04.HelloListAction

Hello List Action

The hello world of custom list actions that shows the data passed from Bullhorn.

Prerequisites

• Host File Hack (One Time Only)

Install Dependencies

npm install

Run the App

• Serve the app at https://local.bullhornstaffing.com:4201/:

  npm start
  

• Follow the steps for Viewing the App Locally.

• Follow the steps for Adding the Extension to Bullhorn.

  • This is a special case for custom list actions only: The URL configured for the extension will need to be adjusted to hit a redirect to convert POST to GET.

    Because the custom list action performs a POST request with the selected Entity IDs, we have to read the POST body on a server endpoint and convert the form variables to GET query string parameters for consumption by our Angular App. We need to construct an endpoint that can take a POST request and a URL and construct a GET request to the given URL, converting the body received into query string params.

    If you have the name my-project-name as your google project, then create a NodeJS typescript cloud function, you can use this code here to generate the redirect:

    import { https } from 'firebase-functions';
    import * as url from 'url';
    
    export const redirect = https.onRequest((request, response) => {
      response.redirect(url.format({
        pathname: request.query['url'],
        query: request.body,
      }));
    });

    Change the URL of the extension to:

    https://us-central1-my-project-name.cloudfunctions.net/redirect?url=https://local.bullhornstaffing.com:4201
    

• Open a list in Bullhorn, select one or more records, open the Selected dropdown, and select Your Custom Action and view your custom extension in a new Bullhorn tab.