Add Option for Automatically Publishing Text Posts

Author: anujs3

public/scripts/form.js

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ async function processFormAsync(urlGenerator) {
         onAsyncRequestStarting();
 
         let id;
+        let redirectUrl;
         try {
             let response = await fetch(e.target.getAttribute('action'), {
                 method: 'POST',
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ async function processFormAsync(urlGenerator) {
             if(response.ok) {
                 let jsonResponse = await response.json();
                 id = jsonResponse.id;
+                redirectUrl = jsonResponse.redirectUrl;
             } else {
                 resultElem.textContent = 'Error submitting form';
             }
@@ -112,6 +114,8 @@ async function processFormAsync(urlGenerator) {
 
         if (id) {
             window.location.href = urlGenerator(id);
+        } else if (redirectUrl) {
+            window.location.href = redirectUrl;
         }
     });
 }

src/index.js

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const MEDIA_TYPE__TEXT = 'TEXT';
 const MEDIA_TYPE__VIDEO = 'VIDEO';
 
 const PARAMS__ACCESS_TOKEN = 'access_token';
+const PARAMS__AUTO_PUBLISH_TEXT = 'auto_publish_text';
 const PARAMS__ALT_TEXT = 'alt_text';
 const PARAMS__CLIENT_ID = 'client_id';
 const PARAMS__CONFIG = 'config';
@@ -370,6 +371,7 @@ app.post('/upload', upload.array(), async (req, res) => {
         replyControl,
         replyToId,
         linkAttachment,
+        autoPublishText,
         pollOptionA,
         pollOptionB,
         pollOptionC,
@@ -419,6 +421,10 @@ app.post('/upload', upload.array(), async (req, res) => {
         });
     }
 
+    if (autoPublishText === 'on' && params.media_type === MEDIA_TYPE__TEXT) {
+        params[PARAMS__AUTO_PUBLISH_TEXT] = true;
+    }
+
     if (params.media_type === MEDIA_TYPE__CAROUSEL) {
         const createChildPromises = params.children.map(child => (
             axios.post(
@@ -446,10 +452,18 @@ app.post('/upload', upload.array(), async (req, res) => {
     const postThreadsUrl = buildGraphAPIURL(`me/threads`, params, req.session.access_token);
     try {
         const postResponse = await axios.post(postThreadsUrl, {}, { httpsAgent: agent });
-        const containerId = postResponse.data.id;
-        res.json({
-            id: containerId,
-        });
+        const id = postResponse.data.id;
+        if (autoPublishText === 'on' && params.media_type === MEDIA_TYPE__TEXT) {
+            // If auto_publish_text is on, the returned ID is the published Threads ID.
+            return res.json({
+                redirectUrl: `/threads/${id}`
+            });
+        } else {
+            // Otherwise, the returned ID is the container ID.
+            return res.json({
+                id: id,
+            });
+        }
     }
     catch (e) {
         console.error(e.message);

views/upload.pug

@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ block content
         |   Link Attachment
         input#link-attachment(type='text' name='linkAttachment' value='')
 
+        label(for="autoPublishText")
+        input(type="checkbox" name="autoPublishText" id="autoPublishText")
+        | Auto-Publish (only for text posts)
+
         button#poll-attachment-button(type='button' name='pollAttachment') Attach Poll 🗳️
         div#poll-attachment-options(style='display:none')
             div.poll-attachment-option