Creating Thrive Automator Trigger Fields

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About Trigger Fields

Trigger Fields are the fields used for setting up an action in the admin user interface.

Creating Your First Trigger Field

To create your own Trigger_Field you need to extend ThriveAutomatorItemsTrigger_Field and implement the required basic methods.

• abstract public static function get_id(): string – should return a unique identifier that will be used as a key in arrays. To avoid conflicts or overwrites we suggest using a prefix.

public static function get_id(): string { return 'request_headers_toggle'; }

• abstract public static function get_name(): string – the name of the Trigger_Field.

public static function get_name(): string { return 'Headers'; }

• abstract public static function get_description(): string – short description of the Trigger_Field that will be displayed in the tooltip.

public static function get_description(): string { return 'Whether you want custom headers'; }

• abstract public static function get_placeholder(): string – input placeholder to be displayed in the admin UI.

public static function get_placeholder(): string { return 'user role'; }

• abstract public static function get_type(): string – type of input field, required to render in the admin UI.

/** * @see Utils::FIELD_TYPE_TEXT * @see Utils::FIELD_TYPE_TAGS * @see Utils::FIELD_TYPE_SELECT * @see Utils::FIELD_TYPE_CHECKBOX * @see Utils::FIELD_TYPE_AUTOCOMPLETE * @see Utils::FIELD_TYPE_DOUBLE_DROPDOWN * @see Utils::FIELD_TYPE_BUTTON * @see Utils::FIELD_TYPE_KEY_PAIR */ public static function get_type(): string { return Trigger_Field::FIELD_TYPE_RADIO; }

Other Methods

• abstract public static function get_validators(): array – returns an array of validations that should be done on the field.

public static function get_validators(): array { return [ static::REQUIRED_VALIDATION ]; }

• abstract public static function is_ajax_field(): bool – checks if the field values are retrieved normally or with an ajax request.

public static function is_ajax_field(): bool { return true; }

• public static function allow_dynamic_data(): bool – Whether users should be allowed to add dynamic data from Data_Field as value for the current Trigger_Field.

public static function allow_dynamic_data(): bool { return false; }

• public static function get_default_value(): string – can be used to set default values for a field e.g select field.

public static function get_default_value(): string{ return 'first_key'; }

• abstract public static function get_options_callback(): array – returns an array of id/label arrays representing the option values for the Trigger_Field. $trigger_id – the current trigger where the field is displayed, useful when a single field is used in multiple triggers(e.g products list) $trigger_data – the current state of the trigger.Can be used to filter the values based on other properties set for the current trigger

public static function get_options_callback( $trigger_id, $trigger_data ): array { return [ 'none' => [ 'id' => 'none', 'label' => 'None', ], 'custom' => [ 'id' => 'custom', 'label' => 'Custom', ], ]; }

Registering the Trigger Field

To register this Trigger_Field so it can appear in the admin area, we should use the thrive_automator_register_trigger_field function which receives the class name as the only parameter.