Using discourse API to display topics as a blog

nukeador · October 23, 2015, 11:06pm

Hello,

I’ve create a quick example to use discourse API just with javascript to create a blog-like site fetching latest posts on a category.

Maybe useful for someone who wants to use discourse as backend for a blog or a webapp.

github.com

nukeador/discourse-api-js/blob/master/index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta charset='utf-8'>
        <title>Discourse topics as a blog</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="https://ffp4g1ylyit3jdyti1hqcvtb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/themes/OneMozilla/style.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="https://ffp4g1ylyit3jdyti1hqcvtb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/themes/OneMozilla/colors/stone/stone.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="https://mozorg.cdn.mozilla.net/media/css/tabzilla-min.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="css/discourse-blog.css">
    </head>
    
    <body>
        <div id="page"><div class="wrap">
        
            <header id="masthead">
                <hgroup>
                    <h1><span id="cat-name"></span> discourse topics</h1>
                    <h2>as a blogsite</h2>
                </hgroup>
                <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/" id="tabzilla">Mozilla</a>

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nukeador · October 26, 2015, 11:56pm

I’ve included a simpler example and instructions on how to use the library on your own site:

https://github.com/nukeador/discourse-blog/blob/master/README.md

asdofindia · October 27, 2015, 2:23am

Didn’t explore the API. Can pinned topics be “unpinned”?

nukeador · October 27, 2015, 11:34am

They can, or you can skip them checking if the pinned is True for the post.

yousef · October 27, 2015, 11:04pm

@Kensie I think we should use this for our blog, solves the weird formatting on either Discourse or WordPress and it’s easier to host.

Kensie · October 27, 2015, 11:59pm

Yes, and this becomes very interesting for communities as well.

File a JIRA issue!