How to register Laraval Nova Action

Nova is a framework that allows you to create your own custom content types. You can use this to add extra fields to your content type. This is useful if you want to add extra information about your content.

Nova action is used to perform the custom task on one or more eloquent models. For example, you can use an action to send an email by user id that you select with the contained data.

To register a Laravel Nova action, follow these steps:

1. Create the Action:

   - Create a new PHP class that extends the `Laravel\Nova\Actions\Action` class.

   - Implement the `handle` method, which contains the logic for your action.

   - Optionally, you can also implement other methods such as `fields`, `messages`, or confirmText` to customize your action further.

   Here's an example of a basic Nova action class:

   namespace App\Nova\Actions;

   use Laravel\Nova\Actions\Action;

   use Laravel\Nova\Fields\ActionFields;

   class MyAction extends Action

   {

       public function handle(ActionFields $fields)

       {

           // Action logic goes here

       }

   }

2. Register the Action:

   - Open the `app\Nova\NovaServiceProvider.php` file.

   - Find the `actions` method within the `NovaServiceProvider` class.

   - Inside the `actions` method, call the `add` method on the `$this->actions` object, passing the fully qualified class name of your action as the argument.

   public function actions()

   {

       return [

           new \App\Nova\Actions\MyAction,

       ];

   }

 

   If the `actions` method does not exist in the `NovaServiceProvider`, you can create it.

3. Use the Action in a Resource:

   - Open the Nova resource file where you want to add the action.

   - Inside the `actions` method of the resource class, add the action using the `withActions` method.

 

   public function actions(Request $request)

   {

       return [

           (new MyAction)->withConfirmation(),

       ];

   }

   You can also chain other methods to customize the action, such as `withConfirmation()` to show a confirmation dialog or `canSee()` to control the visibility of the action based on certain conditions.

That's it! Your Laravel Nova action is now registered and ready to be used within your Nova application. You can use it as a button or link in your resource index or detail views to perform the desired action when clicked.