SweetAlert for Notifications

Now when we create a new post or edit a post, there are no notifications about successful action. In this lesson, we will add a notification using sweetalert2.

To add sweetalert notifications, we will use a package avil13/vue-sweetalert2. First, let's install it.

npm install -S vue-sweetalert2

Next, we need to import styles and import/use the plugin in the main app.js file.

resources/css/app.css:

@import 'sweetalert2/dist/sweetalert2.min.css'; 
 
@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

resources/js/app.js:

import './bootstrap';
 
import { createApp } from 'vue'
import App from './layouts/App.vue'
 
import router from './routes/index'
import VueSweetalert2 from 'vue-sweetalert2'; 
 
createApp(App)
    .use(router)
    .use(VueSweetalert2) 
    .mount('#app')

Now we need to call sweetalert in the posts Composable, after a successful HTTP request, with swal() method. Before doing that, we need to Vue.js inject() function.

resources/js/composables/posts.js:

import { ref } from 'vue' 
import { ref, inject } from 'vue' 
import { useRouter } from 'vue-router'
 
export default function usePosts() {
    const posts = ref({})
    const post = ref({})
    const router = useRouter()
    const validationErrors = ref({})
    const isLoading = ref(false)
    const swal = inject('$swal') 
 
    // ...
 
    const storePost = async (post) => {
        if (isLoading.value) return;
 
        isLoading.value = true
        validationErrors.value = {}
 
        let serializedPost = new FormData()
        for (let item in post) {
            if (post.hasOwnProperty(item)) {
                serializedPost.append(item, post[item])
            }
        }
 
        axios.post('/api/posts', serializedPost)
            .then(response => {
                router.push({ name: 'posts.index' })
                swal({ 
                    icon: 'success',
                    title: 'Post saved successfully'
                }) 
            })
            .catch(error => {
                if (error.response?.data) {
                    validationErrors.value = error.response.data.errors
                    isLoading.value = false
                }
            })
    }
 
    const updatePost = async (post) => {
        if (isLoading.value) return;
 
        isLoading.value = true
        validationErrors.value = {}
 
        axios.put('/api/posts/' + post.id, post)
            .then(response => {
                router.push({ name: 'posts.index' })
                swal({ 
                    icon: 'success',
                    title: 'Post saved successfully'
                }) 
            })
            .catch(error => {
                if (error.response?.data) {
                    validationErrors.value = error.response.data.errors
                }
            })
            .finally(() => isLoading.value = false)
    }
 
    return { posts, post, getPosts, getPost, storePost, updatePost, validationErrors, isLoading }
}

After creating or editing a post now you should see a success message.