npm-finallycomments

This is the official npm package for Finallycomments.

Installation

To install this library run: npm install finallycomments --save

Methods

init() : Adds an event listener to the window for 'message' used to resize the iframe to full height of contents on load. Looks for any Finally embed code on the page (this embed code is HTML generated on https://finallycomments.com), if embed code is found with the class finally-comments it will be automatically loaded.

loadEmbed(selector) : load the finally iframe for HTML code where you have changed the selector.

loadFromSteemitUrl(steemitUrl, options) : returns an iframe html node

loadThread(slug, username, options) : returns an iframe html node

appendTo(selector, embedType, id, username, options) : Creates an iframe from the parameters and uses appendChild to insert the frame into the DOM using the selector specified.

directThreadLink(embedType, url, options) : returns a url String that links to the Finally thread viewer.

Examples

init()

Any embeds found on page with class finally-comments will be loaded. Event Listener added to Window for incoming messages from frame parent (used to resize iframe).

import finallycomments from 'finallycomments'
finallycomments.init()

loadEmbed(selector)

Example HTML on Page -

<section class="post__comments"
    data-id="https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@sambillingham/introducing-move-club-get-rewarded-for-working-out"
    data-reputation="true"
    data-values="true"
    data-profile="true"
    data-generated="false"
    data-beneficiary="username"
    data-beneficiaryWeight="10"
    data-guestComments="false">
</section>

import finallycomments from 'finallycomments'
finallycomments.init()
finallycomments.loadEmbed('.post__comments')

The options object is optional.

loadFromSteemitUrl(steemitUrl, options)

import finallycomments from 'finallycomments'
finallycomments.init()
let iframe = finallycomments.loadFromSteemitUrl('https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@sambillingham/finally-comments-api-and-new-dashboard-features')

loadThread(slug, username, options)

import finallycomments from 'finallycomments'
finallycomments.init()
let thread = finallycomments.loadThread('finally-hellomars', 'sambillingham', {values: false})

appendTo(selector, embedType, id, username, options)

import finallycomments from 'finallycomments'
finallycomments.init()
let options = {
  values: true,
  reputation: false,
  profile: false,
  beneficiary: 'finallycomments',
  beneficiaryWeight: '30'
}
finallycomments.appendTo('main', 'thread', 'finally-hellomars', 'sambillingham', options)

directThreadLinkFromURL(url)

Create a link to comments for a steem post

import finallycomments from 'finallycomments'
let href = finallycomments.directThreadLink('https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@sambillingham/finally-comments-api-and-new-dashboard-features')
let link = `<a href="${href}">Check out this discussion we has on Steem yesterday</a>`

directThreadLinkFromID(ID, username)

Create a link to a custom thread

import finallycomments from 'finallycomments'
let href = finallycomments.directThreadLink('finally-hellomars', 'sambillingham')
let link = `<a href="${href}">Read the full thread details here</a>`

Contribution

If you want to contribute to this package create a fork, make your changes and create a pull request.

Change Log

• v0.4.0 - Fix embed loading issues/add test file
• v0.3.2 - check if settings defined
• v0.3.1 - enable/disable guest comments support
• v0.3.0 - comment beneficiary support
• v0.2.1 - post-message not recongised without correct message property
• v0.2.0 - add autoload support for embeds found on page
• v0.1.2 - fixed issue with incorrect variable names for urlParts
• v0.1.1 - remove sign-in window message. Not needed with the new popup auth flow.