How to Auto Approve Product Review For Registered Customers in Magento 2

November 10, 2021 The Online Helper

Follow the steps to auto approve the product review for registered customers in magento 2

Create registration.php

Directory

app\code\VendorName\ModuleName\registration.php

Content of registration.php

<?php
\Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::register(
    \Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::MODULE,
    'VendorName_ModuleName',
    __DIR__
);

Create module.xml

Directory

app\code\VendorName\ModuleName\etc\module.xml

Content of module.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Module/etc/module.xsd">
    <module name="VendorName_ModuleName" setup_version="1.0.0"/>
</config>

Create events.xml

Directory

app\code\VendorName\ModuleName\etc\frontend\events.xml

Content of events.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Event/etc/events.xsd">
    <event name="review_save_before">
        <observer name="auto_approve_review" instance="VendorName\ModuleName\Observer\ReviewApproveBefore"/>
    </event>
</config>

Create email_templates.xml

Directory

app\code\VendorName\ModuleName\etc\email_templates.xml

Content of email_templates.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:Magento:module:Magento_Email:etc/email_templates.xsd">
    <template id="review_template" label="Auto Approve Review email" file="Demo/review.html" type="html" module="VendorName_ModuleName" area="frontend"/>
</config>

Create review.html

Directory

app\code\VendorName\ModuleName\view\frontend\email\demo\review.html

Content of review.html

<!--@subject Thank You For Your Review  @-->
<!--@vars {
"var var1":"Customer Name"
} @-->

{Error in template processing}

<!-- here $var1 , $var2, are variables in which we
    assign values when we use this template for send mail-->

<!-- you can Modify content of template according to your requirement-->
<table>
    <tr class="email-intro">
        <td>
            <p class="greeting">,</p>
            <p>
                Your custom message.
            </p>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

{Error in template processing}

Create ReviewApproveBefore.php

Directory

app\code\VendorName\ModuleName\Observer\ReviewApproveBefore.php

Content of ReviewApproveBefore.php

<?php

namespace VendorName\ModuleName\Observer;

use Magento\Framework\Event\Observer;
use Magento\Framework\Event\ObserverInterface;
use Magento\Review\Model\Review;

class ReviewApproveBefore implements ObserverInterface
{
    private $customerSession;
    private $request;
    private $transportBuilder;
    private $storeManager;

    public function __construct(
        \Magento\Customer\Model\Session $customerSession,
        \Magento\Framework\App\Request\Http $request,
        \Magento\Framework\Mail\Template\TransportBuilder $transportBuilder,
        \Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface $storeManager
    ){
        $this->customerSession = $customerSession;
        $this->request = $request;
        $this->transportBuilder = $transportBuilder;
        $this->storeManager = $storeManager;
    }
    public function execute(Observer $observer)
    {
        if($this->customerSession->isLoggedIn()) {
            $review = $observer->getDataByKey('object');
            $review->setStatusId(Review::STATUS_APPROVED); // set status approve

            try {
                $store = $this->storeManager->getStore()->getId();
                $transport = $this->transportBuilder->setTemplateIdentifier('meetanshi_review_template') // get template id from email_template.xml
                    ->setTemplateOptions(['area' => 'frontend', 'store' => $store])
                    ->setTemplateVars(
                        [
                            'store' => $this->storeManager->getStore(),
                            'var1' => $this->customerSession->getCustomerData()->getFirstname(), //var1 variable used in review.html
                        ]
                    )
                    ->setFrom('general')
                    // you can config general email address in Store -> Configuration -> General -> Store Email Addresses
                    ->addTo($this->customerSession->getCustomerData()->getEmail(), $this->customerSession->getCustomerData()->getFirstname())
                    ->getTransport();
                $transport->sendMessage();
            }catch (\Exception $e){
            }
        }
    }
}