OnCommunityStreamRender

Since JomSocial 2.8

Note: This article is still work in progress

Used in the standard community plugin to gather data for creating activity stream item

1) create a standart JomSocial plugin.

2) add onCommunityStreamRender function in the plugin. The function must be public.

3) Arrange the data according to this format:-

{

//UserId

"actor":5,

//target id

"target": 6,

"message":"string",

"group" : "JTableGroup object",

"event" : "JTableEvent object",

"headline" : "string",

"location" : "Kuala Lumpur",

"attachments":

[

  {"type":"media"},

  {"type":"video", "id":0, "title":"", "description":"", "duration": "string"},

  {"type":"quote"}

]

PHP file of example plugin with code comments and explanations

//refer activities.videos.php file

$stream = new stdClass();

$stream->actor = $user;

$stream->target = null;

$stream->headline = CVideos::getActivityTitleHTML($act);;

$stream->message = "";

$stream->groupid = $act->groupid;

$stream->eventid = $act->eventid;

$stream->attachments = array();

if($act->groupid){

  $group    = JTable::getInstance( 'Group' , 'CTable' );

  $group->load( $act->groupid );

  $stream->group = $group;

}

$attachment = new stdClass();

$attachment->type = 'video';

$attachment->id = $act->cid;

$attachment->title = $video->title;

$attachment->thumbnail = $video->getThumbnail();

$attachment->description = $video->description;

$attachment->duration = CVideosHelper::toNiceHMS(CVideosHelper::formatDuration($video->getDuration()));

$stream->attachments[] = $attachment;

$quoteContent = CActivities::format($act->title);

if(!empty($quoteContent) && $param->get('style') == COMMUNITY_STREAM_STYLE){

  $attachment = new stdClass();

  $attachment->type = 'quote';

  $attachment->message = $quoteContent;

  $stream->attachments[] = $attachment;

}

$this->set('stream', $stream);

$this->load('activities.stream');