How can I save url and local images? - laravel-backpack

Question

I'm working on a project that uses the Spotify API. I get all the top tracks and top artists from users. I save the information into my database, the image that I get from Spotify is a URL image. Like this https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27300d5163a674cf57fe79866a6
In my CMS I want to be able to change the image of an artist or track. For this, I copied the code from the docs https://backpackforlaravel.com/docs/4.1/crud-fields#image-1 "public function setImageAttribute($value) and put this in my model. Everything is working fine for this part, I can upload a new image and it saves into my public folder and gets displayed in my table.
The problem that I have is that when a new user logs in and the artist/track data needs to be saved in the database it goes through this setImageAttribute($value) in the model and doesn't add the URL into the database column.
Is there a way that I can add the URL image without going through the setImageAttribute function in the model?
The controller:
//get Top Artists
$client = new Client([]);
$topartists = $client->get('https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/artists?time_range=medium_term&limit=25&offset=5', [
'headers' => [
'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $token,
],
]);
$listtopartists = json_decode($topartists->getBody(), true);
$p = 25;
foreach ($listtopartists['items'] as $topartist) {
$artist = TopArtist::where('artist_id', $topartist['id'])->first();
$artist_genre = json_encode($topartist['genres']);
if ($artist === null) {
$new_artist = TopArtist::create([
'artist_id' => $topartist['id'],
'name' => $topartist['name'],
'genres' => $artist_genre,
'users_popularity' => $p,
'popularity' => $topartist['popularity'],
'image' => $topartist['images'][0]['url'],
'url' => $topartist['external_urls']['spotify'],
]);
$spotify_user->topArtists()->attach($new_artist->id);
} else {
$exists = $spotify_user->topArtists()->where('spotify_user_id', $spotify_user->id)->where('top_artist_id', $artist->id)->get();
if ($exists->isEmpty()) {
$spotify_user->topArtists()->attach($artist->id);
}
}
$p--;
}
The Model:
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
class TopArtist extends Model
{
use \Backpack\CRUD\app\Models\Traits\CrudTrait;
use HasFactory;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'artist_id',
'name',
'popularity',
'users_popularity',
'url',
'image',
'genres',
'status',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be cast to native types.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $casts = [
'id' => 'integer',
'status' => 'boolean',
];
public function setImageAttribute($value)
{
$attribute_name = "image";
// or use your own disk, defined in config/filesystems.php
$disk = config('backpack.base.root_disk_name');
// destination path relative to the disk above
$destination_path = "public/storage/artists";
// if the image was erased
if ($value==null) {
// delete the image from disk
\Storage::disk($disk)->delete($this->{$attribute_name});
// set null in the database column
$this->attributes[$attribute_name] = null;
}
// if a base64 was sent, store it in the db
if (Str::startsWith($value, 'data:image'))
{
$image = \Image::make($value)->encode('jpg', 90);
$filename = md5($value.time()).'.jpg';
\Storage::disk($disk)->put($destination_path.'/'.$filename, $image->stream());
\Storage::disk($disk)->delete($this->{$attribute_name});
$public_destination_path = Str::replaceFirst('public/', '', $destination_path);
$this->attributes[$attribute_name] = $public_destination_path.'/'.$filename;
}
}
public function spotifyUsers()
{
return $this->belongsToMany(\App\Models\SpotifyUser::class);
}
}

Answer 1

I fixed it, I had to add an else statement after
if (Str::startsWith($value, 'data:image'))
in the model where I set $this->attributes[$attribute_name] = $value;.