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Events

Events can be used to extend the functionality of Social Poster.

Post related events

The beforeSavePost event

Plugins can get notified before a post is saved. Event handlers can prevent the post from getting sent by setting $event->isValid to false.

use craft\events\ModelEvent;
use verbb\socialposter\elements\Post;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Post::class, Post::EVENT_BEFORE_SAVE, function(ModelEvent $e) {
    $post = $event->sender;
    $event->isValid = false;
});

The afterSavePost event

Plugins can get notified after a post has been saved

use craft\events\ModelEvent;
use verbb\socialposter\elements\Post;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Post::class, Post::EVENT_AFTER_SAVE, function(ModelEvent $e) {
    $post = $event->sender;
});

The beforeSaveAccount event

Plugins can get notified before an account is being saved.

use verbb\socialposter\events\AccountEvent;
use verbb\socialposter\services\Accounts;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Accounts::class, Accounts::EVENT_BEFORE_SAVE_ACCOUNT, function(AccountEvent $e) {
    // Do something
});

The afterSaveAccount event

Plugins can get notified after an account has been saved.

use verbb\socialposter\events\AccountEvent;
use verbb\socialposter\services\Accounts;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Accounts::class, Accounts::EVENT_AFTER_SAVE_ACCOUNT, function(AccountEvent $e) {
    // Do something
});

The beforeDeleteAccount event

Plugins can get notified before an account is deleted

use verbb\socialposter\events\AccountEvent;
use verbb\socialposter\services\Accounts;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Accounts::class, Accounts::EVENT_BEFORE_DELETE_ACCOUNT, function(AccountEvent $e) {
    // Do something
});

The afterDeleteAccount event

Plugins can get notified after an account has been deleted

use verbb\socialposter\events\AccountEvent;
use verbb\socialposter\services\Accounts;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Accounts::class, Accounts::EVENT_AFTER_DELETE_ACCOUNT, function(AccountEvent $e) {
    // Do something
});

The beforeSaveToken event

Plugins can get notified before a token is being saved.

use verbb\socialposter\events\TokenEvent;
use verbb\socialposter\services\Tokens;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Tokens::class, Tokens::EVENT_BEFORE_SAVE_TOKEN, function(TokenEvent $e) {
    // Do something
});

The afterSaveToken event

Plugins can get notified after a token has been saved.

use verbb\socialposter\events\TokenEvent;
use verbb\socialposter\services\Tokens;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Tokens::class, Tokens::EVENT_AFTER_SAVE_TOKEN, function(TokenEvent $e) {
    // Do something
});

The beforeDeleteToken event

Plugins can get notified before an token is deleted

use verbb\socialposter\events\TokenEvent;
use verbb\socialposter\services\Tokens;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Tokens::class, Tokens::EVENT_BEFORE_DELETE_TOKEN, function(TokenEvent $e) {
    // Do something
});

The afterDeleteToken event

Plugins can get notified after a token has been deleted

use verbb\socialposter\events\TokenEvent;
use verbb\socialposter\services\Tokens;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Tokens::class, Tokens::EVENT_AFTER_DELETE_TOKEN, function(TokenEvent $e) {
    // Do something
});

The afterOauthCallback event

use verbb\socialposter\controllers\AccountsController;
use verbb\socialposter\events\OauthTokenEvent;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(AccountsController::class, AccountsController::EVENT_AFTER_OAUTH_CALLBACK, function(OauthTokenEvent $e) {
    // Do something
});
Last updated: May 2, 2026, 3:22:02 PM
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