[FR] make it possible to overwrite the models

[goellner]

It would be amazing, if we could overwrite the models. For example iI would need to add more columns to the ShortURLVisit.
Maybe add it to the config as described here: https://freek.dev/2442-strategies-for-making-laravel-packages-customizable

Let me explain my example a bit more: Would need to add a custom column called type which would just be a string/enum column with lets say qr and link values. My target url would include a query param ?type=qr and this should be tracked in the short_url_visits.type column.

By using my own model i can add the column to the fillable properties. The next bit that would need customising is the trackVisit function in the Resolver.

[ash-jc-allen]

Hey @goellner! I think this is something that could potentially be pretty cool! 😄

However I'm a bit worried that it might be out of the scope of the package and add more complexity for me to maintain. I think this might be something that would be better to implement in the app code rather than in the package code (at least for the time being).

If enough people think this would be useful though, this is something I'll definitely consider adding in the future 🙂

[goellner]

thank you for the quick response. an alternative idea: maybe an easier route would be to add a data (json) column to the visits table and an extendable method, where a package user can hook into and store whatever we need. if we get the short url model in the method, then we could easily do whats needed for our tracking