#2: Basic implementation of the quick-upload/quick-post feature

app/Facade/Misc.php

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Facade;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade;
+
+class Misc extends Facade
+{
+    /**
+     * Get the registered name of the component.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected static function getFacadeAccessor()
+    {
+        return 'misc';
+    }
+}

app/Helpers/DbHelper.php

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class DbHelper
         return $query->paginate(UserConfig::get('items_per_page'));
     }
 
-    public static function getAlbumsForCurrentUser_NonPaged()
+    public static function getAlbumsForCurrentUser_NonPaged($permission = 'list')
     {
         $albumsQuery = Album::query();
         $user = Auth::user();
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class DbHelper
                 ->join('permissions', 'permissions.id', '=', 'album_anonymous_permissions.permission_id')
                 ->where([
                     ['permissions.section', 'album'],
-                    ['permissions.description', 'list']
+                    ['permissions.description', $permission]
                 ]);
         }
         else
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ class DbHelper
                 ->where('albums.user_id', $user->id)
                 ->orWhere([
                     ['group_permissions.section', 'album'],
-                    ['group_permissions.description', 'list'],
+                    ['group_permissions.description', $permission],
                     ['user_groups.user_id', $user->id]
                 ])
                 ->orWhere([
                     ['user_permissions.section', 'album'],
-                    ['user_permissions.description', 'list'],
+                    ['user_permissions.description', $permission],
                     ['album_user_permissions.user_id', $user->id]
                 ]);
         }

app/Http/Middleware/GlobalConfiguration.php

@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ class GlobalConfiguration
     {
         $albums = DbHelper::getAlbumsForCurrentUser_NonPaged()->get();
         View::share('albums', $albums);
+
+        $albumsToUpload = DbHelper::getAlbumsForCurrentUser_NonPaged('upload-photos')->get();
+        View::share('g_albums_upload', $albumsToUpload);
     }
 
     private function addLabelsToView()

app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         {
             return $themeHelper;
         });
+        $this->app->singleton('misc', function ($app)
+        {
+            return new MiscHelper();
+        });
         $this->app->singleton('user_config', function ($app)
         {
             return new ConfigHelper();

app/Providers/AuthServiceProvider.php

@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ class AuthServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 
             return ($user->id == $photo->user_id);
         });
+
+        Gate::define('photo.quick_upload', function($user)
+        {
+            $can = true;
+            $can &= $this->userHasAdminPermission($user, 'access');
+            $can &= $this->userHasAdminPermission($user, 'manage-albums');
+
+            return $can;
+        });
     }
 
     private function userHasAdminPermission(User $user, $permissionDescription)

config/app.php

@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ return [
 
         // Additional aliases added by AH
         'Image' => \App\Facade\Image::class,
+        'Misc' => \App\Facade\Misc::class,
         'Theme' => \App\Facade\Theme::class,
         'UserConfig' => \App\Facade\UserConfig::class
     ],

resources/lang/en/forms.php

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 return [
     'activate_user_label' => 'Manually activate this account',
     'admin_user_label' => 'User is an administrator',
+    'album_label' => 'Album:',
     'album_redirect_source' => 'Source address:',
     'album_redirect_source_help' => 'The address must start with a forward-slash (/)',
     'album_redirect_source_placeholder' => '(e.g. /my-new-album)',
@@ -26,7 +27,9 @@ return [
     'parent_album_placeholder' => 'None (top-level album)',
     'password_label' => 'Password:',
     'password_confirm_label' => 'Confirm password:',
+    'please_select' => '- Select an Option -',
     'private_album_label' => 'Private album (only visible to me)',
+    'quick_upload_file_label' => 'Photo:',
     'realname_label' => 'Your name:',
     'register_action' => 'Create account',
     'remember_me_label' => 'Remember me',

resources/lang/en/global.php

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ return [
     'please_wait' => 'Please wait...',
     'post_max_exceeded' => 'Your upload exceeded the maximum size the web server is configured to allow. Please check the value of the "post_max_size" parameter in php.ini.',
     'powered_by' => 'Powered by :link_startBlue Twilight:link_end - the self-hosted PHP photo gallery software.',
+    'quick_upload' => [
+        'intro' => 'Use the quick upload feature to quickly add a new photo to an album.',
+        'title' => 'Quick Upload'
+    ],
     'units' => [
         'megabytes' => 'MB'
     ]

resources/lang/en/navigation.php

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ return [
         'labels' => 'Labels',
         'login' => 'Login',
         'logout' => 'Logout',
+        'quick_post' => 'Quick Upload',
         'register' => 'Register',
         'statistics' => 'Statistics'
     ]

resources/views/themes/base/layout.blade.php

@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@
 
         @yield('content')
 
+        @can('photo.quick_upload')
+            @include(Theme::viewName('partials.quick_upload'))
+        @endcan
+
         @if (isset($is_admin) && $is_admin)
             @include(\App\Facade\Theme::viewName('partials.copyright_admin'))
         @elseif (!\App\Facade\UserConfig::get('remove_copyright'))

resources/views/themes/base/partials/navbar.blade.php

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark">
     <a class="navbar-brand" href="{{ route('home')  }}"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-photo"></i> {{ UserConfig::get('app_name') }}</a>
+    @can('photo.quick_upload')
+        <ul class="navbar-nav" style="min-width: 120px;">
+            <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#quick-upload-modal"><i class="fa fa-plus"></i> @lang('navigation.navbar.quick_post')</a></li>
+        </ul>
+    @endcan
     <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbar-content" aria-controls="navbar-content" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
         <i class="fa fa-fw fa-bars"></i>
     </button>

resources/views/themes/base/partials/quick_upload.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<form method="POST" action="{{ route('photos.store') }}" enctype="multipart/form-data">
+    {{ csrf_field() }}
+    <input type="hidden" name="queue_token" value="{{ Misc::randomString() }}"/>
+    <div class="modal" id="quick-upload-modal">
+        <div class="modal-dialog" role="document">
+            <div class="modal-content">
+                <div class="modal-header">
+                    <h5 class="modal-title">@lang('global.quick_upload.title')</h5>
+                    <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
+                        <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
+                    </button>
+                </div>
+                <div class="modal-body">
+                    <p>@lang('global.quick_upload.intro')</p>
+
+                    <div class="form-group">
+                        <label class="control-label" for="quick-upload-file">@lang('forms.quick_upload_file_label')</label>
+                        <input type="file" id="quick-upload-file" name="photo[]" class="form-control" multiple="multiple">
+                    </div>
+
+                    <div class="form-group">
+                        <label class="control-label" for="quick-upload-album">@lang('forms.album_label')</label>
+                        <select id="quick-upload-album" name="album_id" class="form-control">
+                            <option>@lang('forms.please_select')</option>
+                            @foreach ($g_albums_upload as $album)
+                                <option value="{{ $album->id }}">{{ $album->name }}</option>
+                            @endforeach
+                        </select>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+                <div class="modal-footer">
+                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-link" data-dismiss="modal">@lang('forms.cancel_action')</button>
+                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success" onclick="this.disabled = true;"><i class="fa fa-upload"></i> @lang('forms.upload_action')</button>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</form>