This example shows you how you can implement a calendar view with a custom workflow involving dynamic API calls.
In our example, we want to manage the bookings for a sports court where:
We have a list of court opening dates. Each date can be subject to a price increase if the period is busy. These dates come from a collection called availableDates
A list of available slots appears after selecting a date and duration. These available slots come from a smart collection called availableSlots
How it works
Smart view definition
Learn more about smart views .
File template.hbs
This file contains the HTML and CSS needed to build the view.
Copy <style>
.calendar {
padding: 20px;
background: white;
height:100%;
width: 50%;
overflow: scroll;
color: #415574;
}
.wrapper-view {
display: flex;
height:800px;
width:100%;
background-color: white;
}
.right-hand-wrapper {
width: 40%;
padding: 3px 30px;
background-color: white;
margin-left:30px;
height: 80%;
overflow: scroll;
}
:root {
--fc-border-color:#e0e4e8;
--fc-button-text-color: #415574;
--fc-button-bg-color: #ffffff;
--fc-button-border-color: #c8ced7;
--fc-button-hover-bg-color: rgb(195, 195, 195);
--fc-button-hover-border-color: #c8ced7;
--fc-button-active-bg-color: #ffffff;
--fc-button-active-border-color: #c8ced7;
}
.slot-container {
display: flex;
margin: 10px 0;
vertical-align: center;
padding: 2px 0;
}
.slot-value {
margin: auto 0;
margin-right: 30px;
width: 40px;
}
.calendar .fc-toolbar.fc-header-toolbar .fc-left {
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
}
.calendar .fc-day-header {
padding: 10px 0;
background-color: #f7f7f7;
}
.calendar .fc-event {
background-color: #f7f7f7;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
color: #555;
font-size: 14px;
margin-top: 5px;
}
.calendar .fc-daygrid-event {
background-color: #a2c1f5;
color: white;
font-size: 14px;
border: none;
padding: 6px;
}
.c-beta-radio-button-duration {
display: flex;
margin-top: 4px;
flex-wrap: wrap;
margin-bottom: -4px;
}
</style>
<div class="wrapper-view">
<div id='{{calendarId}}' class="calendar"></div>
<div class="right-hand-wrapper">
<div class="c-beta-label c-beta-label--top ember-view l-dmb">
<div class= "c-beta-label__label">Selected date</div>
<div class = "c-row-value">
{{#if this.selectedDate}}
{{this.selectedDate}}
{{else}}
None
{{/if}}
</div>
</div>
<div class="c-beta-label c-beta-label--top ember-view l-dmb">
<div class= "c-beta-label__label">Duration</div>
<BetaRadioButton
@class='c-beta-radio-button-duration'
@namePath='label'
@options={{this.durations}}
@value={{this.selectedDuration}}
@valuePath='value'
/>
</div>
{{#if this.availableSlots}}
<div class="c-beta-label c-beta-label--top ember-view l-dmb">
<div class= "c-beta-label__label">Available slots</div>
{{#each this.availableSlots as |slot|}}
<div class="slot-container">
<div class="c-row-value slot-value">{{slot.forest-time}}</div>
<div class="c-beta-button c-beta-button--primary" onclick={{ action 'triggerSmartAction' this.availableSlotsCollection 'book' slot}}>book</div>
</div>
{{/each}}
</div>
{{else}}
{{#if (not this.selectedDate)}}
Please select a date to see slots available.
{{else}}
No slots available, please try another duration or another date.
{{/if}}
{{/if}}
</div>
</div>
File template.js
This file contains all the logic needed to handle events and actions.
