get data after save excel file with `maatwebsite/excel` - php

Question

Project in Laravel (9), and PHP (8.1).
I want to import an excel file and use maatwebsite/excel (3.1) package.
I can import a file, and save the file into the model, like this:
import class:
class BankTransfersHistoryImport implements ToModel, WithHeadingRow, WithValidation
{
use Importable;
/**
* #param array $row
*
* #return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|null
*/
public function model(array $row)
{
return new BankTransfersHistory([
'loanId' => $row['loanId'],
'actionDate' => transformDate($row['actionDate']),
'worth' => $row['worth'],
.
.
]);
}
public function headingRow(): int
{
return 2;
}
public function rules(): array
{
return [
'*.loanId' => ['required', 'numeric'],
... some roles ...
];
}
}
controller:
$import = new BankTransfersHistoryImport;
try {
// date validation
$collection = $import->toCollection($file);
... some validation about the date ...
$import->import($file);
... check and update rows ...
return [
"message" => some message,
"data" => [
some data
],
];
} catch (\Maatwebsite\Excel\Validators\ValidationException$e) {
$failures = $e->failures();
foreach ($failures as $failure) {
$failure->row(); // row that went wrong
$failure->attribute(); // either heading key (if using heading row concern) or column index
$failure->errors(); // Actual error messages from Laravel validator
$failure->values(); // The values of the row that has failed.
}
return $failures;
}
My question is:
If I can get the response of the file after saving the data, and that will give me the data with the id of the row that was saved.
In some cases, I will have to update a row. That's why I would like to get the ID.
Now in the check and update rows section, I update by loanId + actionDate. I want it to be done by ID.
something like this:
code:
$data = $import->import($file);
data will be like:
[
{
"id": 1,
"loanId": 21001,
"actionDate": "2020-01-02T00:00:00.000000Z",
"worth": 2997.09,
"offerId": 1,
},
{
"id": 2,
"loanId": 21002,
"actionDate": "2020-01-02T00:00:00.000000Z",
"worth": 3000,
"offerId": 10,
},
]

Answer 1

You can create a function on import class which will return the imported data, adding a sample for your reference.
UsersImport.php
<?php
namespace App\Imports;
use App\Models\User;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\ToModel;
class UsersImport implements ToModel
{
private $rows;
public function __construct() {
$this->rows = collect();
}
/**
* #param array $row
*
* #return User|null
*/
public function model(array $row)
{
$user = new User([
'name' => $row[0],
'email' => $row[1],
'password' => bcrypt(12345678),
]);
$this->rows->push($user);
return $user;
}
/**
* Returns Imported Data
*
* #return \Illuminate\Support\Collection
*/
public function getImportedData(): \Illuminate\Support\Collection
{
return $this->rows;
}
}
Your Import Function in Controller
public function import(UsersImport $usersImport)
{
Excel::import($usersImport, public_path('users.xlsx'));
$usersImport->getImportedData();
}