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Requesting parameter

Plugin ID: parameters:request

Provided tokens

Token Description
[user] The current user.
Alias: current_user
[event] The event.
[event:parameter_name] The parameter name.
[event:entity] The entity.
[event:ENTITY_TYPE] The entity type.
[event] The event.
[event:machine_name] The machine name of the ECA event.
[session_user] The user account that dispatched the event, regardless if ECA is processing models under a different account. This is only available if ECA is configured to always run under a specific account.

Fires when a parameter value is being requested by the Parameters module. Use this to dynamically provide parameter values through ECA instead of (or in addition to) static configuration.

The [event:parameter-name] token contains the machine name of the requested parameter. Context entities are available via [entity] or by their entity type ID.

Fields

Parameter name — config key: parameter_name

The machine name of the requested parameter. Examples: my_eca_parameter, my_global_param, my_article_param.

Type: textfield · Required: yes · Default: empty string

The machine name of the requested parameter to listen for. Examples: my_eca_parameter, my_global_param, my_article_param.