Visits

When features.track_visits is true (default), each successful redirect records a ShortifyVisit and increments visit_count.

$url->visits;       // collection
$url->visit_count;  // int

Disable automatic tracking:

'features' => [
    'track_visits' => false,
],

You can still call $url->visit() manually.

What is stored

The default DatabaseVisitRecorder stores:

• user_id (authenticated visitor, if any)
• ip
• user_agent

Visit insert and visit_count increment run in a database transaction.

Custom visit data

Bind your own VisitRecorder to add geo, referrer, UTM fields, or skip recording conditionally. See Extending.

Pruning

Permanently delete expired URLs (and optionally old soft-deleted ones):

php artisan shortify:prune
php artisan shortify:prune --hours=168
php artisan shortify:prune --dry-run

Schedule as needed:

Schedule::command('shortify:prune --hours=168')->daily();