Enabling Extra Fields

To enable extra fields on |repos|, use the following steps:

1. Go to the :menuselection:`Admin --> Settings --> Visual` page.
2. Check the :guilabel:`Use repository extra fields` box.
3. Save your changes.

Configuring Extra Fields

To configure extra fields per repository, use the following steps:

1. Go to :menuselection:`Admin --> Repositories` and select :guilabel:`Edit` beside the |repo| to which you wish to add extra fields.
2. On the |repo| settings page, select the :guilabel:`Extra fields` tab.

The most important is the New field key variable which under the value will be stored. It needs to be unique for each repository. The label and description will be generated in repository settings where users can actually save some values inside generated extra fields.

Example Usage in extensions

To use the extra fields in an extension, see the example below. For more information and examples, see the :ref:`extensions-hooks-ref` section.

call = load_extension('http_notify.py')
if call:
    url = 'http://default.url' # <url for post data>

    # possibly extract the URL from extra fields
    call = load_extension('extra_fields.py')
    if call:
        repo_extra_fields = call(**kwargs)
        # now update if we have extra fields, they have precedence
        # this way users can store any configuration inside the database per
        # repo
        for key, data in repo_extra_fields.items():
            kwargs[key] = data['field_value']

    # an endpoint url data will be sent to, fetched from extra fields
    # if exists, or fallback to default
    kwargs['URL'] = kwargs.pop('webhook_url', None) or url

    # fetch pushed commits, from commit_ids list
    call = load_extension('extract_commits.py')
    extracted_commits = {}
    if call:
        extracted_commits = call(**kwargs)
        # store the commits for the next call chain
    kwargs['COMMITS'] = extracted_commits

    # set additional keys and values to be sent via POST to given URL
    kwargs['caller_type'] = 'rhodecode'
    kwargs['date'] = time.time() # import time before
    call(**kwargs)