A backend event that fires when a new forum post is created.
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.
function onPostCreated(event: CreatedPost): void;
Information about the forum post that was created.
// Place this code in a file named events.js
// in the Backend section of your code files.
export function wixForum_onPostCreated(event) {
const postId = event.postId;
const postPageUrl = event.post.pageUrl;
}
/* Full post object:
* {
* "_id": "5f88058be9b6b100175b154c",
* "categoryId":"5f88058be9b6b100175b154a",
* "_ownerId":"32cf071a-ck2f-450f-ad74-5a25db0b1b6g",
* "title": "What topics should we discuss?",
* "plainContent": "Let us know what you think in the comments below.",
* "pinned": "false",
* "commentingDisabled": "false",
* "commentCount": 0,
* "likeCount": 0,
* "viewCount": 0,
* "_createdDate": "2020-10-26T07:18:20.297Z",
* "_editedDate": null,
* "_lastActivityDate": "2020-10-26T07:18:20.297Z",
* "slug": "what-topics-should-we-discus",
* "pageUrl": "/forum/category-name/what-topics-should-we-discuss",
* "postType": "QUESTION"
* }
*/
This method doesn’t return any custom errors, but may return standard errors. Learn more about standard Wix errors.