[v2] Localize assets from CDNs

[tabacitu]

This same package could/should also solve the problem of localizing CDN assets.

We could add:

• a config variable, so that the dev can choose his assets to be automatically localized (or not);
• when an item is first loaded, if that asset is from a CDN (we know that because it begins with http://, https:// or ://), we check if it doesn't also exist on the local file system (storage/app/public/assets/localized/);
  • if it's been localized, we use the local path instead;
  • if it has NOT been localized, we add that asset to a queue of files to be localized;
• when running the queue, if the file hasn't been localized in the meantime, each CDN file will be pulled from the CDN and put into storage/app/public/assets/localized/ so it can be used from there next time;

After that, the docs could also have a section with something like:

// FOR ASSETS FROM CDNs
@asset('https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/axios/dist/axios.min.js')
// will output <link href="{{ asset('https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/axios/dist/axios.min.js')"> the first time
// and it will add 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/axios/dist/axios.min.js' to a queue of files to be downloaded;
// after that queue has been run (you choose how often), the file has been "localized", which means it's
// also available in your /public/assets/localized/cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/axios/dist/axios.min.js
// so this package will just load it from there instead, by outputting
// will output <link href="{{ asset('assets/localized/cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/axios/dist/axios.min.js')">
//
// This has HUUUGE power, because now you can use CDN assets just like they were local. You do NOT have to
// provide them in your public directory, this package will do it for you.

[tabacitu]

We should probably also provide a way to localize ALL assets. Packages could provide a way to tell AssetManager directories where they hold blade files that use assets from CDNs. Then when you run php artisan assets:localize it would have a list of directories, go through all the blade files there, parse them to get URLs and localize everything in one command.

[tabacitu]

Brain dump with @promatik

@basset('https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/tinymce/6.2.0/tinymce.min.js')

/public/basset/cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/tinymce/6.2.0/tinymce.min.js

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php artisan basset:install
- add to .gitignore
- add to composer.json

php artisan basset:internalize

[tabacitu]

Would fix Laravel-Backpack/community-forum#116 (comment)

[promatik]

Can't wait to do it 🙌

[promatik]

This is fixed by #14