[SOLVED] Button on profile to store viewers user id

6 years 7 months ago - 6 years 7 months ago #297294 by davidmarshall15
Hello,

Is it possible to create a button to be displayed on the users profile, when pressed it stores the user id of the viewing user.

I had the idea of creating an hidden integer field to have the column added to #__comprofiler, but how to add a button and store the viewers user id I have no idea, is it even possible?

It would be even better if when the button is pressed, a row could be inserted directly into a custom table, storing both the profile user id and viewers user id, then the hidden integer field is not required and no after update trigger on #__comprofiler is not required.

Thanks
David

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6 years 7 months ago #297297 by davidmarshall15
Replied by davidmarshall15 on topic Button on profile to store viewers user id
Hope this helps clarify the original post, having something similar to the Request Connection button, that can be done using CB core/plugins.



The Request Connection button is a good example as it is processing both user id's.
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6 years 7 months ago #297301 by krileon
Replied by krileon on topic Button on profile to store viewers user id
Yes, that's doable. You'll need to create a CB Auto Action usage to do the storage. Leave Triggers as None and set User to User. If you want to update a field value on click then you can use a Field action for that. Now on the Global tab of your auto action is a URL to directly execute your action. Your button would link to that. To display a button on profile you'll need to use a Custom HTML field and write the HTML for that.

Not entirely sure what you're needing this for though. Could you better describe the purpose or usecase of needing this as there maybe a better or automated way of doing it. For example the CB Last Views Tab already tracks who views your profile.


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6 years 7 months ago - 6 years 7 months ago #297306 by davidmarshall15
Replied by davidmarshall15 on topic Button on profile to store viewers user id
I can get the auto action working from a profile link, to run a query and insert a row but I cannot capture the user id of the profile being viewed. I am always getting the user id of the viewer who clicks the button.

I have tried [var1] [var2] [var3] without much success
I have tried [user_id] and [cb:userdata field="user_id" user="#me" /], this works with connection triggers for example, but in this case both values are the viewers id

The purpose is to create a nudge / poke type button, I only need to insert the row into a none CB table and after that I can deal with the notification etc.

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6 years 7 months ago #297307 by krileon
Replied by krileon on topic Button on profile to store viewers user id
For that you'll just want to pass that with the URL. When configuring your Custom HTML field add to the URL something like &profile=[user_id] then in your auto action use [get_profile] to substitute it in. Since you're storing this to the database be sure to sanitize it before doing so. So for example you'd be safe to store the following.

[cb:parse function="clean" method="int"][get_profile][/cb:parse]

Be sure to turn on format functions under the parameters tab of your auto action for the above format function to work.


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6 years 7 months ago #297308 by davidmarshall15
Replied by davidmarshall15 on topic Button on profile to store viewers user id
Yes that is working for me, thank you for your help.
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