blue-twilight/app/Album.php

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;

class Album extends Model
{
    use Notifiable;

    /**
     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'name', 'description', 'url_alias'
    ];

    /**
     * The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $hidden = [
    ];

    public function fromRequest(Request $request)
    {
        $this->name = $request->get('name');
        $this->description = $request->get('description');
        $this->generateAlias();

        return $this;
    }

    public function generateAlias()
    {
        $this->url_alias = ucfirst(preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9\-]/', '-', strtolower($this->name)));
    }

    public function getUploadDisk()
    {
        // TODO allow albums to specify a storage location
        return 'local';
    }
}