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Generate Open Graph Images for Blog Posts
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use GDText\Box;
use GDText\Color;
use App\Models\Post;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
class OpenGraphImageController extends Controller
{
/**
* Display the specified resource.
*
* @param \App\Models\Post $post
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function show(Post $post, $domain = null)
{
$blog = $user->setting('title', $user->username);
$title = $post->title;
$time = $post->readingTime;
$key = md5("opengraph.{$blog}.{$title}.{$time}");
$image = Cache::remember($key, now()->addDays(1), function () use ($blog, $title, $time) {
$image = imagecreatetruecolor(1200, 630);
$backgroundColor = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0);
imagefill($image, 0, 0, $backgroundColor);
$box = new Box($image);
$box->setTextAlign('left', 'top');
$border = 40;
// user
$box->setFontFace(
resource_path('fonts/Inter-Regular.otf')
);
$box->setFontColor(new Color(102, 102, 102));
$box->setFontSize(38);
$box->setBox($border, $border, 1200 - $border - $border, 630 - $border - $border);
$box->draw($blog);
// title
$box->setFontFace(
resource_path('fonts/Inter-Medium.otf')
);
$box->setFontColor(new Color(255, 255, 255));
$box->setFontSize(64);
$box->setBox($border, $border + 80, 1200 - $border - $border, 630 - 120 - $border);
$box->draw($title);
// reading time
$box->setFontFace(
resource_path('fonts/Inter-Regular.otf')
);
$box->setFontColor(new Color(102, 102, 102));
$box->setFontSize(38);
$box->setBox($border, 630 - $border - 38*1.3, 1200 - $border - $border, 630 - $border - $border);
$box->draw($time);
ob_start();
imagepng($image);
return ob_get_clean();
});
return response($image, 200)
->header('Content-Type', 'image/png');
}
}
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Post extends Model
{
public function getWordCountAttribute()
{
return str_word_count($this->bodyAsPlainText);
}
public function getReadingTimeAttribute()
{
$minutes = ceil($this->wordCount / 225);
return $minutes . ' minute' . ($minutes == 1 ? '' : 's');
}
}
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