Confirmed Views are not counted when using the listing viewer

[donniewr]

Image and video views are not counted when the listing viewer is enabled. Views are only incremented when the image link is opened directly.


Unexpected result

Inaccurate views.

This is particularly a problem when your website is not an image host but rather a gallery site. Users, especially on mobile, are unlikely to open the direct link of an image.

 

[donniewr]

I have a fix for this bug that involves editing json.php and add a new case, and adding a script in the footer (custom_hooks).

 

[Barry]

Care to share the script?

 

[donniewr]

## Fix (2 changes)

### 1. Server-side: app/legacy/routes/json.php Copy it in app/legacy/routes/overrides/json.php

A) Add the sessionVar import — find this line near the top:

use function Chevereto\Vars\session;

Add this line right after it:

use function Chevereto\Vars\sessionVar;

B) Add the view action handler — find this case block:

            case 'like':
            case 'dislike':

Add this block directly before case 'like'::

            case 'view':
                $viewId = decodeID($REQUEST['view']['id'] ?? '');
                if ($viewId <= 0) {
                    throw new Exception('Invalid request', 403);
                }
                if (! isset(session()['image_view_stock'])) {
                    sessionVar()->put('image_view_stock', []);
                }
                if (! in_array($viewId, session()['image_view_stock'])) {
                    Image::getSingle($viewId, true);
                    $addValue = session()['image_view_stock'];
                    $addValue[] = $viewId;
                    sessionVar()->put('image_view_stock', $addValue);
                }
                $json_array['status_code'] = 200;
                $json_array['success'] = [
                    'message' => 'View tracked',
                    'code' => 200,
                ];

                break;

### 2. Client-side: content/legacy/themes/Peafowl/custom_hooks/footer.php

Create (or overwrite) the file content/legacy/themes/Peafowl/custom_hooks/footer.php
with the following content:

<script>
window.addEventListener("load", function() {
    if (typeof CHV === "undefined" || !CHV.fn.listingViewer) return;
    function trackView(id) {
        if (!id) return;
        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            data: {
                action: "view",
                view: { id: id }
            }
        });
    }
    var origOpen = CHV.fn.listingViewer.open;
    CHV.fn.listingViewer.open = function($item) {
        origOpen.apply(this, arguments);
        if ($item.exists()) trackView($item.attr("data-id"));
    };
    var origBrowse = CHV.fn.listingViewer.browse;
    CHV.fn.listingViewer.browse = function(direction) {
        origBrowse.apply(this, arguments);
        var $item = this.getItem();
        if ($item && $item.exists()) trackView($item.attr("data-id"));
    };
});
</script>

## How it works

- The JS monkey-patches listingViewer.open (initial click) and listingViewer.browse
(next/prev) to send a POST request to /json with action=view.
- The PHP handler decodes the image ID, checks the session to avoid duplicate counting
(same logic as the single image page route), and calls Image::getSingle($id, true)
which increments image_views and updates stats.
- Each session only counts one view per image (via image_view_stock session array).