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  • @phenomlab
    I sent link to the aignite.nodebb.com forum above, its on 3d category
    Incidentally a blank prompt string will still generate a random image, so the problems not with the input

  • @Panda yes, but you are missing the point here. I need to see the output of the browser console or at least insert something like the below to return it

    alert(console.log)

    It’s 1:17am here and I’m not in front of a PC, but will check tomorrow.

  • To eliminate any confusion I made a simpler widget which just does hardcoded API call for image of a cat. No user input etc
    Again it runs stand alone, but returns quickly, empty, as a widget
    This example sits on aignite.nodebb.com category 8 (‘Diamond’)
    First example is still in category 10 (‘3d’)

  • @Panda the result=undefined says it all. It still returns null and we need to see the error in the browser console.

  • @Panda Just looking at this, and it seems that the service expects authentication

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    I also see the below in the console

    Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 (Unauthorized)
    GET data:image/png;base64,undefined net::ERR_INVALID_URL
    {"code":401,"message":"error occurred during proxy authentication: no token in request"}
    
  • Yes. There is a key included and the exact code works as stand-alone, thats why Im wonderinging why not working in a widget

  • @Panda I think this might have something to do with the reverse proxy that nginx runs for NodeBB. Do you use this, or are you using something else?

  • @phenomlab ah! Its nodebb hosted site, so they do all that

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  • @phenomlab
    Two things

    1. this particular forum had plans to integrate tools which use API calls into widgets.
      Now we reached the point of finding possible reason why API calls dont work, is there anyway round that?

    2. General forum question: because there were few ‘Red Herrings’ while exploring this issue, I was tempted to tidy up this thread by deleting some of the erroneous comments.
      I noticed before this forum has tight restriction times on editing / removing comments. I guess this is intentional. Is your experience that it is better to have this on a forum rather than unlimited edit / delete timer?

  • @Panda said in Interesting Widget code, but can’t fetch API:

    this particular forum had plans to integrate tools which use API calls into widgets.
    Now we reached the point of finding possible reason why API calls dont work, is there anyway round that?

    Actually, yes. I had a similar issue with the below (which you might enjoy also) when running in a page widget

    https://sudonix.org/cbg

    For this to work, I needed to call the script externally, and so used the below widget code as a guide

    <head>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.0/jquery.min.js" integrity="sha512-3gJwYpMe3QewGELv8k/BX9vcqhryRdzRMxVfq6ngyWXwo03GFEzjsUm8Q7RZcHPHksttq7/GFoxjCVUjkjvPdw==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></script>
    </head>
    <style>
    .cbgresult {
        margin: 10px 0 15px 0;
        padding: 15px;
        border-radius: 6px;
        font-family: "Source Code Pro", Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,"Courier New",monospace;
        font-size: 2rem;
        text-align: center;
        background: var(--bs-code-block) !important;
    }
    .cbgresult:after {
    content: '"';
    }
    .cbgresult:before {
    content: '"';
    }
    .cbgheader {
        margin-top: 40px;
        text-align: center;
    }
    .generate {
        text-align: center;
    }
    </style>
    <script src="/assets/js/cbg.js"></script>
    <div class="cbgheader">
    <h2>Corporate BS Generator</h2>
    <p>
    Need a better sounding line? Just click the "Generate Another" button to get another killer phrase.
    </p>
    </div>
    <div id="cbg" class="cbgresult"></div>
    <div class="generate">
    <button id="reloadme" class="btn btn-primary">Generate Another</button>
    </div>
    <script>
    $(function() { // after page load
        $('.cbgresult').fadeOut(0, function() {
        $("#cbg").show();
            $(this).html(phrase());
       });
    });
    $(document).ready(function(){
    $("#cbg").show();
        $('#reloadme').click(function(){
     $("#cbg").html(phrase());
        });
    });
    </script>
    

    @Panda said in Interesting Widget code, but can't fetch API:

    I noticed before this forum has tight restriction times on editing / removing comments. I guess this is intentional. Is your experience that it is better to have this on a forum rather than unlimited edit / delete timer?

    This is correct. Posts can only be deleted before a set time period elapses, which is 30 minutes

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    The intention here is to give you sufficient time to remove something you feel wasn’t relevant, or you really shouldn’t have posted (see policies), but for the sake of conversational flow, posts are then indelible because they add weight and value to the overall thread. For example, if you reference a comment in the thread, but that particular post is deleted, then the discussion becomes diluted.

    Using this approach, it makes it easier for anyone else with a similar issue to see how we resolved it.

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  • @phenomlab
    That is interesting code example!
    It raises new question
    How did you drop that widget into the post there?
    I hadnt seen this BSgenerator anywhere on sudonix site, do you use it somewhere already?

    Also can you explain more what you mean by calling the code externally. In my API call example, how would I go about doing that?

  • @Panda said in Interesting Widget code, but can’t fetch API:

    How did you drop that widget into the post there?
    I hadnt seen this BSgenerator anywhere on sudonix site, do you use it somewhere already?

    Yes, here

    https://sudonix.org/topic/414/corporate-bullshit-generator?_=1687774393044

    It’s not a “post” or “topic” in the common sense. It is actually a page in it’s own right and leverages nodebb-plugin-custom-pages. This in turn creates a new “route” which behaves like a page, meaning it is then exposed for widgets.

    @Panda said in Interesting Widget code, but can’t fetch API:

    Also can you explain more what you mean by calling the code externally. In my API call example, how would I go about doing that?

    By this, I mean create all the required code in an external JS file that is reachable by the NodeBB instance - so, in “public” for example - or in my case /public/js. The widget then “calls” that file and because it runs outside of the scope of NodeBB, you just need to return the values to the widget.

    Hope this makes sense?

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    @phenomlab yes, it is 🙂 thanks a lot…

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    @eveh Welcome board 🙂

    The code you are referring to is custom written as no such functionality exists under NodeBB. However, adding the functionality is relatively trivial. Below are the required steps

    Navigate to /admin/appearance/customise#custom-header Add the below code to your header, and save once completed <ol id="mainbanner" class="breadcrumb"><li id="addtext">Your Title Goes Here</li></ol> Navigate to /admin/appearance/customise#custom-js and add the below code, then save $(document).ready(function() { $(window).on('action:ajaxify.end', function(data) { // Initialise mainbanner ID, but hide it from view $('#mainbanner').hide(); var pathname = window.location.pathname; if (pathname === "/") { $("#addtext").text("Your Title"); $('#mainbanner').show(); } else {} // If we want to add a title to a sub page, uncomment the below and adjust accordingly //if (pathname === "/yourpath") { //$("#addtext").text("Your Title"); //$('#mainbanner').show(); //} }); }); Navigate to /admin/appearance/customise#custom-css and add the below CSS block .breadcrumb { right: 0; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; background: #0086c4; color: #ffffff; width: 100vw; position: relative; margin-left: -50vw; left: 50%; top: 50px; position: fixed; z-index: 1020; }

    Note, that you will need to adjust your CSS code to suit your own site / requirements.

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    @DownPW yes, because of the modifications that Sudonix uses, you’ll need to tailor to fit your needs.

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    @pwsincd I think you can use userData.isAdmin = isAdmin; if I’m not mistaken - see
    https://community.nodebb.org/topic/15128/how-to-hide-whitelist-user-field-only-to-owner-or-admin?_=1648802303112 for an example

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    @phenomlab

    Aha…nice to know. As always thank you for the reply and information.

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    @phenomlab said in NodeBB metadata:

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