Adding lazy-load version of feed component to load data using AJAX after page content has been rendered.

www/plugins/jasonwilliams/feed/components/LazyLoadShortFeed.php

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+<?php namespace JasonWilliams\Feed\Components;
+
+use Cms\Classes\ComponentBase;
+use JasonWilliams\Feed\Models\FeedItem;
+
+class LazyLoadShortFeed extends ComponentBase
+{
+    public function componentDetails()
+    {
+        return [
+            'name'        => 'Short Feed (Lazy Load)',
+            'description' => 'Displays a mini-feed of the most recent feed items, retrieved after other page content has been loaded'
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function defineProperties()
+    {
+      return [
+          'maxItems' => [
+              'title'             => 'Max items',
+              'description'       => 'How many feed items should be displayed?',
+              'default'           => 10,
+              'type'              => 'string',
+              'validationPattern' => '^[0-9]+$',
+              'validationMessage' => 'The Max items property must be numeric'
+          ],
+          'renderPartial' => [
+              'title'             => 'Render partial',
+              'description'       => 'The path to the partial that will be used as a template to render feed items. @feed is provided by the plugin itself.',
+              'default'           => '@feed',
+              'type'              => 'string'
+          ]
+      ];
+    }
+
+    public function onRun()
+    {
+        $this->page['renderPartial'] = $this->property('renderPartial');
+        $this->addJs('/plugins/jasonwilliams/feed/assets/javascript/lazyloadshortfeed.js');
+    }
+
+    public function onUpdateRequested()
+    {
+        date_default_timezone_set('America/Edmonton');
+        $this->page['posts'] = FeedItem::orderBy('timestamp', 'desc')->take($this->property('maxItems'))->get();
+    }
+}