Laravel Real-Time User Status

A Laravel package for tracking and displaying real-time user online status.

Installation

1. Require the package via Composer:

   composer require muhammadaftabb/laravel-realtime-user-status

Publish the package assets and configuration:

bash Copy code php artisan vendor:publish --provider="MuhammadAftab\RealTimeUserStatus\RealTimeUserStatusServiceProvider" --tag=realtime-user-status Run the migrations:

bash Copy code php artisan migrate Configure Pusher: Add your Pusher credentials to your .env file:

env Copy code PUSHER_APP_ID=your-pusher-app-id PUSHER_APP_KEY=your-pusher-app-key PUSHER_APP_SECRET=your-pusher-app-secret PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER=your-pusher-app-cluster Include the JavaScript file in your layout: Add the following script tag to your main layout file (e.g., resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php):

html Copy code

<script src="{{ asset('vendor/realtime-user-status/js/realtime-user-status.js') }}" defer></script>

Add Middleware: Include the middleware in the web middleware group in app/Http/Kernel.php:

php Copy code protected $middlewareGroups = [ 'web' => [ // other middleware... \MuhammadAftab\RealTimeUserStatus\Http\Middleware\UpdateUserStatus::class, \MuhammadAftab\RealTimeUserStatus\Http\Middleware\LogUserActivity::class, ], ]; Usage Use the helper functions in your Blade views to display online users and their last activity.

Display Online Users blade Copy code

Online Users

@foreach(\MuhammadAftab\RealTimeUserStatus\Helpers\RealTimeUserStatusHelper::getOnlineUsers() as $user)

{{ $user->name }} - @if($user->is_online) {{ config('realtime-user-status.online_status.online') }} @else {{ str_replace(':time', $user->last_activity->diffForHumans(), config('realtime-user-status.online_status.offline')) }} @endif

@endforeach Display User Activity Log blade Copy code

User Activity Log

@foreach(\MuhammadAftab\RealTimeUserStatus\Helpers\RealTimeUserStatusHelper::getUserActivityLogs() as $log)

{{ $log->created_at->diffForHumans() }} - {{ $log->user->name }}: {{ $log->activity }}

@endforeach Configuration The package configuration file is located at config/realtime-user-status.php. You can customize the online and offline status messages there.

php Copy code return [ 'pusher' => [ 'app_id' => env('PUSHER_APP_ID'), 'app_key' => env('PUSHER_APP_KEY'), 'app_secret' => env('PUSHER_APP_SECRET'), 'app_cluster' => env('PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER'), ], 'online_status' => [ 'online' => 'Online', 'offline' => 'Last seen :time ago' ] ]; License This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.