How to call an API after registration

[janslu]

What is the best way to make an API call to external service after user confirms registration in Xenforo? I have a custom field for people interested in receiving a newsletter and have an API service to call with their data (I'm sending few fields from registration). In Vbulletin I've had a simple plugin written in PHP registered in register_activate_process localization. Any hints on where to look for inspiration?

 

[Daniel Hood]

I'd say hooking into the user datawriter and executing additional code in the postSave() function (on inserts) would be the best bet.

 

[janslu]

And so the journey begins Thank you!
Do you know of any primers/tutorials? I'm completely lost at the moment, and so far my searches bring more questions than answers. It is possible that I'm asking wrong questions...

 

[Daniel Hood]

I'd recommend looking at the XenForo Class Proxy tutorial by @Jeremy. Use it to extend the load_class_datawriter code event and extend the XenForo_DataWriter_User class. I don't know where you're at as far as php skills so it's hard to give you more direction that that.

 

[janslu]

Many thanks! It's much easier to know where to look for information. I'm moving a large forum from vbulletin to xenforo and there's a lot to learn. You've saved me a lot of time by giving the specific area I need to look into.