/**
* Display a listing of the index resource.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function index()
{
/*
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Retrieve featured posts from Article model
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Headline : indicate article with headline state
* Trending : indicate article with trending state
* Popular : the top of post sort by most viewed on last 3 months
* Ranked : the top of post sort by most stared
* Latest : last published article
*/
$article = new Article();
$featured = $article->headline();
$trending = $article->trending();
$popular = $article->mostPopular();
$ranked = $article->mostRanked();
$latest = $article->latest();
/*
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Retrieve featured category
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Selecting the most viewed articles on top 4 categories
*/
$category = new Category();
$summary = $category->featured();
return view('pages.index', compact('featured', 'popular', 'ranked', 'trending', 'latest', 'summary'));
}
/**
* Display a listing of the latest article.
*
* @param Request $request
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function latest(Request $request)
{
/*
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Public latest article
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Retrieve full latest page (with false param), this page implement lazy
* pagination then return json if page variable exists, return view if it
* does not.
*/
$latest = $this->article->latest(false);
$breadcrumb = ['Archive' => route('article.archive'), 'Latest' => route('article.latest')];
$next_ref = route('article.headline');
$prev_ref = '#';
if (Input::get('page', false) && $request->ajax()) {
return $latest;
} else {
return view('article.category', compact('breadcrumb', 'next_ref', 'prev_ref'));
}
}
/**
* Fetch latest article.
*
* @return mixed
*/
public function latest()
{
$article = new Article();
$latest = $article->latest(false);
$data = $this->reduceArticleData($latest);
return response()->json(['request_id' => uniqid(), 'status' => 'success', 'articles' => $data, 'timestamp' => Carbon::now()]);
}
