Controlling Theme Components via API?

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Hey everyone,

Just wondering if it’s possible to enable/disable theme components via API. It seems like there was a way to do it, but there is no mention of it in current Discourse API Documentation. The clue of such possibility was given by ChatGPT, and yeah, I certainly know this is far from a reliable source of information. I just wonder if this is achievable in any remote way, and the fairy tale ChatGPT told me sounds perfect, but doesn’t work. API returns 404 for admin users’s API credentials.

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Asking ChatGPT to refer to the source of it's information on this request

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ChatGPT apologizes for mistake...

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My guess is ChatGPT just made it all up. :rofl:

So as you can see, we aren’t all out of a job yet. :stuck_out_tongue:

There’s no concept of “enabling” or “disabling” a Theme Component, you simply add or remove it from a parent theme. EDIT: incorrect, see @Canapin’s post below!

ChatGPT made it all up. got the wrong end point and body.

Using the browsers network tab, I can see that adding a Theme Component to a parent theme called a

PUT /admin/themes/<id>

(id of component)

With payload something like:

parent_theme_ids: [<parent_id>]

I didn’t make that up, I just looked at the Network tab on my browser :nerd_face:

You are welcome

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Sounds like it.

But doesn’t seem to be accessible via external API, though…

Thank you anyway

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That’s from a browser, it must be. Make sure your key has the correct authority (single user, global scope).

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The concept exists and the buttons are called “Enable” and “Disable” in Discourse’s interface :slight_smile:

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And it can be done through the API, of course:

I’m talking about both themes AND components in my post but apparently it’s a bit different for themes, so I should fix my solution.

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Oh! My bad! Well done! :blush: Those buttons are too far down :wink:

But ChatGPT still got it wrong :slight_smile:

Amended my post accordingly. @kinetiksoft so sorry, see above, possible but not how ChatGPT was telling you.

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