How to trigger an action after a post is made

rod

I would like to trigger a specific action after a user submits a post. How would you recommend I do this?

I found an old post that references "fireHook", how could I use that to my advantage?

plugins.fireHook('action:post.purge', pid, function () { // all plugins are done });

In my case I don't want to purge a post but rather do something else.

Where would I even put the code chunk?

Thanks.

razibal

You can create a plugin that waits on the hook "action:post.save" and fires a method that executes the custom action you define

    { "hook": "action:post.save", "method": "customAction"  },

Details on creating a plugin are available at Creating Plugins