Implemented like & dislike functionality.

Author: ajaymarathe

app/Http/Controllers/LikeController.php

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use App\Like;
+use App\Post;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 class LikeController extends Controller
@@ -33,14 +34,17 @@ public function create()
    * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
    * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
    */
-  public function store(Request $request)
+  public function store(Post $post, Request $request)
   {
-    return $this->user();
-    
-    // return response('created','200');
+
+    $like = $post->likes()->updateOrCreate(
+      [ 'post_id' => $post->id, 'user_id' => $request->user_id ],
+      ['like' => $request->like ]
+    );
+    return response()->json($like, 200);
   }
 
-  /**
+  /** 
    * Display the specified resource.
    *
    * @param  \App\Like  $like

app/Like.php

@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ public function post(){
   public function user(){
     return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
   }
+  
 }

app/Post.php

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use App\Comments;
 use App\Category;
+use App\Like;
 
 class Post extends Model
 {
@@ -27,4 +28,8 @@ public function cateogry(){
         return $this->belongsTo(Category::class);
     }
 
+    public function likes() {
+        return $this->hasMany(Like::class);
+    }
+
 }

database/migrations/2022_12_01_182749_create_likes_table.php

@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ public function up()
     {
         Schema::create('likes', function (Blueprint $table) {
             $table->bigIncrements('id');
-            $table->integer('like');
+            $table->boolean('like');
             $table->integer('user_id');
-            $table->integer('post_id');
+            $table->bigInteger('post_id')->unsigned();
+            $table->foreign('post_id')->references('id')->on('posts')->onDelete('cascade');
             $table->timestamps();
         });
     }

routes/api.php

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 Route::apiResource('posts','PostController');
 Route::apiResource('category','CategoryController');
 Route::apiResource('/post/{post}/comment','CommentsController');
+Route::apiResource('/post/{post}/like','LikeController');
+
 
 Route::middleware('auth:api')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
     return $request->user();