Create a realtime prototype feedback app using VueJS and Pusher
Tags: realtime, pusher, vue
Published: 2018-02-14 18:18:16

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title: Create a realtime prototype feedback app using VueJS and Pusher
published: true
description: 
tags: #realtime, #pusher, #vue
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Companies like Invision have built applications that designers use to get feedback from other people. A designer can just load the Invision application, upload their designs and send the link to the people that will leave feedback, and then they can leave their feedback on different parts of the design. This is good for the designer because they can see this feedback and act on them.

In this article, we are going to create a design feedback application. This will allow you to upload images, then send the link to someone else to leave feedback on your design that you can see in realtime.

Here is a screen recording of what our application will be able to do once we are done building it:

![](https://blog.pusher.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Create-a-realtime-design-feedback-app-using-VueJS-Pusher-and-Laravel.gif)

## Requirements we will need to build our application

Before we get started we need to have a few things in place first. Some of the requirements are as follows:
– Knowledge of PHP & the [Laravel](https://laravel.com) framework.
– Knowledge of JavaScript (ES6).
– Knowledge of Vue.js.
– PHP 7.0+ installed locally on your machine.
– [Laravel CLI](https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/installation#installing-laravel) installed locally.
– [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-linux-unix-osx) installed locally.
– [NPM](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install) and Node.js installed locally.
– A Pusher application. Create one on [pusher.com](https://pusher.com).

Once you have verified you have the above requirements we can start creating our application.

## Setting up our prototype feedback application

Let us get started with setting up our application. Create a new Laravel application using the command below:

```
    $ laravel new your_application_name

```

When the installation is complete, `cd` to the application directory. Open the `.env` file and let us make a couple of changes in the file.

**Setting up our Database and Migrations**
The first thing to do is set up our database and create its migrations. Let us start by setting up the database. Replace the configuration items below:

```
    DB_CONNECTION=mysql
    DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
    DB_PORT=3306
    DB_DATABASE=homestead
    DB_USERNAME=homestead
    DB_PASSWORD=secret

```
with:

```
    DB_CONNECTION=sqlite

```

This will now make the application use SQLite as the database choice. In your terminal, run the command below to create a new SQLite database:

```
    $ touch database/database.sqlite

```

Now let us create some migrations which will create the required tables to the database. In your terminal, run the following command to create the migrations we will need:

```
    $ php artisan make:model Photo --migration --controller
    $ php artisan make:model PhotoComment --migration

```

The above command will create a model and then the `--migration` and `--controller` flags will instruct it to create a migration and a controller alongside the model.

For now, we are interested in the Model and the migration. Open the two migration files created in the `./database/migrations` directory. Let us first edit the `CreatePhotosTable` class. Replace the content of the `up` method with the following below:

```php 
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('photos', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->increments('id');
            $table->string('url')->unique();
            $table->string('image')->unique();
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

```

This will create the `photos` table when the migrations are run using the artisan command. It will also create new columns inside the table as specified above.

Open the second migration class, `CreatePhotoCommentsTable`, and replace the `up` method with the contents below:

```php 
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('photo_comments', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->increments('id');
            $table->unsignedInteger('photo_id');
            $table->text('comment');
            $table->integer('top')->default(0);
            $table->integer('left')->default(0);
            $table->timestamps();

            $table->foreign('photo_id')->references('id')->on('photos');
        });
    }

```

This will create the table `photo_comments` when the migration is run and also will create a foreign key to the `photos` table.

Now go to your terminal and run the command below to run the migrations:

```php 
    $ php artisan migrate

```

This should now create the database tables.

**Setting up the models**
Now that we have run our migrations, we need to make some changes to our model file so that it can work better with the table.

Open the `Photo` model and replace the contents with the following:

```php 
    <?php
    namespace App;

    use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

    class Photo extends Model
    {
        protected $with = ['comments'];

        protected $fillable = ['url', 'image'];

        public function comments()
        {
            return $this->hasMany(PhotoComment::class);
        }
    }

```

In the above, we have added the `fillable` property which stops us from having mass assignment exceptions when trying to update those columns using `Photo::create`. We also set the `with` property which just eager loads the `comments` relationship.

We have defined an Eloquent relationship `comments` that just says the `Photo` has many `PhotoComments`.

