Account link related issue

raffaelj · March 25, 2021, 10:02am

I see two options:

Create a custom renderer for the entries view, that calls /accounts/find to get the related user data and display that instead of the id.
Use the event system to replace the ids before they are fetched and displayed.

event system

See Account-Link Display Option - #2 by raffaelj

By the way, this is the first result if you search for “account link” in this forum

renderer

The account-link field doesn’t have it’s own renderer, so the default one is used to display a string.

github.com

agentejo/cockpit/blob/next/assets/app/js/app.utils.js#L269-L272


App.Utils.renderer.default = function (v) {
    v = String(v === undefined ? '' : (['number', 'string'].indexOf(typeof (v)) > -1) ? v : JSON.stringify(v));
    return v.length > 30 ? v.substr(0, 30) + '...' : v;
};

I wrote a mini tutorial about custom renderers here:

github.com

raffaelj/cockpit-scripts/blob/master/custom-renderers/README.md

# Custom renderers

Sometimes the field content renderer in entries view doesn't show the content in the preferred way.

## Example for set field

To see the full functionality, use the next branch >= [this commit][1] (2018-11-07). Before this update, field definitions weren't passed to the renderer. For older versions, there is a fallback to display a simple items counter instead. Have a look at [the discussion on discourse][2] for some more background. Scroll down for screenshots.

If you want to write your own renderers, have a look at [app.utils.js][3] and discover the core renderers `App.Utils.renderer.{fieldname}`. You can overwrite everything, you want with a custom js file.

[1]: https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/commit/907c1de5ba92f7bbab25635ad20d8b1d5d43a099
[2]: https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/renderer-for-set-field-in-backend/372
[3]: https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/blob/next/assets/app/js/app.utils.js


**bootstrap.php**

```php
if (COCKPIT_ADMIN && !COCKPIT_API_REQUEST) {

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The interesting bit for the id replacement can be found in the core source

github.com

agentejo/cockpit/blob/next/modules/Cockpit/assets/components/field-account-link.tag#L178


    var value = this.refs.txtfilter.value, options = {};

    if (this.filter) {
        options.filter = this.filter;
    }

    options.limt = 10;

    this.loading = true;

    App.request('/accounts/find', {options: options}).then(function(response) {
        $this._accounts = response && Array.isArray(response.accounts) ? response.accounts : [];
        $this.loading = false;
        $this.update();
    });
}

this.linkAccount = function(e) {

    var account = e.item.account;

github.com

agentejo/cockpit/blob/next/modules/Cockpit/Controller/Accounts.php#L213



            $this->app->storage->remove('cockpit/accounts', ['_id' => $data['_id']]);

            return '{"success":true}';
        }
    }

    return false;
}

public function find() {

    \session_write_close();

    $options = array_merge([
        'sort'   => ['user' => 1]
    ], $this->param('options', []));

    if (isset($options['filter']) && is_string($options['filter'])) {

        $filter = null;

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