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Wrapping up and next steps

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    Let's start wrapping things up.

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    Earlier in the course, we created routes to allow users to upload video files,

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    but currently this is still open to any user.

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    Let's restrict this to just administrator users only.

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    We first need a way to actually identify administrators.

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    The simplest method is to just add a column to our "users" table.

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    Let's create new migration.

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    It's a good idea to be as descriptive and literal with migration names as

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    possible.

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    We're going to add an "is_admin" column to the "users" table,

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    so let's name the migration as such.

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    [typing sounds]

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    Open it up and add a new boolean type column with a default value.

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    Of "false".

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    [typing sounds]

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    Open up your User model and add a cast for this new column.

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    [typing sounds]

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    Run artisan migrate to migrate the database with the new migration.

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    We're going to create middleware to check if the authenticated user is an

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    administrator or not.

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    So let's create a new middleware class.

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    [typing sounds]

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    Open it up.

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    Inside this middleware, we can check for the user on the request

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    and see if their "is_admin" column value is "true" or not.

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    If it is, they're an administrator and the request should continue.

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    If not, we need to throw an appropriate error.

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    We'll throw a 403 Forbidden error as the user is authenticated

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    but does not have permission to execute the request.

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    [typing sounds]

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    For ease, we can add a new middleware to the HTTP kernel and register it with a

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    nicer, shorter name.

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    Open up your HTTP kernel file.

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    And in the aliases array, add a key for "admin".

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    And use our new class name.

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    Open up your routes web file and you'll notice our administration routes are

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    conveniently grouped already.

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    And that group itself is within a route group with the "auth" middleware applied.

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    Therefore, we just need to add our new "admin" middleware to this group.

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    If we now try to go to any of our administration routes such as one to upload

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    videos,

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    we'll be greeted with a 403 Forbidden response.

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    We can test if our middleware's working is intended by making our user account

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    an administrator.

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    Open up your database and go to the "users" table.

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    And for the row for your user account, set the "is_admin" column to "1".

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    And now if we refresh the upload video page, we should be able to see it this

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    time.

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    In our upload URL controller

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    you may remember that we were creating test mode videos only.

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    This creates videos that are maximum of 10 seconds long, watermarked, deleted

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    after 24 hours,

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    and do not incur a charge from Mux.

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    However, when you go live, you probably do want to upload full length videos

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    and without a Mux watermark.

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    Instead of hard-coding this test parameter to "true", we can make it configurable.

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    Let's replace it with a configuration key.

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    Open up your config/services.php file and add that key.

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    Make its default value a "MUX_TEST" environment variable.

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    And let's give it a default value of "true" and cast it as a boolean.

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    Let's take this "MUX_TEST" value.

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    And add it as a key in our .env file.

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    Again, set its default value to "true", and also copy it to your .env.example file.

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    We'll leave the value as "true" as its a sensible default.

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    So now test mode is true by default, but can be overridden by a "MUX_TEST"

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    environment variable.

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    So when you do go live, you want to make sure that you have set a "MUX_TEST"

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    environment variable

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    and its value is set to "false".

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    So far, we've been working with separate home and dashboard routes for the sole

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    reason that's what Breeze gave us out of the box.

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    But we don't have an application where users should see different views

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    depending on if they're logged in or not.

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    Users should see the videos list regardless.

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    We can use the videos index view as our home view.

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    So first let's change the main navigation bar.

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    Open up your layouts/navigation partial.

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    Find the dashboard link and change its name to "videos".

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    Let's change the href to "videos.index".

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    Open up your routes/web.php file.

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    Delete the existing "home" route and "dashboard" route.

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    And we're going to add two new redirects, just redirecting to the videos index.

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    Now if we're go and refresh our homepage, we should be redirected to our

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    videos index.

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    And that just about wraps things up.

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    We now have a website where we can upload videos, where customers can subscribe

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    to watch these videos, and where analytical data about the videos being watched

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    is being recorded.

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    As next steps, you can build on the functionality we've already created and add

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    new features.

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    Maybe add the ability for users to create playlists of videos or to collect

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    videos in collections.

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    If this were a site like Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, you may have

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    collections for action, comedy, and so on,

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    or even seasonal and topical collections such as Christmas movies or royal

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    dramas if your country has just crowned a new monarch.

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    Do let me know what you end up building and I hope you enjoy this course and

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    learned a lot along the way.
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