How to call an API call from NodeBB theme?

dev-wilco

Hi, I have a NodeBB installation and for some manipulations, I need to call an API hosted on another server. How can I make API calls from NodeBB theme file?

PitaJ

@dev-wilco from server or from client?

dogs

@dev-wilco You could use ur own plugin and simply make an API call within the clientside javascript file of your plugin.

Go to a empty directory
git clone https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-quickstart.git

You should have a folder called nodebb-plugin-quickstart
Go into that directory cd nodebb-plugin-quickstart and run sudo npm link. More informations about that here

No you can go into your nodebb installation and run
npm link nodebb-plugin-quickstart

Now ur plugin is linked to nodebb/node-modules and all modifications in nodebb-plugin-quickstart will appear in the linked folder inside your installation.

Do only make changes in the downloaded folder, not inside nodebb/node-modules

Now you can edit the file nodebb-plugin-quickstart/static/lib/main.js

You already should see this:

$(document).ready(function () {
	console.log('nodebb-plugin-quickstart: loaded');
});

Activate the plugin via ACP, rebuild nodebb and start it. No you should able to see nodebb-plugin-quickstart: loaded in the console of your webbrowser on refreshing the page.

If you want to execute the function everytime not only on hard refreshing the page you can use:

$(window).on('action:ajaxify.end', function(data) {
   /*****/
});

Now you are able to make your API call with your own plugin.

Here are some usefull clientside hooks you can listen to, to execute your function.

PitaJ

@dogs themes are plugins, so everything you suggested can also be done in their theme.