public static function get($petitionID, $searchcount)
{
//fetch data from Redis for this Petition ID if it exists. If not fetch and put in Redis Cache
if (Cache::has($petitionID)) {
$data = Cache::get($petitionID);
if ($searchcount) {
recentSearches::update($petitionID, $data['data']['attributes']['action']);
}
return $data['data'];
} else {
try {
$url = 'https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/' . $petitionID . '.json';
$data = json_decode(file_get_contents($url), true);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
return ['error' => 'Sorry, something went wrong. Please ensure you used the correct Petition ID, or try again later'];
}
if (!$data) {
return ['error' => 'Sorry, there doesn\'t seem to be a petition with the ID ' . $petitionID . '. Please ensure you are using the correct ID'];
}
Cache::put($petitionID, $data, 2);
recentSearches::update($petitionID, $data['data']['attributes']['action']);
return $data['data'];
}
}
public function home()
{
$searches = recentSearches::get();
return view('home', ['searches' => $searches]);
}
