Notify like a boss with Sweet Alert and Laravel

Published on August 9, 2015 (updated 2 years ago)

This article covers how to user Sweet Alert Notifications with Laravel.

Alerts are Front End Logs

Even for the smallest web application it could be useful to display some little messages to the end user. What comes first in mind is the javascript alert() function. Yes, but it is ugly! What if we need something custom? Something designed? Something with the ability to display more than just a message?

SweetAlert at the Rescue

SweetAlert is an easy-to-use library written by Tristan Edwards that aims to replace JavaScript's existing "alert" and "prompt" features with better-looking versions. It automatically centers itself on the page and looks great no matter if you're using a desktop computer, mobile or tablet.

In a nutshell it can display a basic message, a title with a text under, a success message, a warning message with a confirm function, a message with a custom icon, an html message, a message with an auto close timer, a replacement for the Javascript's "prompt" function, it can run a callback on cancel action and display a loader for Ajax request,... Customizable any way you wish.

SweetAlert Documentation

SweetAlert on Github

SweetAlert and Laravel

Using SweetAlert with Laravel is something easy to implement but we still have to deal with session (flash) values and to write some blade/html lines to implement the logic. Tristan Edwards wrote a tutorial on how to install and use SweetAlert.

SweetAlert for Laravel

Because Laravel is magic and the community is awesome, someone had to write and share a package. Uziel Bueno did it and guess what, he did a fantastic work. Using SweetAlert with Laravel is now a breeze.

Install the SweetAlert package for Laravel

Require the package within the composer.json file and run the composer update command.

"require": {
    "uxweb/sweet-alert": "~1.1"
}

Include the service provider within the app/config/app.php file.

'providers' => [
    //...
    'UxWeb\SweetAlert\SweetAlertServiceProvider'
];

Include the Facade alias within the app/config/app.php file (optional).

'aliases' => [
    //...
    'Alert' => 'UxWeb\SweetAlert\SweetAlert'
];

Download and install the SweetAlert library from your favorite flavor.

From the website

From the source

Or with Bower

bower install sweetalert

Enable the SweetAlert package for Laravel

Include to your master layout or within any blade template the following lines:

The sweetalert.css file
The sweetalert.min.js file
The @include('sweet::alert') blade include

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Document</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/sweetalert.css">
</head>
<body>

    <div class="container">
        <p>Content</p>
    </div>

    <script src="js/sweetalert.min.js"></script>

    <!-- Include this after the sweet alert js file -->
    @include('sweet::alert')

</body>
</html>

Use the SweetAlert package for Laravel

SweetAlert for Laravel may be used in two flavors, with the Facade and with a helper function. In both situations you will have access to the same methods:

message($text, $title = '', $type = null)

Displays a simple alert with a message and an optional title.

basic($text, $title)

Displays a basic alert message with a title.

info($text, $title = '')

Displays an info alert and an optional title.

success($text, $title = '')

Displays a success alert and an optional title.

error($text, $title = '')

Displays an error alert and an optional title.

warning($text, $title = '')

Displays a warning alert and an optional title.

autoclose($milliseconds = 1800)

Sets the delay before autoclosing the alert. By default, all alerts will dismiss after 1800 milliseconds.

persistent($buttonText = 'OK')

Makes the alert persistent with a confirmation button.

The Facade

Alert::

public function foo()
{
    //...

    Alert::message('Message', 'Optional Title');
    Alert::basic('Basic Message', 'Mandatory Title');
    Alert::info('Info Message', 'Optional Title');
    Alert::success('Success Message', 'Optional Title');
    Alert::error('Error Message', 'Optional Title');
    Alert::warning('Warning Message', 'Optional Title');

    Alert::basic('Basic Message', 'Mandatory Title')
        ->autoclose(3500);

    Alert::error('Error Message', 'Optional Title')
        ->persistent('Close');

    return redirect('/');
}

The Helper

alert($message = null, $title = '')

In addition to the previous listed methods you can also just use the helper function without specifying any message type. Doing so is similar to:

alert()->message('Message', 'Optional Title')

Like with the Facade we can use the helper with the same methods:

public function foo()
{
    //...

    alert()->message('Message', 'Optional Title');
    alert()->basic('Basic Message', 'Mandatory Title');
    alert()->info('Info Message', 'Optional Title');
    alert()->success('Success Message', 'Optional Title');
    alert()->error('Error Message', 'Optional Title');
    alert()->warning('Warning Message', 'Optional Title');

    alert()->basic('Basic Message', 'Mandatory Title')
        ->autoclose(3500);

    alert()->error('Error Message', 'Optional Title')
        ->persistent('Close');

    return redirect('/');
}

Customize the SweetAlert package for Laravel

To customize the partial run the following command:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider='UxWeb\SweetAlert\SweetAlertServiceProvider'

The partial is located within the resources/views/vendor/sweet/ directory.

The complete list of available options can be found in the SweetAlert documentation.

Options

However we can use the following configuration options offered by the package to customize the view:

Session::get('sweet_alert.text')
Session::get('sweet_alert.type')
Session::get('sweet_alert.title')
Session::get('sweet_alert.confirmButtonText')
Session::get('sweet_alert.showConfirmButton')
Session::get('sweet_alert.allowOutsideClick')
Session::get('sweet_alert.timer')

Default View

Here is the default view provided by the package:

@if (Session::has('sweet_alert.alert'))
    <script>
        swal({!! Session::get('sweet_alert.alert') !!});
    </script>
@endif

Custom View

You can completely rewrite and customize the view to your needs by mixing the built-in and package options.

@if (Session::has('sweet_alert.alert'))
    <script>
        swal({
            text: "{!! Session::get('sweet_alert.text') !!}",
            title: "{!! Session::get('sweet_alert.title') !!}",
            timer: {!! Session::get('sweet_alert.timer') !!},
            type: "{!! Session::get('sweet_alert.type') !!}",
            showConfirmButton: "{!! Session::get('sweet_alert.showConfirmButton') !!}",
            confirmButtonText: "{!! Session::get('sweet_alert.confirmButtonText') !!}",
            confirmButtonColor: "#AEDEF4"

            // more options
        });
    </script>
@endif

Note that you must use "" (double quotes) to wrap the values except for the timer option value.

Happy coding.

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