emdash-patch-imageupload/demos/plugins-demo

EmDash Plugins Demo

This demo showcases EmDash's plugin system with plugins that demonstrate the hook architecture.

Plugins Included

1. Audit Log Plugin (@emdash-cms/plugin-audit-log)

Tracks all content changes for compliance.

• Hooks:
  • content:beforeSave (priority 1) - captures "before" state
  • content:afterSave (priority 200) - logs final state
  • content:beforeDelete (priority 200) - logs deletions
  • media:afterUpload (priority 200) - logs uploads
• Features:
  • Create/update/delete tracking
  • Before/after state comparison
  • Admin history page

2. Webhook Notifier Plugin (@emdash-cms/plugin-webhook-notifier)

Posts JSON payloads to external webhook URLs on content/media events.

• Hooks: content:afterSave, content:afterDelete, media:afterUpload (priority 210)
• Features:
  • Retry with exponential backoff
  • Admin-configurable settings (URL, secret token)
  • SSRF protection
  • Delivery tracking

3. Embeds Plugin (@emdash-cms/plugin-embeds)

Provides Portable Text block types for embedding external content.

• Features:
  • YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter/X, Bluesky, Mastodon embeds
  • Link previews (Open Graph)
  • GitHub Gist embeds

4. API Test Plugin (@emdash-cms/plugin-api-test)

Exercises all v2 plugin APIs for testing.

• Features:
  • Routes for each plugin API (kv, storage, content, media, http)
  • Combined test/all route

Running the Demo

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Seed sample content
pnpm seed

# Start development server
pnpm dev

# Open browser
open http://localhost:4321

Testing Plugin Hooks

1. Open the admin at http://localhost:4321/_emdash/admin
2. Create a new post with a title like "Hello World! Testing Plugins"
3. Watch the console output to see hooks executing:
   • [audit-log] + create content/posts/post-xxx