Hi,
we have a developer forum where the developers could be using a Java wrapper, C++ Wrapper or a Python Wrapper. I am wanting to develop an component which will ask the user on first post which wrapper they are using and attach it to that post.
My questions:
What sort of syntax does the rest api need to post new tags to a message upon creation of the post?
how could I prevent the user posting the post unless they have selected a valid option from the drop down?
We do a lot of such stuff in our community. Here is an exaple that works for us to enforce the subject has enough "meat" to it and adds a tag if the subject contains a certain pattern. This can be adapted to check a pull down instead of the subject.
<@liaAddScript>
;(function ($) {
$('.lia-button-Submit-action').bind('click', function() {
var tag_field = document.getElementById("lia-tags");
var subject_field = document.getElementById("lia-subject");
if (subject_field.value == "CASE: 6XXXXXXXX: Device is experiencing high CPU") {
subject_field.value = "";
} else if (subject_field.value.match(/^CASE:\s+6[0-9]{8}\s*:?\s*$/)) {
alert("Please specify an additional summary in the Subject.");
subject_field.focus();
return false;
} else if (subject_field.value.match(/.*6[0-9]{8}\b.*/)) {
var srnum = subject_field.value.match(/.*(6[0-9]{8})\b.*/)[1];
var tags = tag_field.value;
var tagsre = new RegExp(".*\btz:link:" + srnum + "\b.*");
if (!tags.match(tagsre)) {
if (tags == '') {
tag_field.value = 'tz:link:' + srnum;
} else {
tag_field.value = tags + ',tz:link:' + srnum;
}
}
}
subject_field.focus();
});
})(LITHIUM.jQuery);
</@liaAddScript>
This does a few things. First, it checks the subject field to see if it matches a pattern corresponding to one of our case IDs. If so, a custom tag is applied in the format of "tz:link:CASE_NUMBER". If the only thing in the subject is a case number, then it forces the user to enter an additional title. All of this logic is bound to the submit button using jQuery.
Note: we don't use the REST API here since the topic hasn't been started yet. We don't have a thread or message ID. However, we can inject tags on post.
