache minutes (second parameter is optional)
$feed->setCache($cache, 'feed_' . $title);
// check if there is cached feed and build new only if is not
if (!$feed->isCached())
{
// set your feed's title, description, link, pubdate and language
$feed->title = $feed_title;
$feed->description = $feed_description;
#$feed->logo = 'http://yoursite.tld/logo.jpg';
$feed->link = url('feed/' . $title);
$feed->setDateFormat('datetime'); // 'datetime', 'timestamp' or 'carbon'
$feed->pubdate = $model[0]->created_at;
$feed->lang = 'en';
$feed->setShortening(false); // true or false
$feed->setTextLimit(100); // maximum length of description text
foreach ($model as $post)
{
$desc = ($post->excerpt_html);
if ( ! $post->getCategories()->get()->isEmpty() ) {
$categories = "
";
foreach( $post->getCategories()->get() as $cat ) {
$categories .= "name) ."'>". $cat->name . " | ";
}
$categories = rtrim($categories, " | ");
$desc .= "
Topics:";
$desc .= $categories;
}
$discussions = "
";
foreach( $post->getDiscussions()->orderBy('comments', 'desc')->get() as $dis ) {
$discussions .= "" . $dis->title . " ";
$discussions .= $dis->upvotes . " Upvotes | " . $dis->comments . " Comments
";
}
$desc .= "
Discussions:";
$desc .= $discussions;
// set item's title, author, url, pubdate, description, content, enclosure (optional)*
$feed->addItem([
'title' => $post->title,
'author' => env('APP_NAME'),
'url' => \URL::to($post->url),
'link' => \URL::to($post->url),
'pubdate' => $post->created_at,
'description' => $desc,
'content' => $desc
]);
}
}
// first param is the feed format
// optional: second param is cache duration (value of 0 turns off caching)
// optional: you can set custom cache key with 3rd param as string
return $feed->render('atom', $cache, 'feed_' . $title);
}
}