Open the `PhotoComment` model and replace the contents with the following:

```php 
    <?php
    namespace App;

    use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

    class PhotoComment extends Model
    {
        protected $fillable = ['photo_id', 'comment', 'top', 'left'];

        protected $appends = ['position'];

        public function getPositionAttribute()
        {
            return [
                'top' => $this->attributes['top'], 
                'left' => $this->attributes['left']
            ];
        }
    }

```

Just like the `Photo` model, we have defined the `fillable` property. We also use [Eloquent accessors](https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/eloquent-mutators#accessors-and-mutators) to configure a new property called `position` which is then appended because we specified that in the `appends` property.

**Setting up the frontend for our application**
The next thing we want to do is set up the frontend of our application. Let us start by installing a few NPM packages that we will need in the application. In your Terminal app, run the command below to install the needed packages:

```
    $ npm install --save laravel-echo pusher-js vue2-dropzone@^2.0.0
    $ npm install

```

This will install [Laravel Echo](https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/broadcasting#installing-laravel-echo), the [Pusher JS SDK](https://github.com/pusher/pusher-js) and [vue-dropzone](https://github.com/rowanwins/vue-dropzone). We will need these packages to handle realtime events later.

When the packages have been installed successfully, we can now start adding some HTML and JavaScript.

Open the `./routes/web.php` file and let’s add some routes. Replace the contents of the file with the contents below:

```php 
    <?php

    Route::post('/feedback/{image_url}/comment', 'PhotoController@comment');
    Route::get('/feedback/{image_url}', 'PhotoController@show');
    Route::post('/upload', 'PhotoController@upload');
    Route::view('/', 'welcome');

```

In the code above, we have defined a few routes. The first one will be handling `POST`ed feedback. The second route will display the image that is to receive feedback. The third route will handle uploads and the final route will display the homepage.

Now open the `./resources/views/welcome.blade.php` file and in there replace the contents with the following HTML code:

```html 
    <!doctype html>
    <html lang="{{ app()->getLocale() }}">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
        <meta name="csrf-token" content="{{csrf_token()}}">
        <title>Upload to get Feedback</title>
        <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400,600" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
        <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ asset('css/app.css') }}">
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="app">
            <div class="flex-center position-ref full-height">
                <div class="content">
                    <uploadarea></uploadarea>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <script src="js/app.js"></script>
    </body>
    </html>

```

This is a simple HTML document, and if you look closely, you will see a reference to an `uploadarea` tag which does not exist in HTML but is a Vue component.

Open the `./resources/assets/sass/app.scss` file and paste the following code below the import statements:

```html 
    html, body {
        background-color: #fff;
        color: #636b6f;
        font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
        font-weight: 100;
        height: 100vh;
        margin: 0;
    }
    .full-height {
        height: 100vh;
    }
    .flex-center {
        align-items: center;
        display: flex;
        justify-content: center;
    }
    .position-ref {
        position: relative;
    }
    .content {
        text-align: center;
    }
    .m-b-md {
        margin-bottom: 30px;
    }
    .dropzone.dz-clickable {
        width: 100vw;
        height: 100vh;
        .dz-message {
            span {
                font-size: 19px;
                font-weight: 600;
            }
        }
    }
    #canvas {
        width: 90%;
        margin: 0 auto;
        img {
            width: 100%;
        }
    }
    .modal {
      text-align: center;
      padding: 0!important;
      z-index: 9999;
    }
    .modal-backdrop.in {
        opacity: 0.8;
        filter: alpha(opacity=80);
    }
    .modal:before {
      content: '';
      display: inline-block;
      height: 100%;
      vertical-align: middle;
      margin-right: -4px;
    }
    .modal-dialog {
      display: inline-block;
      text-align: left;
      vertical-align: middle;
    }
    .image-hotspot {
        position: relative;
        > img {
            display: block;
            height: auto;
            transition: all .5s;
        }
    }
    .hotspot-point {
        z-index: 2;
        position: absolute;
        display: block;
        span {
            position: relative;
            display: flex;
            justify-content: center;
            align-items: center;
            width: 1.8em;
            height: 1.8em;
            background: #cf00f1;
            border-radius: 50%;
            animation: pulse 3s ease infinite;
            transition: background .3s;
            box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(#000, .2);
            &:after {
                content: attr(data-price);
                position: absolute;
                bottom: 130%;
                left: 50%;
                color: white;
                text-shadow: 0 1px black;
                font-weight: 600;
                font-size: 1.2em;
                opacity: 0;
                transform: translate(-50%, 10%) scale(.5);
                transition: all .25s;
            }
        }
        svg {
            opacity: 0;
            color: #cf00f1;
            font-size: 1.4em;
            transition: opacity .2s;
        }
        &:before,
        &:after  {
            content: '';
            position: absolute;
            top: 0;
            left: 0;
            width: 100%;
            height: 100%;
            border-radius: 50%;
            pointer-events: none;
        }
        &:before {
            z-index: -1;
            border: .15em solid rgba(#fff, .9);
            opacity: 0;
            transform: scale(2);
            transition: transform .25s, opacity .2s;
        }
        &:after {
            z-index: -2;
            background:#fff;
            animation: wave 3s linear infinite;
        }
        &:hover{
            span {
                animation: none;
                background: #fff;
                &:after {
                    opacity: 1;
                    transform: translate(-50%, 0) scale(1);
                }
            }
            svg {
                opacity: 1;
            }
            &:before {
                opacity: 1;
                transform: scale(1.5);
                animation: borderColor 2s linear infinite;
            }
            &:after {
                animation: none;
                opacity: 0;
            }
        }
    }
    @-webkit-keyframes pulse{
        0%, 100% { transform: scale(1); }
        50% { transform: scale(1.1); }
    }
    @keyframes pulse{
        0%, 100% { transform: scale(1); }
        50% { transform: scale(1.1); }
    }
    .popover {
        min-width: 250px;
    }

