Topic Tag: CRED API

Problem:

I want to do is use one of the CRED API hooks after the form is submitted to add a meta value to the corresponding post.

Solution:

Yes, you are right, you can use CRED action hook "cred_save_data" to update/add custom field to the post, see the document you mentioned above:

https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#csd

But, it needs custom codes, for example, when user submit the CRED form, the post is saved into database, you can use hook "cred_save_data" to trigger a custom PHP function, in this function, you need to:

1) get the value of "URL of the video uploaded", if it is a custom field created with Types plugin, you can use Types function types_render_field() to get the field value:

https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/functions/

Or you can use WordPress function get_post_meta() to get the value:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_meta

2) use above value to update/add it to the "meta value", for example
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_post_meta/

Relevant Documentation:

https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#csd

Problem:

The issue here is that the user wanted to display the created post ID on their form submission message.
Solution:
Unfortunately this seems not to be possible however the user opted to redirect to the page that was created using CRED by using the following hook

//redirect after post creation
add_filter('cred_success_redirect', 'custom_redirect',10,3);
function custom_redirect($url, $post_id, $form_data)
{
    if ($form_data['id']==150) //Change this to your form's ID
     
      //Get that Post's Permalink of Target Page 
      $permalink = get_permalink(130);
  
      //Return the URL to where to redirect: 
      return $permalink."?created_post_id=".$post_id ;
    
    return $url;
}