Is there a method for adding points to a user from outside of Joomla?

Question

I have built a web app that couples with a community built with JomSocial and I want to be able to award points to users within the community when they do things in the app. I already have ties to Joomla built in to my app, but I can't seem to find any documentation on how points work.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Thanks to @oooooo's recomendation I used this code to build a method for adding points.

Calling the UserPoints API in Your Code If you want to give points to a user, you will need to call the API by inserting the codes where you want them.

include_once JPATH_ROOT.'/components/com_community/libraries/core.php'; include_once JPATH_ROOT.'/components/com_community/libraries/userpoints.php'; CuserPoints::assignPoint('your.action.string');

The your.action.string is the rule registered in database with how many points awarded to the current logged-in user. You will need to give a unique action string to your components such as 'com_name.profile.upload.avatar'. In some situations, where you want to give points to another user instead of the current logged-in user, you can call the API's in the following manner:

include_once JPATH_ROOT.'/components/com_community/libraries/core.php';
include_once JPATH_ROOT.'/components/com_community/libraries/userpoints.php';
CuserPoints::assignPoint('your.action.string', 62);

By giving the userId (62) as the second parameter, the API will give points to the specified user.

Here's the method I used. Hope it helps someone.

include_once JPATH_ROOT.'/components/com_community/libraries/core.php';
include_once JPATH_ROOT.'/components/com_community/libraries/userpoints.php';
function addPoints($user_id, $action_string = null){
    if($function_name == null){ $action_string = DEFAULT_ACTION_STRING; }
         CuserPoints::assignPoint('your.action.string', $user_id);
    }
}