If you want to add a view you can simply call the view() method:
$post = Post::find(1);
SimpleViewable::view($post);This method will log all the records of every visit and is not unique.
In order to make the views unique, you may use the unique() method:
$post = Post::find(1);
SimpleViewable::unique($post);The unique method will only log the view if the session id is different.
The expires() method can be used to throttle views. This method expects
a second date parameter:
$post = Post::find(1);
$fiveMinutes = Carbon::now()->addMinutes(5);
SimpleViewable::expires($post, $fiveMinutes);If you want to count all the views (non-unique) but you want to throttle, this is an ideal solution.
The count() method will return the count of all the views for that model:
$post = Post::find(1);
SimpleViewable::count($post);The countUnique() method returns the unique view counts for the model:
$post = Post::find(1);
SimpleViewable::countUnique($post);The countFrom() method will return the count of all the views for the given
model starting from the specified date:
$post = Post::find(1);
$from = Carbon::yesterday();
SimpleViewable::countFrom($post, $from);The countBetween() method will return the count of all the views for the
given model in between the given date:
$post = Post::find(1);
$from = Carbon::yesterday();
$to = Carbon::now();
SimpleViewable::countBetween($post, $from, $to);The countUniqueFrom() method will return the count of all the unique views for the given
model starting from the specified date:
$post = Post::find(1);
$from = Carbon::yesterday();
SimpleViewable::countUniqueFrom($post, $from);The countUniqueBetween() method will return the count of all the unique views for the
given model in between the given date:
$post = Post::find(1);
$from = Carbon::yesterday();
$to = Carbon::now();
SimpleViewable::countUniqueBetween($post, $from, $to);