REST calls in Homepage
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sjgoalie · 2023-10-16 05:30

Is there a way to specify something like: target: _None or some other
way that will let me call a REST URL when you click something, and
ignore the response completely?  I don't want it in a new tab/window
etc, just dump it to /dev/null.   It turns my link/service into a
proper button.  Is there some trick in custom service that will do the
same thing?

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thekrautboy · 2023-10-16 05:34

I dont think that is currently possible, but it might be a great idea
to suggest it as a feature:
https://github.com/gethomepage/homepage/discussions

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Conscious-Fault-8800 · 2023-10-16 05:50

No. But you can do it via Javascript

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sjgoalie · 2023-10-16 06:45

I got this working, thanks for the idea.  I will prob still submit a
feature request.  It seems like a simple addition to the target option
would be easier for most folks.

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root-node · 2023-10-16 14:27

Mind sharing your work for others that may want this.

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sjgoalie · 2023-10-16 17:27

Good idea, I should have done that last night.

It's pretty simple, but I dont do much js work so there's probably a
cleaner way to do this.  This creates a hidden iframe and sets the
target of any items you want to go to that iframe.  Simply set the ID:
value of any bookmarks or whatever to "specialIDForRESTCalls" and this
code does the rest on page load.

I have given no thought to browser portability or security with this
solution, it works in Chrome on my laptop which is all I needed.  I've
also only been using Homepage for a few hours, so I hope this doesnt
break anything else.  If anyone has come fixes/upgrades to this please
let me know.

custom.js

    let iFrame = document.createElement('iframe')
    iFrame.id = 'hiddeniFrame'
    iFrame.name = 'hiddeniFrame'
    iFrame.src = 'about:blank'
    iFrame.style.display = 'none'
    document.body.appendChild(iFrame)

    var eleList = document.querySelectorAll('#specialIDForRESTCalls');
    eleList.forEach(function(ele) {
        var link = ele.getElementsByTagName('a');
        for (let i of link) {
            i.setAttribute('target', 'hiddeniFrame');
        }
    });