add additional column

Author: darreneid

app/controllers/community_custom_fields/custom_fields_controller.rb

@@ -8,14 +8,18 @@ class CommunityCustomFields::CustomFieldsController < ::ApplicationController
 
   def update
     topic = Topic.find(params[:topic_id])
-    custom = params[:custom_field] || params.permit(:assignee_id, :status)
-    topic.custom_fields["assignee_id"] = custom[:assignee_id].to_i if custom[:assignee_id].present?
-    topic.custom_fields["status"] = custom[:status] if custom[:status].present?
+    topic.custom_fields.merge!(custom_fields_params)
     if topic.save_custom_fields
       render json: success_json
     else
       Rails.logger.error("Failed to save custom fields for topic #{topic.id}: #{topic.errors.full_messages}")
       render json: { error: topic.errors.full_messages }, status: 422
     end
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def custom_fields_params
+    params.require(:custom_field).permit(CommunityCustomFields::CUSTOM_FIELD_NAMES)
+  end
 end

plugin.rb

@@ -10,23 +10,45 @@
 
 module ::CommunityCustomFields
   PLUGIN_NAME = "community-custom-fields"
+  CUSTOM_FIELD_NAMES = %i[
+    assignee_id
+    first_assigned_to_id
+    first_assigned_at
+    last_assigned_at
+    last_action_by_assignee_at
+    priority
+    product_area
+    status
+    snoozed_until
+  ]
+  CUSTOM_FIELD_TYPES = %i[
+    integer
+    integer
+    datetime
+    datetime
+    datetime
+    string
+    string
+    string
+    datetime
+  ]
 end
 
 require_relative 'lib/community_custom_fields/engine.rb'
 
 after_initialize do
-  Topic.register_custom_field_type('assignee_id', :integer)
-  Topic.register_custom_field_type('status', :string)
+  CommunityCustomFields::CUSTOM_FIELD_NAMES.each_with_index do |field, i|
+    Topic.register_custom_field_type(field, CommunityCustomFields::CUSTOM_FIELD_TYPES[i])
+  end
 
-  TopicList.preloaded_custom_fields << 'assignee_id' << 'status'
+  TopicList.preloaded_custom_fields.merge(CommunityCustomFields::CUSTOM_FIELD_NAMES)
 
   add_to_serializer(:topic_view, :custom_fields) do
-    object.topic.custom_fields.slice('assignee_id', 'status')
+    object.topic.custom_fields.slice(*CommunityCustomFields::CUSTOM_FIELD_NAMES)
   end
 
   on(:topic_created) do |topic, params, user|
-    topic.custom_fields["assignee_id"] ||= 0
-    topic.custom_fields["status"] ||= "new"
+    topic.custom_fields[:status] = "new"
     topic.save_custom_fields
   end
 end