How to implement owen-it/laravel-auditing in a model - php

Question

I want to create an audit trail in my model. I already installed owen-it/laravel-auditing package via Composer. My question is that how can I implement it in my Model or controller. Please see my code for controller and Model below. Thanks
My Controller :
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Events\Test;
use App\Letter;
use App\Notifications\LetterNotification;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Notification;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
class LetterController extends Controller
{
public function viewLetter()
{
return view('welcome');
}
/**
* Saves email into database
*
* #param array $data
* #return Letter
*/
protected function create(array $data)
{
$letter = Letter::create([
'email' => $data['email']
]);
$this->letterNotify($letter);
return $letter;
}
/**
* Validates email
*/
public function createLetter(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request,[
'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:letters'
],[
'email.required' => 'Email is required.',
'email.unique' => 'Already registered.',
'email.email' => 'Please put a valid Email address'
]);
$this->create($request->all());
return redirect('/')->with('info','You are now registered.');
}
protected function letterNotify($letter)
{`enter code here`
Notification::send($letter, new LetterNotification($letter));
}
}
For my Model:
<?php
namespace App;
use OwenIt\Auditing\Auditable;
use OwenIt\Auditing\Contracts\Auditable as AuditableContract;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
class Letter extends Model implements AuditableContract
{
use Notifiable;
use Auditable;
protected $fillable = ['email'];
protected $table = 'letters';
}

Answer 1

Like I stated in my comment, the Laravel Auditing package only triggers an audit on a database operation involving an Eloquent model and event (by default, created, updated, deleted, restored).
Having said that, here's a list of steps to create an audit when logging in/out:
Create a listener for the Illuminate\Auth\Events\Login event;
Once fired, update a column in the users table that keeps track of the latest login date/time (latest_login_at, for example);
(Optional) update a column with the previous login date/time (last_login_at, for example);
By doing those updates to the users table, the Auditor kicks in;
You can also listen for the OwenIt\Auditing\Events\Auditing or OwenIt\Auditing\Events\Audited events and apply more logic if needed;
Follow the same steps for the Illuminate\Auth\Events\Logout event;