```

Save the file and exit. Now let’s move on to creating our Vue components.

## Using Vue to create the functionalities of our prototype feedback app

Open the `./resources/assets/js/app.js` file and in there let us create our Vue component. In this file find the line below:

```javascript 
    Vue.component('example', require('./components/Example.vue'));

```
and replace it with:

```javascript 
    Vue.component('uploadarea', require('./components/UploadArea.vue'));
    Vue.component('feedback', require('./components/FeedbackCanvas.vue'));

```

Now let us create our first Vue component. In the `./resources/assets/js/components` directory create a file called `UploadArea.vue`. In the new file paste in the following:

```javascript 
    <template>
        <dropzone ref="dropzone" id="dropzone"
                url="/upload"
                accepted-file-types="image/*"
                v-on:vdropzone-success="showImagePage"
                :headers="csrfHeader"
                class="flex-center position-ref full-height">
            <input type="hidden" name="csrf-token" :value="csrfToken">
        </dropzone>
    </template>

    <script>
    import Dropzone from 'vue2-dropzone';

    const LARAVEL_TOKEN = document.head.querySelector('meta[name="csrf-token"]').content

    export default {
        components: { Dropzone },
        data() {
            return {
                csrfToken: LARAVEL_TOKEN,
                csrfHeader: { 'X-CSRF-TOKEN': LARAVEL_TOKEN }
            }
        },
        methods: {
            showImagePage: (file, response) => {
                if (response.url) {
                    return window.location = `/feedback/${response.url}`;
                }
            }
        },
        mounted () {
            this.$refs.dropzone.dropzone.on('addedfile', function (file) {
                if (this.files.length > 1) {
                    this.removeFile(this.files[0])
                }
            })
        }
    }
    </script>

```

In the `template` section, we are simply using the Vue dropzone package to define an area through which files can be uploaded. You can view the documentation [here](https://github.com/rowanwins/vue-dropzone).

In the `script` section, we get the Laravel CSRF token from the header of the page and import the `Dropzone` component into our current Vue component.

In the `methods` property, we define a `showImagePage` method that just redirects the user to the image page after the image has been successfully uploaded. In the `mounted` method, we limit the dropzone file to allowing one file upload at a time.

