Add feed helper method and feed facade

composer.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "michaeljennings/feed",
-  "description": "A simple activity feed for laravel",
+  "description": "A simple activity feed for laravel 5+",
   "version": "0.1",
   "keywords": ["laravel", "feed", "activity"],
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
   "autoload": {
     "psr-4": {
       "Michaeljennings\\Feed\\": "src/"
-    }
+    },
+    "files": [
+      "src/helpers.php"
+    ]
   },
   "require-dev": {
     "phpunit/phpunit": "4.8.*",

src/Facades/Feed.php

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Michaeljennings\Feed\Facades;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade;
+
+class Feed extends Facade
+{
+    /**
+     * Get the registered name of the component.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected static function getFacadeAccessor()
+    {
+        return 'michaeljennings.feed';
+    }
+}

src/FeedServiceProvider.php

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ public function boot()
      */
     public function register()
     {
+
+
         $this->app->bind('michaeljennings.feed.repository', 'Michaeljennings\Feed\Notifications\Repository');
 
         $this->app->bind('michaeljennings.feed', function($app) {

src/helpers.php

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+if ( ! function_exists('feed')) {
+
+    /**
+     * Get the notifications for the notifiable members.
+     *
+     * If no notifiable members are passed then return the feed instance.
+     *
+     * @param null $notifiable
+     * @return \Illuminate\Foundation\Application|mixed
+     */
+    function feed($notifiable = null)
+    {
+        $feed = app('michaeljennings.feed');
+
+        if ($notifiable) {
+            return $feed->pull($notifiable);
+        }
+
+        return $feed;
+    }
+
+}