onPostUpdated( )

An event that triggers when a post is updated.

Description

The onPostUpdated() event handler runs when a post is updated. The received PostUpdated object contains information about the post that was updated.

Note: Backend events don't work when previewing your site.

Syntax

function wixBlog_onPostUpdated(event: PostUpdated): void

onPostUpdated Parameters

NAME

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

event

Optional

PostUpdated

Information about the post that was updated.

Returns

This function does not return anything.

Return Type:

void

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An event that occurs when a post is updated

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1
2// Place this code in the events.js file
3// of your site's Backend section.
4// Add the file if it doesn't exist.
5
6export function wixBlog_onPostUpdated(event) {
7  const postId = event.metadata.entityId;
8  const postUpdateDate = event.entity.lastPublishedDate;
9  console.log('Post updated', event);
10}
11
12
13/* Full event object:
14 * 
15 * {
16 *   "metadata":{
17 *     "id":"8b00dc16-9404-4207-92ac-ac03a5ec528b",
18 *     "entityId":"f11052c1-84f1-456e-8583-82173da8509d",
19 *     "eventTime":"2022-06-16T14:49:55.712Z",
20 *     "triggeredByAnonymizeRequest":false
21 *   },
22 *   "entity":{
23 *     "_id":"f11052c1-84f1-456e-8583-82173da8509d",
24 *     "categoryIds":[],
25 *     "commentingEnabled":true,
26 *     "contactId":"33d02592-dd28-4eff-9b8e-4c3bb9c737dd",
27 *     "excerpt":"Updating a blog post.",
28 *     "featured":false,
29 *     "firstPublishedDate":"2022-06-16T14:42:19.087Z",
30 *     "hashtags":[],
31 *     "language":"en",
32 *     "lastPublishedDate":"2022-06-16T14:49:55.554Z",
33 *     "memberId":"33d02592-dd28-4eff-9b8e-4c3bb9c737dd",
34 *     "minutesToRead":1,
35 *     "pinned":false,
36 *     "preview": false,
37 *     "pricingPlanIds":[],
38 *     "relatedPostIds":[],
39 *     "richContent":{
40 *       "nodes":[
41 *         {
42 *           "type":"PARAGRAPH",
43 *           "_id":"foo",
44 *           "nodes":[
45 *             {
46 *               "type":"TEXT",
47 *               "_id":"",
48 *               "nodes":[],
49 *               "textData":{
50 *                 "text":"Updating a blog post.",
51 *                 "decorations":[]
52 *               }
53 *             }
54 *           ],
55 *           "paragraphData":{
56 *             "textStyle":{
57 *               "textAlignment":"AUTO"
58 *             },
59 *             "indentation":0
60 *           }
61 *         }
62 *       ],
63 *       "metadata":{
64 *         "version":1,
65 *         "createdTimestamp":"2022-06-16T14:49:55.710Z",
66 *         "updatedTimestamp":"2022-06-16T14:49:55.710Z",
67 *         "_id":"253928e4-71bc-41d5-bcb6-35a604ea8229"},
68 *         "documentStyle":{}
69 *       },
70 *     }
71 *     "slug":"new-blog-post",
72 *     "tagIds":[],
73 *     "title":"Updated Blog Post",
74 *     "translationId": "",
75 *     "url":"http://https://tadasz7.wixsite.com/blog-velo-events/post/new-blog-post"
76 *   }
77 * }
78*/