Input Plugin

This is a special interaction plugin that allows you to handle complex and multilingual inputs for special use cases (e.g. entering user names/passwords, performing search queries, etc.). In order to use this plugin, a corresponding content service must be implemented that processes the entered input (e.g. by evaluating an input parameter). The plugin can be used with version 0.1.123 or higher.

Usage

The plugin must be loaded with a content service URL that is able to handle the input (which can be set as URL parameter). Optionally, a type, a default language, a headline, a background, an extension, and/or a hint can be set. Please see following action syntax examples.

• content:request:interaction:{URL}@http://msx.benzac.de/interaction/input.html
• content:request:interaction:{URL}|{TYPE}@http://msx.benzac.de/interaction/input.html
• content:request:interaction:{URL}|{TYPE}|{DEFAULT_LANG}@http://msx.benzac.de/interaction/input.html
• content:request:interaction:{URL}|{TYPE}|{DEFAULT_LANG}|{HEADLINE}@http://msx.benzac.de/interaction/input.html
• content:request:interaction:{URL}|{TYPE}|{DEFAULT_LANG}|{HEADLINE}|{BACKGROUND}@http://msx.benzac.de/interaction/input.html
• content:request:interaction:{URL}|{TYPE}|{DEFAULT_LANG}|{HEADLINE}|{BACKGROUND}|{EXTENSION}@http://msx.benzac.de/interaction/input.html
• content:request:interaction:{URL}|{TYPE}|{DEFAULT_LANG}|{HEADLINE}|{BACKGROUND}|{EXTENSION}|{HINT}@http://msx.benzac.de/interaction/input.html

The {TYPE} part can be set to one of the following values.

• default: Default input
• secret: Secret input (this type can be used for passwords and hides the input by default)
• search: Search input (this type can be used for search queries and automatically submits the input 3 seconds after it has been changed)

The {DEFAULT_LANG} part can be set to one of the following values.

• en: English keyboard layout
• fr: French keyboard layout
• de: German keyboard layout
• es: Spanish keyboard layout
• pt: Portuguese keyboard layout
• it: Italian keyboard layout
• ru: Russian keyboard layout

Please note that the keyboard layout can also be changed at runtime.

The content service URL should contain the keyword {INPUT}, which is replaced with the corresponding value. Please see following action syntax examples.

• content:request:interaction:http://link.to.input.handler?input={INPUT}@http://msx.benzac.de/interaction/input.html
• content:request:interaction:http://link.to.input.handler?input={INPUT}|search|en|Headline|http://link.to.image|Extension|Hint text@http://msx.benzac.de/interaction/input.html

The content service should return either an action to be executed (e.g. for user logins) or a template and items object to display the results (e.g. for search queries). Please see this example code how a user login response can look like.

{
    "action": "reload"
}

The next example code shows how a search query response can look like.

{
    "headline": "Search results for \"Video\"",  
    "template": {           
        "type": "separate",
        "layout": "0,0,2,4",
        "icon": "msx-white-soft:movie",
        "color": "msx-glass"
    },
    "items": [{            
            "title": "Video 1",
            "playerLabel": "Video 1",
            "action": "video:http://msx.benzac.de/media/video1.mp4"
        }, {
            "title": "Video 2",
            "playerLabel": "Video 2",
            "action": "video:http://msx.benzac.de/media/video2.mp4"
        }, {
            "title": "Video 3",
            "playerLabel": "Video 3",
            "action": "video:http://msx.benzac.de/media/video3.mp4"
        }]
}

If you would like to use the plugin as reference to implement your own plugin, please have a look at this implementation script: http://msx.benzac.de/interaction/js/input.js.

Note: Currently, the input plugin cannot be used with panels. Please also note that all requests to the content service are HTTP GET requests.

Syntax

Parameter syntax of content service for input plugin

Parameter	Type	Default Value	Mandatory	Description
input	string	""	Yes	The input that should be processed.
credentials	void	n/a	No	A keyword that indicates that user credentials (e.g. cookies, authorization headers, etc.) are enabled for this request. Technically, this keyword sets the withCredentials flag for the XMLHttpRequests object to true. If the content service uses HTTP sessions and manages them via cookies, you should add this keyword.

Example

Screenshot

Example Screenshot (Input Plugin)

Code

//TODO

Demo

• Launch via App: https://msx.benzac.de/?start=menu:https://msx.benzac.de/info/xp/data/plugin_test_13.json
• Launch via Demo Page: https://msx.benzac.de/info/?start=content:https://msx.benzac.de/info/xp/data/plugin_test_13.json

See also

• Interaction Plugin
• Plugin API Reference