staffmanager/app/Http/Controllers/VoteController.php

<?php

/*
 * Copyright © 2020 Miguel Nogueira
 *
 *   This file is part of Raspberry Staff Manager.
 *
 *     Raspberry Staff Manager is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *     (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *     Raspberry Staff Manager is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *     GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *     along with Raspberry Staff Manager.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Application;
use App\Http\Requests\VoteRequest;
use App\Vote;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

class VoteController extends Controller
{
    public function vote(VoteRequest $voteRequest, Application $application)
    {
        $this->authorize('create', Vote::class);

        $vote = Vote::create([
            'userID' => Auth::user()->id,
            'allowedVoteType' => $voteRequest->voteType,
        ]);
        $vote->application()->attach($application->id);

        Log::info('User '.Auth::user()->name.' has voted in applicant '.$application->user->name.'\'s application', [
            'voteType' => $voteRequest->voteType,
        ]);
        $voteRequest->session()->flash('success', 'Your vote has been registered!');

        // Cron job will run command that processes votes
        return redirect()->back();
    }
}