Provide a views handler for views autorefresh header snippet [#1845030]

It would be nice to have a views handler to generate the needed code snippet in a more friendly way, and also avoid using php input format.

I'm also expressing my desire graphically. Please see attached image.

Comment	File	Size	Author
#2	views_hacks-1845030.patch	8.35 KB	jonhattan
#1	views_hacks-1845030.patch	6.34 KB	jonhattan
	what_i_want.png	56.43 KB	jonhattan

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Comment #1

jonhattan

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commented 19 November 2012 at 19:18

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new	views_hacks-1845030.patch	6.34 KB

and also with code :)

still needs some work althout it is functional.

Comment #2

jonhattan

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commented 20 November 2012 at 10:25

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new	views_hacks-1845030.patch	8.35 KB

Note I've removed hook_views_handlers() since it is not used in 7.x. It's enough to declare the files in .info

New patch with two changes:

* Added an example ping script: ping.php.example
* Restrict the provided handler to be eligible only in the header area, via hook_form_alter(). There's no other way to do so.. afterall it is about views hacks :)

There're three TODO comments in the code for possible features that I'm not sure if worth it implement:

+    # TODO: check secondary display arguments.
+    # TODO: offer to choose path to a module to better work out of the box with drupal_get_path() ?
+    # TODO: check the ping script actualy returns the json we are expecting?

the 2nd item refers to the ping script location.