Tracker

Eloquent CRUD records tracking for Laravel

Installation

You can install this package via composer

composer require panoscape/tracker

First, register service provider

config/app.php

'providers' => [
    ...
    Panoscape\Tracker\TrackerServiceProvider::class,
];

Next, you may publish the config file with

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Panoscape\Tracker\TrackerServiceProvider" --tag=config

Migration

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Panoscape\Tracker\TrackerServiceProvider" --tag=migrations
php artisan migrate

Publish localization

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Panoscape\Tracker\TrackerServiceProvider" --tag=translations

Usage

Add Panoscape\Tracker\Context trait to any model(s) you'd like to track.

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Panoscape\Tracker\Context;

class Project extends Model
{
    use Context;

    public function getContextLabel()
    {
        return $this->display_name;
    }

    ...
}

Remember that you'll need to implement the abstract getContextLabel method from the trait. This will add the specified name value to the records.

Created new Project project_001

Context

A Context is a model which is tracked on CURD actions. Like in User 001 Deleted Project 001, Project 001 is the Context we're talking about here.

To get all records of a contexted model

$project->records();

or via dynamic property

$project->records;

You may change the name of records if you like(or to resolve method name conflicts)

use Context { records as logs; }

Agent

An Agent is a user who performs an action. Like in User 001 Deleted Project 001, User 001 is the Agent.

The agent in a record is always got from Auth, thus the authorized user when the action is being performed.

You might have multiple user types in your application, and this package take well care of it.

To be able to getting related records from an agent, all you need is to add Panoscape\Tracker\Agent trait to that model.

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
use Panoscape\Tracker\Agent;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use SoftDeletes, Notifiable, Agent;

    ...
}

Get all records performed by an agent

$user->records();

or via dynamic property

$user->records;

You may change the name of records if you like(or to resolve method name conflicts)

use Agent { records as logs; }

A record's agent might be null if it's tracked while unauthenticated

Record

The default strcuture of a record

Field	Type	Nullable
id	big unsigned integer	N
context_id	unsigned integer	N
context_type	string	N
agent_id	unsigned integer	Y
agent_type	string	Y
message	string	N
meta	text	Y
performed_at	timestamp	N

The message filed is the action message in brief. examples

Created new Project my_project

Updating Project my_project

Deleting Project my_project

Restoring Project my_project

The meta field is a json context of modified properties of a model. It's only available when the record is Updating ....

The performed_at is a timestamp which indicates the moment the record is created, thus the moment the action being performed.

Get context of a record

$record->context();

or via dynamic property

$record->context;

Check agent of a record

$record->hasAgent();

Get agent of a record

$record->agent();

or via dynamic property

$record->agent;

The meta property on Record is deserialized to an array, which hold the modification history

$record->meta;

[
    ['key' => 'name', 'old' => 'myName', 'new' => 'myNewName'],
    ['key' => 'age', 'old' => 10, 'new' => 100],
    ...
]

Localization

You may lolcalize the record output

This is the default localization

<?php

return [

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Tracker Language Lines
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | The following language lines are used across application for various
    | messages that we need to display to the user. You are free to modify
    | these language lines according to your application's requirements.
    |
    */

    'created' => 'Created new :context :name',

    'updating' => 'Updating :context :name',

    'deleting' => 'Deleting :context :name',

    'restored' => 'Restored :context :name',
];

Simplified Chinese

<?php

return [

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Tracker Language Lines
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | The following language lines are used across application for various
    | messages that we need to display to the user. You are free to modify
    | these language lines according to your application's requirements.
    |
    */

    'created' => '创建新的:context :name',

    'updating' => '更新:context :name',

    'deleting' => '删除:context :name',

    'restored' => '恢复:context :name',
];

The :context is by default the class's base name.

To localize it, you can append a new language line to the localization file with the key being the class base name in snake case

<?php

return [

    ...

    'project' => '项目',
    'component_template' => '组件模板',
];

The :name is provided by getContextLabel which we have mentioned above.

Configuration

Here is the default Configuration

<?php

return [

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    | Literally
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    |
    */
    'enabled' => true,

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    | Record table name
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    |
    */
    'records_table' => 'tracker_records',

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    | Operatiopn whitelist
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Operations in this array will be recorded.
    | Available operations are: created, updating, deleting, restored
    |
    */
    'operations' => [
        'created', 'updating', 'deleting', 'restored',
    ],

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    | Agent blacklist
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Operations performed by agents in this array will NOT be recorded.
    | Please add the whole class names. Example: \App\User
    | Use 'nobody' to bypass unauthenticated operations
    |
    */
    'agent_ignore' => [
        
    ],

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    | Enabled when application running in console
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | When application is running in console(include seeding)
    |
    */
    'console' => false,

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    | Enabled when application running in unit tests
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | When application is running unit tests
    |
    */
    'unit_test' => false,

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    | Enviroments blacklist
    |--------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | When application's environment is in the list, tracker will be disabled
    |
    */
    'env_ignore' => [
        
    ],
    
];

To change the table hodling the records, set records_table. Remember to update your migration after that.

To apply filters to operations, set operations. Only operations in the list will be tracked.

To apply filters to agents, set agent_ignore. Operations performed by agents in the list will NOT be tracked.

If you'd like to bypass an unauthenticated operation, add 'nobody' to agent_ignore.

If you need to bypass a specific agent type, add it's class name to agent_ignore.