[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Creating settings for a plugin

[Brian Hoffman]

Hi Carlos,

I think you might want to look at the defaults controller and model, as well as the sequence controller and model. If you really just need a single string value, you may want to dispense with the JSONModel stuff completely and just have your backend endpoint take a single parameter and update the model.

You can look at the DefaultValues model for an example of how to just have 1 row in the table.

For the frontend, you’re probably better off not using the handle_crud helper if you don’t use JSONModel, and just have the controller prepare and send an update request to the backend. The default_values example might help here too:
https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/blob/master/frontend/app/models/default_values.rb <https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/blob/master/frontend/app/models/default_values.rb>

Brian






> On Oct 12, 2015, at 5:54 PM, Carlos Lemus <carlos.lemus at unlv.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> What I want to accomplish is to create a form, possibly in the system_menu_controller, that will allow me to create certain fields/settings with user-input values, save those values, and then let me access them at different points in my plugin. 
> 
> What I've tried so far:
> 
> I've tried to mimic a bit of the accessions_summary_reports and the hello_world plugin. However, these seem both to be able to continuously create new objects in the schema database pertaining to it, but I just want to have one empty field for the settings that can just be updated instead of having to create multiple settings. I have tried something similar with the defaults, but I don't think I implemented them correctly.
> 
> Here is a github link to my trial
> https://github.com/l3mus/ArchivesSpace-authority-project/tree/master/plugin_settings <https://github.com/l3mus/ArchivesSpace-authority-project/tree/master/plugin_settings>
> 
> I hope that was clear enough, please let me know if I need to clarify more.
> I'm just looking for some direction on what I could be doing. How could I approach doing this? I'm I looking in the right direction? Or is there a better example that can help me form this? 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Carlos Lemus
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