WIP booking updated feature

app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php

@@ -21,4 +21,9 @@ class UserController extends Controller
         $user = Auth::user();
         return $user->loadMissing('notifications');
     }
+
+    public function notifications()
+    {
+        return auth()->user()->unreadNotifications()->limit(5)->get()->toArray();
+    }
 }

app/Http/Kernel.php

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
             // \Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
             // \App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class,
             \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
+            \App\Http\Middleware\MarkNotificationAsRead::class,
         ],
 
         'api' => [

app/Http/Middleware/MarkNotificationAsRead.php

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Middleware;
+
+use Closure;
+
+class MarkNotificationAsRead
+{
+    /**
+     * Handle an incoming request.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
+     * @param  \Closure  $next
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
+    {
+        if($request->has('read')) {
+            $notification = $request->user()->notifications()->where('id', $request->read)->first();
+            if($notification) {
+                $notification->markAsRead();
+            }
+        }
+        return $next($request);
+    }
+}