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Zendesk contact form and integration
Adds shortcode `ccom_contact_form` to print Zendesk contact form. Shows Name and Email fields for unauthenticated traffic. Be sure to set your Zendesk URL, admin email address and API token in the settings area. Set this snippet to run everywhere in Code Snippets.
// WordPress Hooks
add_shortcode( 'ccom_contact_form', function( $atts ) {
return ccom_contact_form::print_form();
} );
add_action( 'rest_api_init', function() {
ccom_contact_form::rest_api_init();
} );
// Plugin Class
class ccom_contact_form {
// Settings
private static $zendesk_url = 'https://MY-SUBDOMAIN.zendesk.com/api/v2/requests.json';
private static $username = '[email protected]/token';
private static $password = 'TOKEN-GOES-HERE';
// Shortcode To Render Form
static function print_form() {
$current_user = get_current_user_id() ? wp_get_current_user() : false;
ob_start();
?>
<form id="contact_form" method="POST" action="/wp-json/ccom_contact_form/v1/submit">
<?php if( $current_user ) { ?>
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="/my-account/">
<input type="hidden" name="name" value="<?php echo get_user_meta( $current_user->ID, 'first_name', true ); ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="email" value="<?php echo $current_user->user_email; ?>">
<?php } else { ?>
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="/">
<p>
<input type="text" name="name" required="required"
placeholder="First Last" aria-label="Your name">
</p>
<p>
<input type="email" name="email" required="required"
placeholder="[email protected]" aria-label="Your email address">
</p>
<?php } ?>
<p>
<textarea cols="30" rows="5" name="message" required="required"
placeholder="Enter your message here." aria-label="Your message"></textarea>
</p>
<p>
<input class="button" type="submit" value="Send message">
</p>
</form>
<?php
$ccom_contact_form = isset( $_GET['ccom_contact_form'] )
? $_GET['ccom_contact_form'] : '';
switch( $ccom_contact_form ) {
case 'success':
$tid = isset( $_GET['ticket_id'] ) ? $_GET['ticket_id'] : '';
echo '<p>Thank you for your message. Your ticket number is #' . $tid . '</p>';
break;
case 'error':
$msg = isset( $_GET['message'] ) ? $_GET['message'] : '';
echo '<p>We\'re sorry. There was an error with your submission (' . $msg . ').</p>';
break;
}
return ob_get_clean();
}
// REST API Endpoint
static function rest_api_init() {
register_rest_route(
'ccom_contact_form/v1',
'/submit',
[
'callback' => [
'ccom_contact_form',
'submit'
],
'methods' => 'POST',
'permission_callback' => '__return_true',
]
);
}
// Form Submissions
static function submit( WP_REST_Request $request ) {
// Get Submission
$field_redirect = $request->get_param( 'redirect' );
$field_name = $request->get_param( 'name' );
$field_email = $request->get_param( 'email' );
$field_message = $request->get_param( 'message' );
// Missing Data Error
if( ! $field_name ) {
exit(
wp_safe_redirect(
$field_redirect . '?ccom_contact_form=error&message=Name+missing'
)
);
}
if( ! $field_email ) {
exit(
wp_safe_redirect(
$field_redirect . '?ccom_contact_form=error&message=Email+missing'
)
);
}
if( ! $field_message ) {
exit(
wp_safe_redirect(
$field_redirect . '?ccom_contact_form=error&message=Message+missing'
)
);
}
// Append Tracing To Message
$ip_address = empty( $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'] )
? $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] : $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'];
$field_message .= sprintf(
"\n\nIP Address: %s\n\nUser Agent: %s",
$ip_address, $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']
);
if( ! empty( $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_IPCOUNTRY'] ) ) {
$field_message .= sprintf(
"\n\nGeolocation: %s", $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_IPCOUNTRY']
);
}
// Submit Zendesk Ticket
$response = wp_remote_post(
self::$zendesk_url,
[
'headers' => [
'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
'Authorization' => 'Basic ' . base64_encode(
self::$username . ':' . self::$password
),
],
'body' => json_encode(
[
'request' => [
'subject' => 'Website Contact Form',
'comment' => [
'body' => $field_message,
],
'requester' => [
'locale_id' => '1',
'name' => $field_name,
'email' => $field_email,
],
'priority' => 'normal',
],
]
),
'timeout' => 30,
]
);
// Communication Error
if( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
exit(
wp_safe_redirect(
$field_redirect . '?ccom_contact_form=error&message=Comm+failure'
)
);
}
// Get Response Body And ID
$response = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );
$response = json_decode( $response );
$tid = isset( $response->request->id )
? intval( $response->request->id ) : '';
// Zendesk Error
if( ! $tid ) {
$response = isset( $response->description )
? $response->description : print_r( $response, true );
exit(
wp_safe_redirect(
$field_redirect . '?ccom_contact_form=error&message=Zendesk+rejected:+' . $response
)
);
}
// Zendesk Success
exit(
wp_safe_redirect(
$field_redirect . '?ccom_contact_form=success&ticket_id=' . $tid
)
);
}
}
Instructions for Zendesk contact form and integration
- Log into a staging or locally hosted clone of your site.
- Install and activate Code Snippets plugin.
- WP Admin > Snippets > Add New
- Copy and paste the code from the section above.
- Check to ensure formatting came over properly.
- Customize the code as desired.
- Add a meaningful title.
- Select whether to run on front-end or back-end (or both).
- Click “Save and Activate”.
- Test your site to ensure it works.
- Disable if any problems, or recover.
- Repeat for live environment.
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License
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