> Portal Navigation:
> 
> - Append `.md` to any URL under `https://dev.wix.com/docs/` to get its markdown version.
> - Pages are either content pages (article or reference text) or menu pages (a list of links to child pages).
> - To get a menu page, truncate any URL to a parent path and append `.md` (e.g. `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk.md`, `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/core-modules.md`).
> - Top-level index of all portals: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms.txt
> - Full concatenated docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms-full.txt

# Method name: onPostCreated(event: CreatedPost)

# Method package: wixForumBackend

# Method menu location: wixForumBackend --> Events --> onPostCreated

# Method Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-forum-backend/events/on-post-created.md

# Method Description:

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.



# Method Code Examples:

*** Note: do not assume any prop names or enum values other than the ones in the example.

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

```javascript
// 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"
 *  }
 */
```

---