How to make a comment from JS?

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Volgar Reply #1, 15 years, 1 month ago

I created a flash application, which can call JS function with the required parameters. I need that this JS code posted a comment with passed parameters on the same page where my app is located.

For example Jot. How do I send Jot comment from JS function?

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sottwell Reply #2, 15 years, 1 month ago

Use AJAX. I haven't used Jot as an AJAX processor although eForm works quite well, but since all Jot comments are in the database a custom PHP application could be used a the AJAX procesor to fetch what is desired from the database. Personally, I think that Flash -> Javascript -> PHP is a little convoluted; usually you can use Javascript alone to do just about anything on the client side that you might be using the Flash for; there is probably at least one JQuery plugin to do whatever your Flash is doing.

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Volgar Reply #3, 15 years, 1 month ago

Thank you, sottwell.
I prefer to work with Flash than with JQuery and Flash has great potential, but not the question. Apparently I did not say specifically what is required.

I have a MODx site. On one page I have placed my flash application and under flash placed the user`s comments and I want to allow users to publish their achievements in the game in these comments in an automatic mode.
For example, in HTML it works fine (see code below). I call PostComment function and the results appear in DIV blocks.
How publish these results as jot comments?

<script language="javascript">
function PostComment(q, a, y, n) 
{ 
 var txt1=document.getElementById("question")
  txt1.innerText= q;
var txt2=document.getElementById("answer")
  txt2.innerText= a;
  var txt3=document.getElementById("yesValue")
  txt3.innerText= y;
  var txt4=document.getElementById("noValue")
  txt4.innerText= n;
} 
</script>

<div id="question"></div>
        <div id="answer"></div>
        <div id="yesValue"></div>
        <div id="noValue"></div>

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virtualbear Reply #4, 15 years, 1 month ago

hi,

Susan's answer is the answer, use Ajax... the "only" way to have front and serverside communicating with js

actually you'll simply have to call, with ajax, a page that contains a function, the jot native one or yours, that feeds the jot table.
Don't forget to pass your user internalKey and a ressource id as params, it will help you sort and display the comments afterwards

something, i haven't understood, is your form in your flash app too ? if yes, flash doesn't need js to send things the async way to ths server, all you need is to call a php page sending the infos the same way any flash form would do it

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Volgar Reply #5, 15 years, 1 month ago

Hi
I do not have forms. I have a flash game. Users play and get points. If the user wants to save his achievements in the game, he can publish it. They are published under a flash application in the form of comments feed.
In my opinion I need to simplify the question:
1. I have values in the DIV:

<div id="question">bla</div>
        <div id="answer">No</div>
        <div id="yesValue">567</div>
        <div id="noValue">3845</div>

2. How do I post a comment that these values were in the comment? Probably something to params of snippet like this:
[!Jot? &action=`comments` &title=`valueOfQuestion` &postBody=`valueOfAnswer + yesValue + noValue` !]

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virtualbear Reply #6, 15 years, 1 month ago

hi,

well, honestly, now that i understand a bit more what you're trying to do, i would say "why use jot?"

actually, the easiest way to do this would be to set a table of your own e.g. yourprefix_score with at least those two fields: id_user (or internalKey if you want to keep modx internal logic) and score, why not a date/timestamp to get a user progression and feed this table with a snippet of your own two (the smartest way being of course using ajax to do this

jot has a complex structure you don't need to achieve what you're looking for

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