Add Rules action - get flag count

It would be great to be able use such features indeed as i am in a similar situation trying to use the flag count with rules.

I will make a new Rules action so you can get the flag count.

Start with the 7.x-3.x and then backport.

I have added the rules action to get the overall flag count and to get the flag count for a specific entity to the 7.x-3.x version. Please test it out.

Thanks for working on these Rules issues :)

Quick eyeball review:

+++ b/flag.module
@@ -1644,6 +1644,37 @@ function _flag_link_type_descriptions() {
+ * @return $counts
+ *   The flag count with the flag name and entity type as the array key.
+ */

The @return documentation shouldn't have a variable name.

+++ b/flag.module
@@ -1644,6 +1644,37 @@ function _flag_link_type_descriptions() {
+    $counts[$flag->name][$entity_type] =  $result; ¶

Remember to trim whitespace :

+++ b/flag.module
@@ -1651,8 +1682,8 @@ function _flag_link_type_descriptions() {
- * @return $flags
- *   An array of the structure [name] => [number of flags].
+ * @return $counts
+ *   The flag count with the entity type and id as array keys.

Are we changing the return of this, or is it just diff being weird?

I have attached the updated patch.

Are we changing the return of this, or is it just diff being weird?

Actually, the return type for that function was wrong. It wasn't returning an array of flags, so I changed the comment.

Forgot to change the comment no. on the patch title. Here's the patch again.

@shabana

If I have flag for "Like Node" which enables users to like various nodes. Will the patch enable me get the number of nodes a user has flagged as like?

I am trying to do the following and want to see if this patch is designed to help:

Event- Node is flagged as "Like Node"
Condition- User has role
Action- Fetch Content Flagged By User
Action- If flag count < 10 (Your patch??) I'm using Conditional Rules module as well.
Action- Grant Points To User

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

@oystercracker, I haven't tested this in conjunction with the Conditional Rules module, however, I believe it should work. Basically, with the 'Fetch overall flag count' you can get the total count of the 'Like node' flag and then, you can set up your condition for it to be for a certain user. I am not sure how Conditional Rules work, as I haven't used it yet, but I guess you can use it to add the condition, only if the 'overall_flag_count' field is less than 10.

Hope this helps.

@Shabana

The patch applied successfully without errors and your options do appear but do not work for my use case above. For my case, I would need to be able to get the user's flag count for a certain flag then be able to do a comparison of the count. Do you know how I might implement an action into rules to get the user's flag count for a certain flag?

Thanks in advance,

I have now incorporated a new rule action to get the user's flag count as well. Thanks for bringing to light the use case. As @oystercrackher just did, I hope a lot more users can post features that they would like to be added to Flags, so that it can be better integrated with Rules. My site only implements Rules with Flags for simple use cases.

Consequently, it would be very helpful if you guys can post Rules features which you believe should definitely be part of Flags 7.x-3.x.

Patch in #12 tested and confirmed.

My only feedback for this would be -
* Fetch overall flag count - the name is not very self-explanatory: it actual fetches the total no. of nodes that are flagged under a given flagged. So content A flagged by multiple users, yet this action will return 1.
My feedback: Change name to Fetch overall flag count for entity/node

Actually, I think you've misunderstood the function. 'Fetch overall flag count' gets the total count of items flagged within a flag. It is not just the count of the total number of nodes that are flagged, but it grabs every entity type flagged within a flag, including nodes. So, I think the name is appropriate.

Committed to 7.x-3.x-dev.