Laravel Nova MongoDB Adapter

Complete package to integrate Laravel Nova with MongoDB, enabling all Nova features on MongoDB databases without any SQL dependencies.

✨ Features

• ✅ Nova Resources: Complete CRUD on MongoDB collections
• ✅ Full-Text Search: Case-insensitive regex search on MongoDB
• ✅ Action Events: Complete action logging system via Observer pattern
• ✅ Authentication: User model fully on MongoDB
• ✅ Notifications: Complete notification system with mark read/unread on MongoDB
• ✅ Transaction Handling: Automatic nested transaction management
• ✅ Zero SQL: No SQL database dependencies

📦 Installation

composer require francescoprisco/nova-mongodb

The service provider is automatically registered via Laravel package auto-discovery.

MongoDB Configuration

Make sure you have MongoDB connection configured in your config/database.php:

'connections' => [
    'mongodb' => [
        'driver' => 'mongodb',
        'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
        'port' => env('DB_PORT', 27017),
        'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'database'),
        'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', ''),
        'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
        'options' => [
            'database' => env('DB_AUTHENTICATION_DATABASE', 'admin'),
        ],
    ],
],

## ⚙️ Configuration

### 1. User Model

```php
use MongoDB\Laravel\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use FrancescoPrisco\NovaMongoDB\Traits\MongoNotifiable;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use MongoNotifiable;
    
    protected $connection = 'mongodb';
    protected $collection = 'users';
    
    protected $fillable = ['name', 'email', 'password'];
}

2. Nova Resources

Resources must extend MongoDBResource:

use FrancescoPrisco\NovaMongoDB\MongoDBResource;
use Laravel\Nova\Fields\ID;
use Laravel\Nova\Fields\Text;
use Laravel\Nova\Fields\DateTime;
use Laravel\Nova\Fields\Select;

class Bookings extends MongoDBResource
{
    public static $model = \App\Models\Bookings::class;
    public static $title = 'customer_name';
    public static $search = ['id', 'customer_name', 'status'];
    
    public function fields(Request $request)
    {
        return [
            ID::make()->sortable(),
            Text::make('Customer Name')->sortable(),
            DateTime::make('Booking Date')->sortable(),
            Select::make('Status')->options([
                'pending' => 'Pending',
                'confirmed' => 'Confirmed',
                'cancelled' => 'Cancelled',
            ]),
            Text::make('Notes')->hideFromIndex(),
        ];
    }
}

3. MongoDB Models

use MongoDB\Laravel\Eloquent\Model;

class Bookings extends Model
{
    protected $connection = 'mongodb';
    protected $collection = 'bookings';
    
    protected $fillable = [
        'customer_name',
        'booking_date',
        'status',
        'notes',
    ];
    
    protected $casts = [
        'booking_date' => 'datetime',
    ];
}

🏗️ Architecture

Main Components

MongoDBResource

Base class for Nova resources with complete MongoDB support:

• Case-insensitive regex search via MongoDB ($regex)
• Correct type hints for MongoDB builder
• Compatibility with all Nova CRUD operations

MongoDBConnection

Extends standard MongoDB connection to handle nested transactions:

• Automatically catches errors from transactions already in progress
• Executes callbacks directly when necessary
• Prevents "Transaction already in progress" errors

ModelObserver

Automatic observer for action logging:

• Automatically registered on all MongoDB models
• Logs created, updated, deleted events
• Saves to action_events collection with complete change tracking

MongoDB Models

ActionEvent: Saves action events in action_events collection with complete details (batch_id, user_id, changes, original, status) NovaNotification: Notification model in notifications collection with read/unread support

Traits

MongoNotifiable: Complete notification management with notifications() and unreadNotifications() relations HandlesMorphRelations: Helper for MongoDB polymorphic relations

Custom Routes

The package automatically registers custom routes for Nova notifications:

• GET /nova-api/nova-notifications - List notifications
• POST /nova-api/nova-notifications/{id}/read - Mark as read
• POST /nova-api/nova-notifications/{id}/unread - Mark as unread
• POST /nova-api/nova-notifications/read-all - Mark all as read
• DELETE /nova-api/nova-notifications/{id} - Delete notification
• DELETE /nova-api/nova-notifications - Delete all

🚀 Usage

Create a new resource

php artisan nova:resource Product

Modify the generated resource:

use FrancescoPrisco\NovaMongoDB\MongoDBResource;

class Product extends MongoDBResource
{
    public static $model = \App\Models\Product::class;
    public static $search = ['name', 'sku', 'description'];
    
    // ... fields and configuration
}

Register the resource

In app/Providers/NovaServiceProvider.php:

use App\Nova\Product;

protected function resources()
{
    Nova::resources([
        Product::class,
        // other resources...
    ]);
}

⚠️ Known Limitations

1. Scout Search

Laravel Scout advanced search requires a custom MongoDB driver. Currently search uses native MongoDB regex.

2. Advanced Metrics

Cards/Metrics using complex SQL aggregations may require rewriting using MongoDB aggregation pipeline.

3. Lenses

Nova Lenses using complex SQL queries may not work directly and require adaptation.

🔧 Troubleshooting

Search not working

Verify that:

1. The resource extends MongoDBResource
2. The $search fields are defined
3. The model uses connection = 'mongodb'

User cannot authenticate

Verify:

1. User model extends MongoDB\Laravel\Auth\User
2. Uses the MongoNotifiable trait
3. config/auth.php points to the correct model

📊 Performance

The package automatically optimizes:

• Multiple queries via eager loading
• Automatic indexing of search fields
• Nova-compatible result caching

🛠️ Future Development

Roadmap:

• [ ] Resource viewer to display ActionEvents in Nova UI
• [ ] Advanced metrics/cards adapter with aggregation pipeline
• [ ] Scout driver for MongoDB full-text search
• [ ] Support for custom Lenses
• [ ] Complete test suite
• [ ] MongoDB-native dashboard widgets with real-time updates

📋 Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 11.0+ or 12.0+
• Laravel Nova 5.0+
• MongoDB 5.0+
• mongodb/laravel-mongodb ^5.5

📄 License

MIT License - Francesco Prisco

🤝 Support

For issues and support: [email protected]