Split trip data retrieval into own controller method

app/Http/Controllers/TrackerController.php

@@ -12,19 +12,64 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 
 class TrackerController extends Controller
 {
+    /**
+     * Show the list of past trips.
+     * TODO: Get these from the Wayward API rather than hard-coding them.
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\View\View
+     */
     public function show_past_trips_list() {
         return view('past-trips');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Show a trip in tracker app.
+     *
+     * @param Request $request
+     * @param string? $tripId
+     * @return \Illuminate\View\View
+     */
     public function show_trip(Request $request, string $tripId = null) {
-        if (!$tripId && !config('app.current_trip_id')) return view('no-trip');
+        $tripId = $tripId ?? config('app.current_trip_id');
+        if (!$tripId) return view('no-trip');
 
         $viewMode = $request->input('show', null);
+        $tripData = $this->get_trip_data($tripId);
 
-        // If there is a file in the local cache that is less than 1–3 hours old
+        return view(
-        // (depending on whether it was actively tracking at last check), use that.
+            'tracker', 
+            [
+                'trip' => $tripData, 
+                'showAllCheckins' => ($viewMode === 'all')
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves a trip from the local cache, or from the Wayward API.
+     *
+     * The retrieval algorithm is as follows:
+     * 1. If no local cache exists, download the trip data
+     * 2. If a local cache exists:
+     *   1. If the trip is inactive (i.e., finished), use the cache
+     *   2. If the trip is active:
+     *     1. If the trip was actively tracking at last check, use the
+     *        cache if it's less than an hour old. Otherwise, download 
+     *        the new trip data. 
+     *     2. If the trip was not actively tracking at lest check, use
+     *        the cache if it's less than three hours old. Otherwise,
+     *        download the new trip data.
+     * 3. If new trip data is downloaded, overwrite any cached data.
+     *
+     * @param string $tripId
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_trip_data(string $tripId) {
         $tripFileName = ( $tripId ?? config('app.current_trip_id') ) . '.json';
 
+        // Returns the cached trip data if the trip is inactive (i.e., finished)
+        // or less than 1–3 hours old, depending on whether it was tracking
+        // at last check or not.
         if (Storage::disk('local')->exists($tripFileName)) {
             Log::debug("Cached trip file '{$tripFileName}' found...");
             $cachedData = json_decode(Storage::disk('local')->get($tripFileName))->trip;
@@ -39,17 +84,15 @@ class TrackerController extends Controller
 
                 if ($cachedDataAge <= $cachingTimeout) {
                     Log::debug("Cached trip file '{$tripFileName}' is younger than {$cachingTimeout} hours, showing from cache...");
-                    return view('tracker', ['trip' => $cachedData, 'showAllCheckins' => ($viewMode === 'all')]);
+                    return $cachedData;
                 }
             } else {
                 Log::debug("Cached trip file '{$tripFileName}' is for an old trip, showing from cache...");
-                return view('tracker', ['trip' => $cachedData, 'showAllCheckins' => ($viewMode === 'all')]);
+                return $cachedData;
             }
         }
 
-        /*
+        // Otherwise, download the trip data from the Wayward API.
-         * Otherwise, download the latest tracking data.
-         */
         Log::debug("No cached trip file found for '{$tripFileName}'.");
         $client = new Client([
             'base_uri' => 'https://app.wayward.travel/',
@@ -57,11 +100,12 @@ class TrackerController extends Controller
         ]);
         $response = $client->get('trip/'.($tripId ?? config('app.current_trip_id')).'/user/zmld8ko6qy7d9j3xvq10/json');
 
-        if ($response->getStatusCode() == 200) {
+        switch ($response->getStatusCode()) {
+        case 200:
             $data = json_decode($response->getBody());
 
-            // Cache the downloaded file if it does not exist locally.
+                // Cache the downloaded file if it does not exist locally.
-            if (Storage::disk('local')->missing($tripFileName)) {
+                if (Storage::disk('local')->missing($tripFileName)) {
                 Log::debug("Caching new trip file '{$tripFileName}'.");
                 Storage::disk('local')->put($tripFileName, json_encode($data));
             } else {
@@ -76,10 +120,10 @@ class TrackerController extends Controller
                 }
             }
 
-            return view('tracker', ['trip' => $data->trip, 'showAllCheckins' => ($viewMode === 'all')]);
+            return $data->trip;
-        } else {
+        default:
-            // TODO: Return proper error
+            // TODO: Add proper error handling.
-            return 'Something went wrong';
+            return "Something went wrong";
         }
     }
 }