The discussion revolves around creating a reply link with pre-filled information in Discourse. mksafi requests a feature similar to pre-filled topic links but for replies. renato shares a workaround using a URL to open the reply composer, which mksafi confirms works after implementation. However, mksafi notes the solution doesn’t prompt login or signup for non-authenticated users. renato suggests handling login logic in the theme component and shares a URL approach using session/sso, though mksafi finds it returns a 404 without SSO enabled.
Been doing a lot of work around Discourse lately and really love the software! Very well thought out, thank you!
One feature request: a link that automatically opens the reply composer, or asks the user to login and redirects them to the reply composer after a successful login. Basically exactly like Creating a link to start a new topic with pre-filled information but for replies.
Thank you!
I use something like this:
This seems to work. I added the code in the API initializer of my theme. Thank you!
I just realized that this solution doesn’t ask the user to sign up or log in, if they’re not.
I think you can have some logic in the theme component to show the login page if the user isn’t logged in.
What I currently do, linking from another site, is enforcing the login flow like this, but I’m not sure if this works if you’re not using SSO:
SITE_URL/session/sso?return_path=/t/slug/id%23reply
Having it in the theme component is better to avoid unnecessary redirects anyway, I’ll try improving it when I get a chance (I’ll comment here if I do).
Just tried it. Returns a 404 since I don’t have SSO enabled I guess 