onGalleryCreated( )

An event that triggers when a gallery is created.

Description

The onGalleryCreated() event handler runs when a gallery has been created. The received GalleryCreated object contains information about the gallery that was created.

Notes:
Backend events don't work when previewing your site.
The event data doesn't include gallery items or their IDs. To get information about the items in your newly created gallery, listen for the onGalleryItemCreated() event.

Syntax

function onGalleryCreated(event: GalleryCreated): void

onGalleryCreated Parameters

NAME

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

event

Optional

GalleryCreated

Information about a newly created gallery.

Returns

This function does not return anything.

Return Type:

void

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An event triggered when a gallery is created

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1// Place this code in the events.js file
2// of your site's Backend section.
3// Add the file if it doesn't exist.
4
5export function wixProGallery_onGalleryCreated(event) {
6  const galleryId = event.entity._id;
7  const galleryName = event.entity.name;
8  const eventId = event.metadata.id;
9  const eventTime = event.metadata.eventTime;
10}
11
12/* Full event object:
13 * {
14 *   "entity": {
15 *     "_createdDate": "2022-08-04T10:00:09.000Z",
16 *     "_id": "b082d5aa-1e7b-44d9-91f3-ab0387825de5",
17 *     "items": [],
18 *     "name": "My New Gallery",
19 *     "totalItems": 2
20 *   },
21 *   "metadata": {
22 *     "entityId": "b082d5aa-1e7b-44d9-91f3-ab0387825de5",
23 *     "eventTime": "2022-08-04T10:00:09.559484Z",
24 *     "id": "1586937f-a154-4ad1-8ccf-488a63852e63",
25 *     "triggeredByAnonymizeRequest": false
26 *   }
27 *  }
28 */