Let us create our next Vue component. In the `./resources/assets/js/components` directory create a new file called `FeedbackCanvas.vue` and paste in the following:

```javascript 
    <template>
        <div class="feedback-area">
            <div class="content">
                <div id="canvas">
                    <div class="image-hotspot" id="imghotspot">
                        <transition-group name="hotspots">
                          <a
                            href="#"
                            class="hotspot-point"
                            v-for="(comment, index) in image.comments"
                            v-bind:style="{ left: comment.position.left+'%', top: comment.position.top+'%' }"
                            :key="index"
                            @click.prevent
                            data-placement="top"
                            data-toggle="popover"
                            :data-content="comment.comment"
                          >
                                <span>
                                    <svg class="icon icon-close" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
                                        <path d="M18.984 12.984h-6v6h-1.969v-6h-6v-1.969h6v-6h1.969v6h6v1.969z"></path>
                                    </svg>
                                </span>
                          </a>
                        </transition-group>
                        <img ref="img" :src="'/storage/'+image.image" id="loaded-img"  @click="addCommentPoint">
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <add-comment-modal :image="image"></add-comment-modal>
        </div>
    </template>

```

We have defined the `template` for our Vue component. This is the area where the image will be displayed and where feedback will be given.

Let us break some parts of it down a little. The `a` tag has a bunch of attributes set to it. The `v-for` loops through each comment/feedback the image has.

The `v-bind:style` applies a `style` attribute to the `a` tag using the `left` and `top` properties of the comment/feedback. We also have the `:data-content`, `data-toggle` and `data-placement` which Bootstrap needs for its [Popovers](https://www.w3schools.com/bootstrap/bootstrap_popover.asp).

The `img` tag has the `@click` event that fires the function `addCommentPoint` when an area of the image is clicked. And finally, there’s a Vue component `add-comment-modal` that accepts a property `image`. This component will display a form so anyone can leave a comment.

In this same file, after the closing `template` tag, paste in the following code:

```javascript 
    <script>
        let AddCommentModal = require('./AddCommentModal.vue')

        export default {
            props: ['photo'],
            components: { AddCommentModal },
            data() {
                return { image: this.photo }
            },
            mounted() {
                let vm = this

                Echo.channel(`feedback-${this.photo.id}`)
                    .listen('.added', (e) => {
                        // Look through the comments and if no comment matches the 
                        // existing comments, add it
                        if (vm.image.comments.filter((comment) => comment.id === e.comment.id).length === 0) {
                            vm.image.comments.push(e.comment)
                            $(document).ready(() => $('[data-toggle="popover"]').popover())
                        }
                    })
            },
            created() {
                /** Activate popovers */
                $(document).ready(() => $('[data-toggle="popover"]').popover());

                /** Calculates the coordinates of the click point */
                this.calculateClickCordinates = function (evt) {
                    let rect = evt.target.getBoundingClientRect()
                    return {
                        left: Math.floor((evt.clientX - rect.left - 7) * 100 / this.$refs.img.width),
                        top: Math.floor((evt.clientY - rect.top - 7) * 100 / this.$refs.img.height)
                    }
                }

                /** Removes comments that have not been saved */
                this.removeUnsavedComments = function () {
                    var i = this.image.comments.length
                    while (i--) {
                        if ( ! this.image.comments[i]['id']) {
                            this.image.comments.splice(i, 1)
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            methods: {
                addCommentPoint: function(evt) {
                    let vm       = this
                    let position = vm.calculateClickCordinates(evt)
                    let count    = this.image.comments.push({ position })

                    // Show the modal and add a callback for when the modal is closed
                    let modalElem = $("#add-modal")
                    modalElem.data({"comment-index": count-1, "comment-position": position})
                    modalElem.modal("show").on("hide.bs.modal", () => vm.removeUnsavedComments())
                }
            },
        }
    </script>

```

> 💡 **The**`**created**` **and**`**mounted**` **methods are hooks that are called automatically during the creation of the Vue component. You can** [**learn about Vue lifecycle here**](https://alligator.io/vuejs/component-lifecycle)**.**

In the `mounted` method, we use Laravel Echo to listen to a Pusher channel. The channel name depends on the ID of the image currently being viewed. Each image will have broadcasts on a different channel based on the ID of the image.

When the `added` event is triggered on the `feedback-$id` channel, it looks through the available `image.comments` and, if the comment broadcasted does not exist, it adds it to the comments array.

In the `create` method, We activate Bootstrap popovers, define a function that calculates the coordinates of the click point, and we define a function that removes comments that have not been saved from the `image.comments` array.

Under `methods` we define the `addCommentPoint` method which calculates the click coordinates, and then launches a new Bootstrap modal which is going to be created in the `add-comment-modal` Vue component.

