Log credit applications to an external system

Free Beginner Since v1.0.0

Use benecaster_credit_applied to send a record to an external system — a webhook, Slack notification, analytics endpoint, or spreadsheet — each time a credit template is stamped onto an episode. The action fires after the text is saved, so the external record is guaranteed to reflect what was actually written to the episode.

Code

<?php
/**
 * Post a Slack notification when a credit is applied to an episode.
 */
add_action(
    'benecaster_credit_applied',
    function ( int $episode_id, string $credit_id, string $stamped_text, int $show_id ): void {
        $webhook_url = get_option( 'my_plugin_slack_webhook' );
        if ( empty( $webhook_url ) ) {
            return;
        }

        $episode_title = get_the_title( $episode_id );
        $show_title    = get_the_title( $show_id );

        wp_remote_post( $webhook_url, [
            'body'    => wp_json_encode( [
                'text' => sprintf(
                    'Credit stamped on *%s* (show: %s) — credit ID: `%s`',
                    $episode_title,
                    $show_title,
                    $credit_id
                ),
            ] ),
            'headers' => [ 'Content-Type' => 'application/json' ],
            'blocking' => false, // Fire-and-forget; don't block the save request.
        ] );
    },
    10,
    4
);

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Hooks Used

benecaster_credit_applied