I am trying to create a plugin that achieves the following: Next to composer-fields there is a new button “search”. When clicking the button, then an overlay is popping up with a search form. The search form allows the user to enter some search terms (let’s say, a city name), and a search with a p…

In the meanwhile I found a few resources that I found informative. I really wish these could be put more prominently in the “How to write a plugin” tutorial. For beginners it is not obvious they even exist. Discourse’s own API (not helpful for writing plugins, but still relevant for beginners): ht…

[immagine] fabkosta: (running under my own URL that requires an API key) It doesn’t seem like you need any backend changes. The behavior you describe is very similar to how our “Insert Hyperlink” modal works – you can search for topics, select one of them to add as a link, and a link will be …

Thanks, that’s really helpful Yes, a modal actually seems the thing I’m looking for: it interrupts the user’s flow, and only when the user has completed the modal, things go back to the state before. I’ll have a look how the Insert Hyperlink Modal works. Question: Where can I find docs for DModal, …

[immagine] fabkosta: Question: Where can I find docs for DModal, DButton, and other such Discourse-specific objects? Here: [immagine] Using the DModal API to render Modal windows (aka popups/dialogs) in Discourse Developer Guides Discourse 3.1.0.beta6 s…

Here’s another piece that seems to be pretty important, as it describes how frontend and backend are glued together via routes: [immagine] Creating Routes in Discourse and Showing Data Developer Guides Over time Discourse has grown in complexity and it can be …

Also important for my use case is the FormKit: Discourse toolkit to render forms

Some more puzzle pieces: API keys can be securely stored under /admin/api/keys.

Finally I found a great tutorial on how to write a plugin. How to create a Discourse plugin – kleinfreund.de GitHub - kleinfreund/notebook: Discourse example plugin

Come creare un plugin con chiamate API backend per popolare Composer durante la stesura

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Arkshine 12 Marzo 2025, 8:03pm 5

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Vale anche la pena notare:

Puoi consultare Discourse/plugins/theme components per esempi.

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