My project shares images and the users are allowed to download X amount of images each month.
Currently I'm able to do both of these functions, but I can't do them at the same time. I need to:
Return the requested file for download, it's an image so it can't open in new window.
Decrement or run a function that captures what image was downloaded.
Currently my view looks like this:
@foreach($images as $image)
<h3 class="panel-title">Image Name</h3>
<i>{{$image->img_tags}}</i>
<a class="btn btn-default" href="{{ $image->img_url)}}" download role="button"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-download-alt" aria-hidden="true"></span> Download</a>
@endforeach
So it works, it returns the file I want.
But I also want to be able to run this function which is currently in my routes:
Route::get('download', function()
{
DB::table('users')->decrement('downloads', 1);
});
I've tried using response::download in my route however since the images are stored on S3 it won't work.