So I stumbled on the idea of allowing those with editing post permissions (TL4+ users) to be able to select text and convert that part to a codeblock. After referencing some parts of the Discourse AI plugin code and looking at what data is passed into the plugin outlet I’m using, I came up with the…

[image] NateDhaliwal: I think each post is based of this API request ? And the response doesn’t seem to have raw as one of the JSON keys :face_exhaling:. Yeah that’s right - we don’t include raw in the default response. It’s not needed for normal rendering, so including it would be kinda waste…

Okay, I think I’m getting closer very close now. I tried this.post.save() and it apparently “works” - it seems like the PUT request is going through (using ajax under the hood), but was met with some error with little to no information. But that was before this… The this.post.save() works. The onl…

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) September 5, 2025, 10:05am 4

Got it, thanks! I’ll work on that ajax request.

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