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

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

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+<?php namespace JasonWilliams\Feed\Components;
+
+use Cms\Classes\ComponentBase;
+use JasonWilliams\Feed\Models\FeedItem;
+use JasonWilliams\Feed\Models\Tags;
+
+class ShortFeed extends ComponentBase
+{
+    private $channelfilter;
+
+    public function componentDetails()
+    {
+        return [
+            'name'        => 'Short Feed',
+            'description' => 'Displays a mini-feed of the most recent feed items, loaded with other page content'
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function defineProperties()
+    {
+      return [
+        'channelFilter' => [
+          'title'       => 'Channels',
+          'description' => 'A comma-separated list of channels to include in feed.',
+          'type'        => 'string',
+          'default'     => ''
+        ],
+        'tagFilter' => [
+          'title'       => 'Tag',
+          'description' => 'The tag to display in the feed.',
+          'type'        => 'string',
+          'default'     => ''
+        ],
+        'maxItems' => [
+          'title'             => 'Max items',
+          'description'       => 'How many feed items should be displayed?',
+          'default'           => 10,
+          'type'              => 'string',
+          'validationPattern' => '^[0-9]+$',
+          'validationMessage' => 'The Max items property must be numeric'
+        ]
+      ];
+    }
+
+    public function onRun()
+    {
+        date_default_timezone_set('America/Edmonton');
+
+        // Set up the results query
+        $results = FeedItem::orderBy('timestamp', 'desc')->take($this->property('maxItems'));
+
+        // Do we need to filter based on a tag?
+        if ($this->property('tagFilter') != null)
+        {
+          $results->join('jasonwilliams_feed_tags', 'jasonwilliams_feed_.id', '=', 'jasonwilliams_feed_tags.feed_item_id');
+          $results->where('tag', $this->property('tagFilter'));
+        }
+
+        // Do we need to filter based on the channel?
+        if ($this->property('channelFilter') != null && $this->property('channelFilter') != 'all')
+        {
+          $this->channelfilter = explode(',', $this->property('channelFilter'));
+
+          $results->whereHas('channel', function($q) {
+            $firstchannel = true;
+
+            foreach ($this->channelfilter as $channel)
+            {
+              if ($firstchannel) $q->where('slug', $channel);
+              else $q->orWhere('slug', $channel);
+
+              $firstchannel = false;
+            }
+          });
+        }
+
+        $this->page['posts'] = $results->get();
+    }
+}