onPostCreated( )

A backend event that fires when a new forum post is created.

Description

The onPostCreated() event handler runs when a new forum post is created in your site. The received CreatedPost object contains information about the new post that was created.

Note: Backend events are not fired when previewing your site.

Syntax

function onPostCreated(event: CreatedPost): void

onPostCreated Parameters

NAME

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

event

CreatedPost

Information about the forum post that was created.

Returns

This function does not return anything.

Return Type:

void

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A backend event that occurs when a new forum post is created

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1// Place this code in a file named events.js
2// in the Backend section of your code files.
3
4export function wixForum_onPostCreated(event) {
5  const postId = event.postId;
6  const postPageUrl = event.post.pageUrl;
7}
8
9/*  Full post object:
10 *  {
11 *    "_id": "5f88058be9b6b100175b154c",
12 *    "categoryId":"5f88058be9b6b100175b154a",
13 *    "_ownerId":"32cf071a-ck2f-450f-ad74-5a25db0b1b6g",
14 *    "title": "What topics should we discuss?",
15 *    "plainContent": "Let us know what you think in the comments below.",
16 *    "pinned": "false",
17 *    "commentingDisabled": "false",
18 *    "commentCount": 0,
19 *    "likeCount": 0,
20 *    "viewCount": 0,
21 *    "_createdDate": "2020-10-26T07:18:20.297Z",
22 *    "_editedDate": null,
23 *    "_lastActivityDate": "2020-10-26T07:18:20.297Z",
24 *    "slug": "what-topics-should-we-discus",
25 *    "pageUrl": "/forum/category-name/what-topics-should-we-discuss",
26 *    "postType": "QUESTION"
27 *  }
28 */