Show latest news in dashboard

composer.json

@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@
     },
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.2",
+        "ext-simplexml": "*",
         "doctrine/dbal": "^3.6",
         "filament/filament": "^3.2.57",
         "filament/spatie-laravel-settings-plugin": "^3.2",
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.8",
+        "illuminate/cache": "^11.23.0",
         "illuminate/console": "^11.23.0",
         "illuminate/database": "^11.23.0",
         "illuminate/events": "^11.23.0",

config/cachet.php

@@ -160,4 +160,9 @@
      */
     'demo_mode' => env('CACHET_DEMO_MODE', false),
 
+    'feed' => [
+        'uri' => env('CACHET_FEED_URI', 'https://blog.cachethq.io/rss'),
+        'cache' => env('CACHET_FEED_CACHE', 3600),
+    ],
+
 ];

resources/lang/en/cachet.php

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
         'keep_up_to_date' => 'Keep up to date with the latest news and releases by following the *Cachet blog*.',
         'work_in_progress_text' => 'Cachet is under active development. Things are still subject to change.',
     ],
+    'feed' => [
+        'section_heading' => 'Latest Blog Posts',
+        'empty' => 'No blog posts were found. Check *the blog* for further information.',
+        'posted_at' => 'Posted :date'
+    ],
     'powered_by' => 'Powered by',
     'open_source_status_page' => 'The open-source status page.',
     'all_times_shown_in' => 'All times are shown in *:timezone*.',

resources/views/filament/widgets/feed.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<x-filament::widget>
+    <x-filament::section :heading="__('cachet::cachet.feed.section_heading')">
+        <div class="relative">
+            <ul role="list" class="gap-4 flex flex-col">
+                @forelse ($items as $post)
+                    <li>
+                        <a class="flex items-center justify-between text-sm" href="{{ $post['link'] }}" target="_blank">
+                            <div class="overflow-hidden text-sm leading-6 text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">
+                                <h3 class="text-base font-medium text-gray-950 dark:text-white">{{ $post['title'] }}</h3>
+                                <time class="text-muted text-xs" datetime="{{ $post['date']->toW3cString() }}" title="{{ $post['date']->toDateTimeString() }}">
+                                    {{ __('cachet::cachet.feed.posted_at', ['date' => $post['date']->diffForHumans()]) }}
+                                </time>
+                                <p class="break-words truncate">{{ $post['description'] }}</p>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="">
+                                <x-heroicon-o-chevron-right class="w-5 h-5 text-gray-400" />
+                            </div>
+                        </a>
+                    </li>
+                @empty
+                    <li class="text-center filament-tables-text-column">
+                        <p class="text-sm text-gray-500">{!! $noItems !!}</p>
+                    </li>
+                @endforelse
+            </ul>
+        </div>
+    </x-filament::section>
+</x-filament::widget>
+

src/Filament/Widgets/Feed.php

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Cachet\Filament\Widgets;
+
+use Filament\Widgets\Concerns\CanPoll;
+use Filament\Widgets\Widget;
+use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
+use Illuminate\Support\Uri;
+use Throwable;
+
+class Feed extends Widget
+{
+    use CanPoll;
+
+    protected int|string|array $columnSpan = 'full';
+
+    protected static string $view = 'cachet::filament.widgets.feed';
+
+    protected static ?int $sort = 10;
+
+    protected function getViewData(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'items' => $this->getFeed(),
+            'noItems' => Blade::render($this->getEmptyBlock()),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the generated empty block text.
+     */
+    public function getEmptyBlock(): string
+    {
+        return preg_replace(
+            '/\*(.*?)\*/',
+            '<x-filament::link href="'.config('cachet.feed.uri').'" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">$1</x-filament::link>',
+            __('cachet::cachet.feed.empty')
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the feed from the cache or fetch it fresh.
+     */
+    protected function getFeed(): array
+    {
+        return Cache::flexible('cachet-feed', [
+            60 * 15,
+            60 * 60,
+        ], fn () => $this->fetchFeed(
+            config('cachet.feed.uri')
+        ));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Fetch the data from the given RSS feed.
+     */
+    protected function fetchFeed(string $uri, int $maxPosts = 5): array
+    {
+        try {
+            $xml = simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents($uri));
+
+            $posts = [];
+
+            $feedItems = $xml->channel->item ?? $xml->entry ?? [];
+            $feedIndex = 0;
+
+            foreach ($feedItems as $item) {
+                if ($feedIndex >= $maxPosts) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                $posts[] = [
+                    'title' => (string)($item->title ?? ''),
+                    'link' => Uri::of((string)($item->link ?? ''))->withQuery([
+                        'ref' => 'cachet-dashboard',
+                    ]),
+                    'description' => Str::of($item->description ?? $item->summary ?? '')->limit(preserveWords: true),
+                    'date' => Carbon::parse((string)($item->pubDate ?? $item->updated ?? '')),
+                ];
+
+                $feedIndex++;
+            }
+
+            return $posts;
+        } catch (Throwable $e) {
+            return [];
+        }
+    }
+}