Copy import Component from '@ember/component' ;
import { inject as service } from '@ember/service' ;
import { scheduleOnce } from '@ember/runloop' ;
import { observer } from '@ember/object' ;
import $ from 'jquery' ;
import SmartViewMixin from 'client/mixins/smart-view-mixin' ;
export default Component .extend (SmartViewMixin , {
store : service () ,
conditionAfter : null ,
conditionBefore : null ,
loaded : false ,
calendarId : null ,
selectedAvailability : null ,
selectedDate : null ,
selectedDuration : 1 ,
availableSlots : null ,
availableSlotsCollection : null ,
_calendar : null ,
init ( ... args) {
this ._super ( ... args);
this .loadPlugin ();
this .initConditions ();
this .set ( 'durations' , [{
label : '1 hour' ,
value : 1 ,
} , {
label : '2 hours' ,
value : 2 ,
} , {
label : '3 hours' ,
value : 3 ,
}]);
} ,
didInsertElement () {
this .set ( 'availableSlotsCollection' , this . store .peekAll ( 'collection' ) .findBy ( 'name' , 'availableSlots' ));
} ,
// update displayed events when new records are retrieved
onRecordsChange : observer ( 'records.[]' , function () {
this .setEvent ();
}) ,
onConfigurationChange : observer ( 'selectedDate' , 'selectedDuration' , function () {
this .searchAvailabilities ();
}) ,
initConditions () {
if ( this .filters) {
this . filters .forEach (condition => {
if ( condition .operator === 'is after' ) {
this .set ( 'conditionAfter' , condition);
} else if ( condition .operator === 'is before' ) {
this .set ( 'conditionBefore' , condition);
}
});
}
} ,
loadPlugin () {
scheduleOnce ( 'afterRender' , this , function () {
this .set ( 'calendarId' , ` ${ this .elementId } -calendar` );
// retrieve fullCalendar script to build the calendar view
$ .getScript ( 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/fullcalendar@5.3.0/main.min.js' , () => {
this .setEvent ();
const calendarEl = document .getElementById ( this .calendarId);
const calendar = new FullCalendar .Calendar (calendarEl , {
height : 600 ,
allDaySlot : true ,
eventClick : (event , jsEvent , view) => {
// persist the selected event information when an event is clicked
this .set ( 'selectedAvailability' , event .event);
const eventStart = event . event .start;
const selectedDate = ` ${ eventStart .getDate () .toString () } / ${ ( eventStart .getMonth () + 1 ) .toString () } / ${ eventStart .getFullYear () .toString () } ` ;
// persist the selected event's date to be displayed in the view
this .set ( 'selectedDate' , selectedDate);
} ,
// define logic to be triggered when the user navigates between date ranges
datesSet : (view) => {
// define params to query the relevant records from the database based on the date range
const params = {
filters : JSON .stringify ({
aggregator : 'and' ,
conditions : [{
field : 'date' ,
operator : 'before' ,
value : view .end ,
} , {
field : 'date' ,
operator : 'after' ,
value : view .start ,
}] ,
}) ,
'page[number]' : 1 ,
'page[size]' : 31 ,
timezone : 'Europe/Paris' ,
};
// query the records from the availableDates collection
return this . store .query ( 'forest-available-date' , params)
.then ((records) => {
this .set ( 'records' , records);
})
.catch ((error) => {
this .set ( 'records' , null );
alert ( 'We could not retrieve the available dates' );
console .error (error);
});
} ,
});
this .set ( '_calendar' , calendar);
calendar .render ();
this .set ( 'loaded' , true );
});
const headElement = document .getElementsByTagName ( 'head' )[ 0 ];
const cssLink = document .createElement ( 'link' );
cssLink .type = 'text/css' ;
cssLink .rel = 'stylesheet' ;
cssLink .href = 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/fullcalendar@5.3.0/main.min.css' ;
headElement .appendChild (cssLink);
});
} ,
// create calendar event objects for each availableDates record
setEvent () {
if ( ! this .records || ! this .loaded) { return ; }
this . _calendar .getEvents () .forEach ((event) => event .remove ());
this . records .forEach ((availability) => {
if ( availability .get ( 'forest-opened' ) === true ) {
const event = {
id : availability .get ( 'id' ) ,
title : 'Available' ,
start : availability .get ( 'forest-date' ) ,
allDay : true ,
};
if ( availability .get ( 'forest-pricingPremium' ) === 'high' ) {
event .textColor = 'white' ;
event .backgroundColor = '#FB6669' ;
event .title = 'Available' ;
}
this . _calendar .addEvent (event);
}
});
} ,
// retrieve record from the availableSlots collection when an event has been selected
searchAvailabilities () {
if ( this .selectedAvailability) {
return this . store .query ( 'forest-available-slot' , {
date : this . selectedAvailability .start ,
duration : this .selectedDuration ,
}) .then ((slots) => {
this .set ( 'availableSlots' , slots);
}) .catch ((error) => {
this .set ( 'availableSlots' , null );
alert ( 'We could not retrieve the available slots' );
console .error (error);
});
}
} ,
});
Available dates model
File models/available-dates.js
This file contains the model definition for the collection availableDates. It is located in the models folder, at the root of the admin backend.
