AJAX Call
Development and Programming
Hi,
How would I go about setting up a URL “listener”/”hook” so that I can make AJAX calls to my extension?
Can’t find anything on this anywhere! I could of course directly call the extension script, but that would mean removing
if ( ! defined('EXT')) {
exit('Invalid file request'); }from the top of my extension.
Would this be the “correct” way to go about this? Or is there a way to hook an extension method to a URI?
Any advice much appreciated.
Thanks Victor,
OK. I’ve gone for the Action Id option as my extension is purely back-end, I wonder if you could help me further?
I am writing an extension to add a custom field type to the publish form (similar in function to Playa extension, but instead to assign Roles to People).
I have defined my action_id with the following code:
$DB->query(
$DB->insert_string('exp_actions',
array('action_id' => '',
'class' => get_class($this),
'method' => 'ajax_refresh'
)
)
);and obtained the “action_id” with the following:
$action_id = $FNS->fetch_action_id(get_class($this), 'ajax_refresh');Which returns a template variable:
{AID:Vc_people_roles:ajax_refresh}As I’m working within an extension, using hooks to modify the publish page I’m obviously not using templates
How would I go about “parsing” or “returning the value” for the action_id ?
Any advice much appreciated!
Thanks
Ok thanks Victor.
Using client side templates is not an option so I’ve decided to drop AJAX and do it the (very long winded) old fashioned way!
Feature Request: extension AJAX hooks!