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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Transformer\Api;
+
+use App\Notification;
+use League\Fractal;
+
+class NotificationTransformer extends Fractal\TransformerAbstract
+{
+	protected $defaultIncludes = [
+		'account',
+		'status',
+	];
+
+	public function transform(Notification $notification)
+	{
+		return [
+			'id'       		=> $notification->id,
+			'type'       	=> $this->replaceTypeVerb($notification->action),
+			'created_at' 	=> (string) $notification->created_at,
+			'account' 		=> null,
+			'status' 		=> null
+		];
+	}
+
+	public function includeAccount(Notification $notification)
+	{
+		return $this->item($notification->actor, new AccountTransformer());
+	}
+
+	public function includeStatus(Notification $notification)
+	{
+		$item = $notification->item;
+		if(get_class($item) === 'App\Status') {
+			return $this->item($item, new StatusTransformer());
+		} else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function replaceTypeVerb($verb)
+	{
+		$verbs = [
+			'follow' => 'follow',
+			'mention' => 'mention',
+			'reblog' => 'share',
+			'like' => 'favourite',
+		];
+		return $verbs[$verb];
+	}
+}