Hi.
I need a API endpoint which is currently not present in the AOI provided by Discourse. How do I go about writing a plugin to extend the current API ?
Thank you!
First, back up and say what problem you are trying to solve. It may be that you don’t need a new endpoint. Have you looked at the 'reverse engineering" topic?
Next search for “plugin #howto”
As per my need, I modified the users table to add a custom attribute (Discourse custom fields was not what suited my needs). Now, I need to be able to modify that particular attribute.
I need a new endpoint (just like the ‘update email’ endpoint) to modify this particular attribute from a external site.
Are you saying that you forked discourse or that you did this in a plugin?
Assuming that it’s the latter, I would look for another plugin that adds an endpoint. (and hope that someone with better rails chops than I takes notice of this topic)
Yes. I did that via a plugin that I wrote. All is working fine and I am able to access the attribute via the /users/{username}.json endpoint.
I do not know on how to begin writing the endpoint to modify that attribute.
Do I need to add a new route and a controller for that route ?
Will this do it ?
Or is there something that I am missing ?
Read the poll plugin code:
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/plugins/poll/plugin.rb#L300
It has a controller and a route.
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Thanks. It helped.
Just in case someone else needs help in this particular topic, give this article a read - How to create a Discourse plugin
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