[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Creating settings for a plugin

[Carlos Lemus]

Hello Brian,

Thank you for the response.  I will definitely need more values so I'll try
taking a look at the defaults controller.
I'll let you know if I get something working.

Thank you,
Carlos Lemus
On Oct 13, 2015 6:31 AM, "Brian Hoffman" <brianjhoffman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> Brian
>
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> 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
>
> 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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