How to use the plugin

[MathieuB27]

Hi
I'm trying to make the plugins to work on my project in Laravel 9.1.0

So far I did :

1. Install the plugin with composer
2. add the plugin to the config/app.php provider
   App\Providers\NavigationProvider::class,
3. Add the alias in the config/app.php aliases
   'Navigation' => Spatie\Navigation\NavigationServiceProvider::class,
4. From what I understand I create a new provider
   php artisan make:provider NavigationProvider
5. Inside the provider I add to the top
   use Spatie\Navigation\Navigation;
6. Inside the handle function I add this
   app(Navigation::class)
   ->add('dashboard', route('dashboard'));

I have the following error since:
Route [dashboard] not defined.

In my routes/web.php I have the following route.
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('pages.dashboard');
})->name('dashboard');

Any Idea what I miss.
Any tips also on how I will use this in the blade after making the route portion work.

Thank you for your help.

[MathieuB27]

I figure how to make the plugin work.
I'm not sure it's the most elegant way to do this.
Let me know your comment.

Inside the boot method of my controller I did this.

$this->app->booted(function () { app(Navigation::class) ->add('dashboard', route('dashboard')); }); view()->composer('*',function($view) { $view->with('navigation', app(Navigation::class)->tree() ); $view->with('breadcrumbs', app(Navigation::class)->breadcrumbs() ); });

[MathieuB27]

An other question.
In the service provider that I create, I can't access Auth It's always null.
I'm not sure the best place is to put this in a Provider
Any idea.

[freekmurze]

You probably are putting in the register method. Try using the boot method, which will be called later in the request cycle.

[MathieuB27]

Thank you for your reply
It is in the boot but Auth:: return me null
The only way I figure to make this to work is this inside the boot method then inside a view composer

view()->composer('layout.shared.leftnav' , function($view){

}

At the end of the view composer I return the value with the $view->with

What do you think of this fix.

[jameswagoner]

You are correct that have to build your navigation inside of $this->app->booted() callback if you want to to use a service provider.

Alternatively, you could build your navigation in a middleware. This was my approach since I am using Inertia and used the HandleInertiaRequests middleware.

public function share(Request $request)
{
    return array_merge(parent::share($request), [
        'navigation' => $this->buildNavigation()->tree()
    ]
}

protected function buildNavigation()
{
    return app(Navigation::class)->addIf(
        auth()->user()->can('manage'),
        'Users',
        route('users')
    );
}