Extiverse. Breaching the frontier in Flarum forum and community management

clarkwinkelmann

Supernova3339 as far as I know, Extiverse has 2 sources of data:

All packages published to Packagist.org with "type": "flarum-extension", retrieved through Packagist public API (that's almost all of the extensions ever made for Flarum)
Premium packages published and sold by extension developers directly on Extiverse

Not all packages are visible as there are some automated Flarum compatibility tests and some premium packages are invite-only.

If you are distributing your package through Packagist.com or a custom Composer/Satis repository it won't appear automatically but maybe luceos has some way to add additional external extensions to the list.

Supernova3339

clarkwinkelmann That makes sense, thanks! Is there a specific process for premium extensions?

luceos

Supernova3339 yes, you need to get in touch with me on discord. For new premium extension developers I will review the extension. You will also need to approve the terms with me. After that I will put everything in place once the extension is ready to be published.

Supernova3339

luceos
That sounds awesome! I'll send you a message once it's done.

fakruzaruret

Is there any option to see last updated extensions?

luceos

fakruzaruret it sorts by newest by default:

https://extiverse.com/?sort=-created_at

fakruzaruret

luceos this filter shows new released extensions but I ask for new/last updated extensions.

luceos

fakruzaruret i see. That's not possible right now, but definitely going to add it.

fakruzaruret

luceos thank you very much.

n-peugnet

luceos That's not possible right now, but definitely going to add it.

That would be great! IMO this should be the default sorting method once added, as it gives greater visibility to maintained extensions.

hrvoje_hr

Did something changed on the payments side? I've noticed that I'm not subscribed anymore to one extension for months now.

luceos

hrvoje_hr which one?

hrvoje_hr

luceos Wordpress integration by Clark

clarkwinkelmann

hrvoje_hr Stripe logs show the subscription was automatically cancelled when there was insufficient funds on the credit card in April-May. Stripe attempted to collect the funds 4 times unsuccessfully before cancelling the subscription.

I'm not sure what notifications are sent by Extiverse/Stripe, if any.

Feel free to reach out to me directly if you would like me to look into the Stripe logs in more details, but I don't think there is much more to it.

You will have to subscribe again. If you had a special plan that is no longer available you can contact me so I can restore it, but I don't think that was the case.

hrvoje_hr

clarkwinkelmann thanks for clearing this out. I use some generic prepaid card for online subscriptions and at most times I'm unaware of the balance. However, all other subscriptions notifies me wherever there is an issue with payment. I will subscribe again, let me know how can I reimburse this few months, especially because the extension still works on my side all this time

@luceos it would be useful if you can implement some kind of email notifications

luceos

hrvoje_hr it would be useful if you can implement some kind of email notifications

I will put this on my backlog immediately, it's frustrating that it caused so much confusion without there being a real reason for it. I am currently in the process of merging extiverse into the new flarum portal on next.flarum.org; so it won't be an immediate change.

BetterFlarum

luceos How do we become an extension uploader on Extiverse?
We already have an account on Extiverse, our extension are available on Packagist, GitHub, and the Flarum forum

luceos

BetterFlarum your extensions are synced without issue, the only thing that hampers them being shown is that your extension having a dependency on flarum/core as *. Extiverse is set up so that it provides an honest view on how compatible extensions are with the current Flarum core version. As such - to get your extensions listed - you will need to use a stricter dependency, for now 1.* would suffice. Once 2.x comes out, you can publish versions that are compatible with that.

davetodave178

Hi @luceos, first of all thank you for maintaining and operating Extiverse!

I have a question regarding syncing extensions; is it possible to create a GitHub Workflow which automatically syncs an extension with Extiverse if a new Tag is pushed to remote origin?

I tried something like this, but it I couldn't manage to get it working:

sync.yml

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - '*'

name: Sync with Extiverse

jobs:
  sync:
    name: Sync Extiverse
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Sync with Extiverse
        run: |
          curl -X POST \
            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.EXTIVERSE_API_TOKEN }}" \
            https://extiverse.com/develop/premium-extensions/.../sync

Basically, the workflow is "successful" but the Server returns 405 Method Not Allowed when viewing what happened in the step. For the secret I used a api:read token, but as the name already suggests, this might be the wrong token.

luceos

davetodave178 that is not possible. Once the new website is up one of the first things I will add is creating a full GitHub integration, as an app, so that syncs are immediate.

In the meantime I could indeed look at an API endpoint that allows syncing 🤔

luceos

davetodave178

GET https://extiverse.com/api/premium-extensions/<vendor/extension>/sync

This requires an API token, and a GET request. It will send a 201 back if successful. This is untested..

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