For Laravel Echo to work, we need to open the `./resources/assets/js/bootstrap.js` file and add the code below at the bottom of the file:

```javascript 
    import Echo from 'laravel-echo'

    window.Pusher = require('pusher-js');

    window.Echo = new Echo({
        broadcaster: 'pusher',
        key: 'PUSHER_KEY',
        encrypted: true,
        cluster: 'PUSHER_CLUSTER'
    });

```

You should replace `PUSHER_KEY` and `PUSHER_CLUSTER` with the key and cluster for your Pusher application.

Now lets create our next Vue component, `AddCommentModal.vue`. It is already referenced in our `FeedbackCanvas.vue` Vue component.

Create an `AddCommentModal.vue` file in the same directory as our other Vue components. In this file paste in the code below:

```javascript 
    <template>
      <div id="add-modal" class="modal fade" role="dialog" data-backdrop="static" data-keyboard="false">
          <div class="modal-dialog">
              <div class="modal-content">
                  <form method="post" :action="'/feedback/'+photo.url+'post'" @submit.prevent="submitFeedback()">
                      <div class="modal-header">
                          <h4 class="modal-title">Add Feedback</h4>
                      </div>
                      <div class="modal-body">
                          <textarea name="feedback" id="feedback-provided" cols="10" rows="5" class="form-control" v-model="feedback" placeholder="Enter feedback..." required minlength="2" maxlength="2000"></textarea>
                      </div>
                      <div class="modal-footer">
                          <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary pull-right">Submit</button>
                          <button type="button" class="btn btn-default pull-left" data-dismiss="modal">Cancel</button>
                      </div>
                  </form>
              </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </template>

    <script>
    export default {
        props: ['image'],
        data() {
            return { photo: this.image, feedback: null }
        },
        methods: {
            submitFeedback: function () {
                let vm = this
                let modal = $('#add-modal')
                let position = modal.data("comment-position")

                // Create url and payload
                let url = `/feedback/${this.photo.url}/comment`;
                let payload = {comment: this.feedback, left: position.left, top: position.top}
                axios.post(url, payload).then(response => {
                    this.feedback = null
                    modal.modal('hide')
                    vm.photo.comments[modal.data('comment-index')] = response.data
                    $(document).ready(() => $('[data-toggle="popover"]').popover())
                })
            }
        }
    }
    </script>

```

In the `template` section, we have defined a typical Bootstrap modal. In the modal form, we have attached a call to `submitFeedback()` which is triggered when the form is submitted.

In the `script` section, we have defined the `submitFeedback()` method in the `methods` property of the Vue component. This function simply sends a comment to the backend for storage. If there is a favorable response from the API, the Bootstrap modal is hidden and the comment is appended to the `image.comments` array. The Bootstrap popover is then reloaded so it picks up the changes.

With that final change, we have defined all our Vue components. Open your terminal and run the command below to build your JS and CSS assets:

```
    $ npm run dev

```

Great! Now let’s build the backend.

## Creating the Endpoints for our prototype feedback application

In your terminal, enter the command below:

```
    php artisan make:event FeedbackAdded

```

This will create an event class called `FeedbackAdded`. We will use this file to trigger events to Pusher when we add some feedback.This will make feedback appear in realtime to anyone looking at the image.

Open the `PhotoController` class and replace the contents with the code below:

```javascript 
    <?php
    namespace App\Http\Controllers;

    use App\Events\FeedbackAdded;
    use App\{Photo, PhotoComment};

    class PhotoController extends Controller
    {
        public function show($url)
        {
            $photo = Photo::whereUrl($url)->firstOrFail();

            return view('image', compact('photo'));
        }

        public function comment(string $url)
        {
            $photo = Photo::whereUrl($url)->firstOrFail();

            $data = request()->validate([
                "comment" => "required|between:2,2000",
                "left" => "required|numeric|between:0,100",
                "top"  => "required|numeric|between:0,100",
            ]);

            $comment = $photo->comments()->save(new PhotoComment($data));

            event(new FeedbackAdded($photo->id, $comment->toArray()));

            return response()->json($comment);
        }

        public function upload()
        {
            request()->validate(['file' => 'required|image']);

            $gibberish = md5(str_random().time());

            $imgName = "{$gibberish}.".request('file')->getClientOriginalExtension();

            request('file')->move(public_path('storage'), $imgName);

            $photo = Photo::create(['image' => $imgName, 'url' => $gibberish]);

            return response()->json($photo->toArray());
        }
    }

```

In the above, we have a `show` method which shows an image so people can leave feedback on it. Next, there is the `comment` method that saves a new comment on an image. The final method is the `upload` method that simply uploads an image to the server and saves it to the database.

