Recording an Authoriser

When one person acts and another approves, keep the person who acted as the activity's actor. Record approval separately and exclude it from displayed feeds so you can still query who approved. If the model already stores the approver in a column or status field, use that record.

Recording an Approval

routes/feed.php

use App\Models\Photo;
use Storyfeed\ActivityStreams\ActivityType;
use Storyfeed\Facades\Story;

Story::for(Photo::class)->verb('approve')
    ->type(ActivityType::Accept)
    ->headline(':actor approved :object'); // needed even when feeds leave it out

Story::for(Photo::class)->verb('publish')
    ->headline(':actor published :object to :target');

Fluent Syntax

Storyfeed::activity() // the contributor's activity
    ->by($photo->user) 
    ->action('publish', $photo)
    ->to($photo->menuItem)
    ->publish();

Storyfeed::activity() // the approval; exclude its verb from displayed feeds
    ->by($request->user()) 
    ->action('approve', $photo)
    ->publish();

Named Arguments

Storyfeed::record( // the contributor's activity
    verb: 'publish',
    object: $photo,
    actor: $photo->user, 
    target: $photo->menuItem,
);

Storyfeed::record( // the approval; exclude its verb from displayed feeds
    verb: 'approve',
    object: $photo,
    actor: $request->user(), 
);

Filtering Approval Activities

app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.phpboot()

use Storyfeed\Facades\Storyfeed;
use Storyfeed\FeedBuilder;

Storyfeed::feeds([
    'shop' => fn (FeedBuilder $feed) => $feed->only(['publish', 'reprice']),
]);

The shop feed includes only publish and reprice, excluding approvals. For a feed without only(), call except('approve').

Use this for moderation, approval by a second person, or drafts released by someone else. Separate activities preserve each person's role and let you find the approval with involving().

Finding the Approver

In your controller or view model, retrieve the photo's latest approve activity in log mode. Its actor is the approver:

Where the approver is shown: a controller or a view model

use Storyfeed\Facades\Storyfeed;

$approval = Storyfeed::feed()
    ->involving($photo)
    ->verb('approve')
    ->log()
    ->limit(1)
    ->get()
    ->items()[0] ?? null;

$approvedBy = $approval['actor']['label'] ?? null;
$approvedAt = $approval['published_at'] ?? null;

ActivityType::Accept maps the approval to Activity Streams Accept. The contributor remains the actor of the publication activity.

Displaying Approvals

Display the approver's name and approval time under the published activity. The lookup requires one query per photo, so for long lists, also copy the approver's name into the published activity's data. Keep the approval activity as the original record.