Copy module . exports = (sequelize , DataTypes) => {
const { Sequelize } = sequelize;
const AvailableDates = sequelize .define ( 'availableDates' , {
date : {
type : DataTypes . DATE ,
} ,
opened : {
type : DataTypes . BOOLEAN ,
} ,
pricingPremium : {
type : DataTypes . STRING ,
} ,
} , {
tableName : 'available_dates' ,
underscored : true ,
timestamps : false ,
schema : process . env . DATABASE_SCHEMA ,
});
return AvailableDates;
};
Available slots smart collection
To create a smart collection that returns records built from an API call, two files need to be created:
a file available-slots.js inside the folder forest to declare the collection
a file available-slots.js inside the routes folder to implement the GET logic for the collection
File forest/available-slots.js
This file includes the smart collection definition.
Copy const { collection } = require ( 'forest-express-sequelize' );
collection ( 'availableSlots' , {
fields : [{
field : 'startDate' ,
type : 'Date' ,
} , {
field : 'endDate' ,
type : 'Date' ,
} , {
field : 'time' ,
type : 'String' ,
} , {
field : 'maxTimeSlot' ,
type : 'Number' ,
}] ,
segments : [] ,
});
File routes/available-slots.js
This file includes the logic implemented to retrieve the available slots from an API call and return them serialized to the UI.
Copy const express = require ( 'express' );
const { PermissionMiddlewareCreator , RecordSerializer } = require ( 'forest-express-sequelize' );
const { availableSlots } = require ( '../models' );
const router = express .Router ();
const permissionMiddlewareCreator = new PermissionMiddlewareCreator ( 'availableSlots' );
const recordSerializer = new RecordSerializer ({ name : 'availableSlots' });
// Get a list of Available slots
router .get ( '/availableSlots' , permissionMiddlewareCreator .list () , (request , response , next) => {
const { date } = request .query;
const { duration } = request .query;
return fetch ( `https://apicallplaceholder/slots/?date= ${ date } &duration= ${ duration } ` )
.then ((response) => JSON .parse (response))
.then ((matchingSlots) => {
return recordSerializer .serialize (matchingSlots)
.then ((recordsSerialized) => response .send (recordsSerialized));
})
.catch ((error) => {
console .error (error);
});
});
module . exports = router; Book smart action
To create the action to book a slot, two files need to be updated:
the file available-slots.js inside the folder forest to declare the action
the file available-slots.js inside the routes folder to implement the logic for the action
File forest/available-slots.js
This file includes the smart action definition. The action form is pre-filled with the start and end date. The last step is to select the user associated with this booking.
Copy const { collection } = require ( 'forest-express-sequelize' );
collection ( 'availableSlots' , {
actions : [
{
name : 'book' ,
type : 'single' ,
fields : [{
field : 'start date' ,
type : 'Date' ,
} , {
field : 'end date' ,
type : 'Date' ,
} , {
field : 'user' ,
reference : 'users.id' ,
}] ,
values : (context) => {
return {
'start date' : context .startDate ,
'end date' : context .endDate ,
};
} ,
} ,
] ,
...
});
File routes/available-slots.js
This file includes the logic of the smart action. It basically creates a record from the bookings collection with the information passed on by the user input form.
Copy const express = require ( 'express' );
const { PermissionMiddlewareCreator } = require ( 'forest-express-sequelize' );
const { bookings } = require ( '../models' );
const router = express .Router ();
const permissionMiddlewareCreator = new PermissionMiddlewareCreator ( 'availableSlots' );
...
router .post ( '/actions/book' , permissionMiddlewareCreator .smartAction () , (request , response) => {
const attr = request . body . data . attributes .values;
const startDate = attr[ 'start date' ];
const endDate = attr[ 'end date' ];
bookings .create ({
startDate ,
endDate ,
userIdKey : attr .user ,
}) .then (() => response .send ({ success : 'successfully created booking' }));
});
module . exports = router; 