Let us create the view for the `show` method. Create a new file in the `./resources/views` directory called `image.blade.php`. In this file, paste the code below:

```php 
    <!doctype html>
    <html lang="{{ app()->getLocale() }}">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
        <meta name="csrf-token" content="{{csrf_token()}}">
        <title>Laravel</title>
        <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400,600" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
        <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ asset('css/app.css') }}">
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="app">
            <feedback :photo='@json($photo)'></feedback>
        </div>
        <script src="{{asset('js/app.js')}}"></script>
    </body>
    </html>

```

In the above, the only thing that stands out is the `feedback` tag and it is basically in reference to the feedback Vue component we built earlier in the article. Every other thing is just basic Blade and HTML.

Now that we have created the view, we need to add the directory for uploads defined in the `upload` method. In your terminal, run the command below:

```
    $ php artisan storage:link

```

This command will create a symlink from the `./storage` directory to the `./public/storage` directory. If you look in the `./public` directory you should see the symlink.

Now that we have created the backend to support our web application, we need to add Pusher to the backend so that the comments made are broadcasted and can be picked up by other people browsing the image.

## Adding realtime functionality to the prototype feedback app using Pusher

Open your terminal and enter the command below to install the [Pusher PHP SDK](https://github.com/pusher/pusher-http-php):

```
    $ composer require pusher/pusher-php-server "~3.0" 

```

Open the `.env` file and scroll to the bottom and configure the Pusher keys as seen below:

```
    PUSHER_APP_ID="PUSHER_ID"
    PUSHER_APP_KEY="PUSHER_KEY"
    PUSHER_APP_SECRET="PUSHER_SECRET" 

```

Also in the same file, look for the `BROADCAST_DRIVER` and change it from `log` to `pusher`.

Next, open the `./config/broadcasting.php` and scroll to the `pusher` key. Replace the `options` key of that configuration to the code below:

```
    // ...
    'options' => [
        'cluster' => 'PUSHER_CLUSTER',
        'encrypted' => true
    ], 
    // ...

```

> 💡 **Remember to replace the**`**PUSHER_ID**`**,**`**PUSHER_KEY**`**,**`**PUSHER_SECRET**` **and**`**PUSHER_CLUSTER**` **with the values from your Pusher application.**

Now, open the `FeedbackAdded` class and replace the contents with the code below:

```php 
    <?php

    namespace App\Events;

    use Illuminate\Broadcasting\Channel;
    use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
    use Illuminate\Foundation\Events\Dispatchable;
    use Illuminate\Broadcasting\InteractsWithSockets;
    use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\ShouldBroadcast;

    class FeedbackAdded implements ShouldBroadcast
    {
        use Dispatchable, InteractsWithSockets, SerializesModels;

        public $comment;

        public $photo_id;

        public function __construct(int $photo_id, array $comment)
        {
            $this->comment = $comment;
            $this->photo_id = $photo_id;
        }

        public function broadcastOn()
        {
            return new Channel("feedback-{$this->photo_id}");
        }

        public function broadcastAs()
        {
            return 'added';
        }
    }

```

In the class above, we define the `comment` object and the `photo_id` which will be used to compose the channel name in the `broadcastOn` method. We also define the `broadcastAs` method which will allow us to customise the name of the event being sent to Pusher.

That’s all. Now, let’s run our application. In your terminal, run the code below:

```
    $ php artisan serve

```

![](https://blog.pusher.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Create-a-realtime-design-feedback-app-using-VueJS-Pusher-and-Laravel-2-789x600.png)

This should start a new PHP server and you can then use that to test your application. Go to the URL given and you should see your application.

## Conclusion

In this article, we have successfully created a prototype application’s feedback feature that will allow designers share their designs with others and receive feedback on them. If you have questions or feedback, please leave them as a comment below.

The source code to the application is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/neoighodaro/Design-Prototype-Feedback-Application).

This post first appeared on the [Pusher blog](https://blog.pusher.com/create-realtime-prototype-feedback-app-using-vuejs-pusher/).