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Filament•2w ago
chinwalprasad

Filament v4: Adding extra fields on ViewRecord page

Hi all, I have a use case where I have a ViewRecord page which shows data in a infolist. But I want to add some extra fields by calling an api. I prefer to override the method mutateFormDataBeforeFill https://filamentphp.com/docs/4.x/resources/viewing-records#customizing-data-before-filling-the-form but looks like it is never called. How can I add new fields to the infolist. 
/**
     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $data
     * @return array<string, mixed>
     */
    protected function mutateFormDataBeforeFill(array $data): array
    {
        dd('check'); // never gets called
        $semester = Semester::where('is_active', true)->firstOrFail();
        $photo = Photo::where('uin', $data['uinid']);
        $primaryAdvisor = $studentAdvisors->advisors?->primaryAdvisor();
        $data['student_advisor'] = $primaryAdvisor->full_name;
        $data['student_photo'] = $photo->image;
        ....//more fields.
        return $data;
}
/**
     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $data
     * @return array<string, mixed>
     */
    protected function mutateFormDataBeforeFill(array $data): array
    {
        dd('check'); // never gets called
        $semester = Semester::where('is_active', true)->firstOrFail();
        $photo = Photo::where('uin', $data['uinid']);
        $primaryAdvisor = $studentAdvisors->advisors?->primaryAdvisor();
        $data['student_advisor'] = $primaryAdvisor->full_name;
        $data['student_photo'] = $photo->image;
        ....//more fields.
        return $data;
}
To get the mutateFormDataBeforeFill method to work I had to override the mount method like so: 
public function mount(int|string $record): void
    {
        parent::mount($record);
        $this->mutateFormDataBeforeFill($this->getRecord()->attributesToArray());
    }
public function mount(int|string $record): void
    {
        parent::mount($record);
        $this->mutateFormDataBeforeFill($this->getRecord()->attributesToArray());
    }
But after this I still don't see the new appended data in the infolist. Any help is appreciated.
Viewing records - Resources - Filament
2 Replies
kaster
kaster•2w ago
I don't know if it would work but I guess you could call it inside the ->state method of the infolist. 
protected function getApiData(array $data): array
    {
        $semester = Semester::where('is_active', true)->firstOrFail();
        $photo = Photo::where('uin', $data['uinid']);
        $primaryAdvisor = $studentAdvisors->advisors?->primaryAdvisor();
        $data['student_advisor'] = $primaryAdvisor->full_name;
        $data['student_photo'] = $photo->image;
        ....//more fields.
        return $data;
}
protected function getApiData(array $data): array
    {
        $semester = Semester::where('is_active', true)->firstOrFail();
        $photo = Photo::where('uin', $data['uinid']);
        $primaryAdvisor = $studentAdvisors->advisors?->primaryAdvisor();
        $data['student_advisor'] = $primaryAdvisor->full_name;
        $data['student_photo'] = $photo->image;
        ....//more fields.
        return $data;
}
public function infolist(Infolist $infolist): Infolist
    {
        return $infolist->state([
            'data' => $this->getApiData(),
        ])->schema([
            TextEntry::('data'),
        ])
public function infolist(Infolist $infolist): Infolist
    {
        return $infolist->state([
            'data' => $this->getApiData(),
        ])->schema([
            TextEntry::('data'),
        ])
Something like this.
Dennis Koch
Dennis Koch•2w ago
Infolists aren't forms that's why mutateFormDataBeforeFill() isn't called.

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