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Embedding discourse comments in React
import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
export default class DiscussionBox extends React.Component {
static propTypes = {
discourseUrl: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
discourseEmbedUrl: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
};
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.postMessageReceived = this.postMessageReceived.bind(this);
}
componentDidMount() {
this.DiscourseEmbed = {
discourseUrl: this.props.discourseUrl,
discourseEmbedUrl: this.props.discourseEmbedUrl,
};
window.addEventListener('message', this.postMessageReceived, false);
}
componentWillUnmount() {
window.removeEventListener('message', this.postMessageReceived);
}
getIframeSource() {
const { discourseUrl, discourseEmbedUrl, discourseUserName } = this.props;
const queryParams = {};
if (discourseEmbedUrl) {
if (discourseEmbedUrl.indexOf('/') === 0) {
console.error('discourseEmbedUrl must be a full URL, not a relative path');
}
queryParams.embed_url = encodeURIComponent(discourseEmbedUrl);
}
if (discourseUserName) {
queryParams.discourse_username = discourseUserName;
}
let src = discourseUrl + 'embed/comments';
const keys = Object.keys(queryParams);
if (keys.length > 0) {
src += '?';
for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
if (i > 0) { src += '&'; }
const k = keys[i];
src += k + '=' + queryParams[k];
}
}
return src;
}
postMessageReceived(e) {
if (!e) { return; }
const iframe = this.iframe;
const { discourseUrl } = this.props;
if (normalizeUrl(discourseUrl).indexOf(normalizeUrl(e.origin)) === -1) { return; }
if (e.data) {
if (e.data.type === 'discourse-resize' && e.data.height) {
iframe.height = e.data.height + 'px';
}
if (e.data.type === 'discourse-scroll' && e.data.top) {
// find iframe offset
const destY = findPosY(iframe) + e.data.top;
window.scrollTo(0, destY);
}
}
}
render() {
return (
<div
className='discussion-box-container'
>
<iframe
title='discussion box'
ref={(el) => { this.iframe = el; }}
src={this.getIframeSource()}
id='discourse-embed-frame'
width='100%'
frameBorder='0'
/>
</div>
);
}
}
function normalizeUrl(url) {
return url.toLowerCase().replace(/^https?(\:\/\/)?/, '');
}
function findPosY(obj) {
let top = 0;
if (obj.offsetParent) {
while (1) {
top += obj.offsetTop;
if (!obj.offsetParent) {
break;
}
obj = obj.offsetParent;
}
} else if (obj.y) {
top += obj.y;
}
return top;
}
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Any mirror for that discussion? I'm getting 502 Bad Gateway when using that link

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