Commentions is a drop-in package for Filament that allows you to add comments to your resources. You can configure it so your users are mentionable in the comments, and it dispatches events so you can handle mentions in your own application however you like.

Installation

composer require kirschbaum-development/commentions

Usage

1. Publish the migrations

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="commentions-migrations"

2. In your User model implement the Commenter interface.

use Kirschbaum\Commentions\Contracts\Commenter;

class User extends Model implements Commenter
{
    // ...
}

3. In the model you want to add comments, implement the Commentable interface and the HasComments trait.

use Kirschbaum\Commentions\HasComments;
use Kirschbaum\Commentions\Contracts\Commentable;

class Project extends Model implements Commentable
{
    use HasComments;
}

Usage with Filament

You can register the plugin in your Panel(s) like so:

use Kirschbaum\Commentions\CommentionsPlugin;

return $panel
    ->plugins([
        CommentionsPlugin::make(),
    ])

There are a couple of ways to use Commentions with Filament.

1. Register the component in your Filament Infolists:

Infolists\Components\Section::make('Comments')
    ->schema([
        CommentsEntry::make('comments')
            ->mentionables(fn (Model $record) => User::all()),
    ]),

2. Or in your table actions:

use Kirschbaum\Commentions\Filament\Actions\CommentsTableAction;

->actions([
    CommentsTableAction::make()
        ->mentionables(User::all())
])

3. Or as a header action:

use Kirschbaum\Commentions\Filament\Actions\CommentsAction;

protected function getHeaderActions(): array
{
    return [
        CommentsAction::make(),
    ];
}

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Configuring the User model and the mentionables

If your User model lives in a different namespace than App\Models\User, you can configure it in config/commentions.php:

    'commenter' => [
        'model' => \App\Domains\Users\User::class,
    ],

Configuring the Comment model

If you need to customize the Comment model, you can extend the \Kirschbaum\Commentions\Comment class and then update the comment.model option in your config/commentions.php file:

    'comment' => [
        'model' => \App\Models\Comment::class,
        // ...
    ],

Configuring Comment permissions

By default, users can create comments, as well as edit and delete their own comments. You can adjust these permissions by implementing your own policy:

1) Create a custom policy

namespace App\Policies;

use Kirschbaum\Commentions\Comment;
use Kirschbaum\Commentions\Contracts\Commenter;
use Kirschbaum\Commentions\Policies\CommentPolicy;

class CommentPolicy extends CommentPolicy
{
    public function create(Commenter $user): bool
    {
        // TODO: Implement custom permission logic.
    }

    public function update($user, Comment $comment): bool
    {
        // TODO: Implement custom permission logic.
    }

    public function delete($user, Comment $comment): bool
    {
        // TODO: Implement custom permission logic.
    }
}

2) Register your policy in the configuration file

Update the comment.policy option in your config/commentions.php file:

    'comment' => [
        // ...
        'policy' => \App\Policies\CommentPolicy::class,
    ],

Configuring the Commenter name

By default, the name property will be used to render the mention names. You can customize it either by implementing the Filament HasName interface OR by implementing the optional getCommenterName method.

use Filament\Models\Contracts\HasName;
use Kirschbaum\Commentions\Contracts\Commenter;

class User extends Model implements Commenter, HasName
{
    public function getFilamentName(): string
    {
        return (string) '#' . $this->id . ' - ' . $this->name;
    }
}

use Kirschbaum\Commentions\Contracts\Commenter;

class User extends Model implements Commenter
{
    public function getCommenterName(): string
    {
        return (string) '#' . $this->id . ' - ' . $this->name;
    }
}

Configuring the Commenter avatar

To configure the avatar, make sure your User model implements Filament's HasAvatar interface.

use Filament\Models\Contracts\HasAvatar;

class User extends Authenticatable implements Commenter, HasName, HasAvatar
{
    public function getFilamentAvatarUrl(): ?string
    {
        return $this->avatar_url;
    }
}

Events

Two events are dispatched when a comment is created or reacted to:

• Kirschbaum\Commentions\Events\UserWasMentionedEvent
• Kirschbaum\Commentions\Events\CommentWasReactedEvent

Sending notifications when a user is mentioned

Every time a user is mentioned, the Kirschbaum\Commentions\Events\UserWasMentionedEvent is dispatched. You can listen to this event and send notifications to the mentioned user.

Example usage:

namespace App\Listeners;

use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use App\Notifications\UserMentionedInCommentNotification;
use Kirschbaum\Commentions\Events\UserWasMentionedEvent;

class SendUserMentionedNotification implements ShouldQueue
{
    use InteractsWithQueue;

    public function handle(UserWasMentionedEvent $event): void
    {
        $event->user->notify(
            new UserMentionedInCommentNotification($event->comment)
        );
    }
}

If you have event auto-discovery, this should be enough. Otherwise, make sure to register your listener on the EventServiceProvider.

Resolving the authenticated user

By default, when a new comment is made, the Commenter is automatically set to the current user logged in user (auth()->user()). If you want to change this behavior, you can implement your own resolver:

use Kirschbaum\Commentions\Config;

Config::resolveAuthenticatedUserUsing(
    fn () => auth()->guard('my-guard')->user()
)

Getting the mentioned Commenters from an existing comment

$comment->getMentioned()->each(function (Commenter $commenter) {
    // do something with $commenter...
});

Polling for new comments

Commentions supports polling for new comments. You can enable it on any component by calling the pollingInterval method and passing the number of seconds.

Infolists\Components\Section::make('Comments')
    ->schema([
        CommentsEntry::make('comments')
            ->pollingInterval(10)
    ]),

Rendering non-Comments in the list

Sometimes you might want to render non-Comments in the list of comments. For example, you might want to render when the status of a project is changed. For this, you can override the getComments method in your model, and return instances of the Kirschbaum\Commentions\RenderableComment data object.

use Kirschbaum\Commentions\RenderableComment;

public function getComments(): Collection
{
    $statusHistory = $this->statusHistory()->get()->map(fn (StatusHistory $statusHistory) => new RenderableComment(
        id: $statusHistory->id,
        authorName: $statusHistory->user->name,
        body: sprintf('Status changed from %s to %s', $statusHistory->old_status, $statusHistory->new_status),
        createdAt: $statusHistory->created_at,
    ));

    $comments = $this->comments()->latest()->with('author')->get();

    return $statusHistory->merge($comments);
}

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Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Luis Dalmolin
• All contributors

Sponsorship

Development of this package is sponsored by Kirschbaum Development Group, a developer driven company focused on problem solving, team building, and community. Learn more about us or join us!

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.