I have seen this code in discourse_signatures plugin User.register_custom_field_type('see_signatures', :boolean) User.register_custom_field_type('signature_url', :text) User.register_custom_field_type('signature_raw', :text) if SiteSetting.signatures_enabled then add_to_serializer(:post, :user_s…

[image] fzngagan: in my main plugin file, I am doing add_to_serializer(:basic_category, :default_tag){object.custom_fields[“default_tag”]} My custom fields aren’t getting saved to the db. does doing: add_to_serializer(:basic_category, :default_tag, false ){object.custom_fields[“default_tag…

I had solved it that time by adding a function on :before_action event and converted the array to a delimited string and vice versa while retrieving. I didn’t actually dig into why an array couldn’t be stored as custom field out of the box.

So this might streamline the code potentially?

Yes it would if it worked in this case. I’ll try this in sometime and get back to you.

Poor you that must’ve been painful at the time :wink:

It was a sunday evening and curiosity took over. It was somewhat painful but fun. It was something that @pfaffman was trying to do. [image] merefield: Poor you that must’ve been painful at the time :wink: No pain no gain :wink:

[image] fzngagan: No pain no gain :wink: haha, so true! …

Hello, I have the same issue (custom_fields are submitted in the js console, but are not getting saved to the db) I used the add_to_serializer(:basic_category, :default_tag, false ){object.custom_fields[“default_tag”]} way in my main plugin file. Would you still reccomend this solution?

There are a lot of questions arising here. Custom fields of what first of all?

I’m working on a plugin to automate discourse group syncing with ldap. I added a custom field to Group (ldap_dn) to save the ldap group name in. I’m trying to retrieve the custom_field value from an input field that i added in the membership plugin-outlet and save that to the db to later use it. To…

What is this code add_to_serializer in all these plugins

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Is there also a way to use it from JavaScript? I’m currently looking at `showOpLikes` doesn't work right away, but after clicking back and forth - #6 by pfaffman which was closed.

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What is this code add_to_serializer in all these plugins

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