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headingSectionHTML: (`
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${options.popupHTML.headingHTML}
${options.popupHTML.bodyHTML}
`;
document.body.appendChild(dialogElement);
//
//
const api = new Object({
askAmount: options.askAmount,
askFrequency: options.askFrequency,
});
Object.defineProperties(api, {
id: {
value: options.id,
writable: false, enumerable: true, configurable: false,
},
tokenName: {
value: options.tokenName,
writable: false, enumerable: true, configurable: false,
},
Dialog: {
value: dialogElement,
writable: false, enumerable: true, configurable: true,
},
show: {
value: function () {
this.update(),
this.Dialog.showModal(),
vwoCustomEvent(`${this.id}:shown`);
this.storedState.updateTokenProperty("lastShown", getCurrentDate());
this.hooks['onShow'].forEach((callback) => callback.call(this));
}, ...lockedProperty
},
hide: {
value: function () {
this.Dialog.close(),
this.hooks['onHide'].forEach((callback) => callback.call(this));
}, ...lockedProperty
},
update: {
value: function () {
this.Dialog.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('update'), { bubbles: false });
}, ...lockedProperty
}
});
Object.defineProperty(api, 'storedState', {
value: {
storageApi: localStorage,
getToken: (function () {
const tokenName = this.tokenName,
storageApi = this.storedState.storageApi;
return JSON.parse(storageApi.getItem(tokenName)) || null;
}).bind(api),
setToken: (function (tokenValue) {
const tokenName = this.tokenName,
storageApi = this.storedState.storageApi;
return storageApi.setItem(tokenName, JSON.stringify(tokenValue));
}).bind(api),
updateTokenProperty: (function (tokenPropertyName, tokenPropertyValue) {
let state = this.storedState.getToken() || {};
state[tokenPropertyName] = tokenPropertyValue;
this.storedState.setToken(state);
return (this.storedState.getToken() || {})[tokenPropertyName] || undefined;
}).bind(api),
}
});
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function handleDialogUpdate (event) { // update dynamic text in the dialog
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const attributeValue = el.getAttribute('data-value');
const currentAmount = await window.NA.DonationForm.getAmount(),
currentFrequency = await window.NA.DonationForm.getFrequency();
if (attributeValue.match("askAmount")) {
el.textContent = this.askAmount(currentAmount);
} else if (attributeValue.match("askFrequency")) {
el.textContent = this.askFrequency(currentFrequency);
} else if (attributeValue.match("originalAmount") || attributeValue.match("amount")) {
el.textContent = currentAmount;
} else if (attributeValue.match("originalFrequency") || attributeValue.match("frequency")) {
el.textContent = currentFrequency;
}
});
this.hooks['onUpdate'].forEach((callback) => callback.call(this));
}
api.Dialog.addEventListener('update', handleDialogUpdate.bind(api));
//
const handleYes = (async function () {
vwoCustomEvent(`${this.id}:DonationInterrupter:yes`);
const currentAmount = await window.NA.DonationForm.getAmount(),
currentFrequency = await window.NA.DonationForm.getFrequency();
const catchAsyncError = (error) => { console.error("An error occured:", error); debugger; this.hide(); };
window.NA.DonationForm.setFrequency(this.askFrequency(currentFrequency)).then((frequency) => {
console.log("Updated frequency:", frequency);
window.NA.DonationForm.setAmount(this.askAmount(currentAmount)).then((amount) => {
console.log("Updated amount:", amount);
setTimeout(() => {
console.log("Submitting...");
try {
window.NA.DonationForm.submit();
} catch (error) {
console.error("Error when submitting.");
} finally {
this.hide();
}
}, 100);
}).catch(catchAsyncError);
}).catch(catchAsyncError);
this.storedState.updateTokenProperty("lastConverted", getCurrentDate());
}).bind(api);
const handleNo = (function () {
vwoCustomEvent(`${this.id}:DonationInterrupter:no`);
setTimeout(() => {
console.log("Submitting...");
try {
window.NA.DonationForm.submit();
} catch (error) {
console.error("Error when submitting.");
} finally {
this.hide();
}
}, 100);
this.storedState.updateTokenProperty("lastDismissed", getCurrentDate());
}).bind(api);
const handleCancel = (function () {
this.hide();
this.storedState.updateTokenProperty("lastDismissed", getCurrentDate());
}).bind(api);
async function handleDialogButtonClick (event) {
event.preventDefault();
if (event.target.hasAttribute('data-action')) {
if (event.target.getAttribute('data-action').match("yes")) {
await handleYes.call(this);
this.hooks['onYes'].forEach((callback) => callback.call(this));
}
if (event.target.getAttribute('data-action').match("no")) {
await handleNo.call(this);
this.hooks['onNo'].forEach((callback) => callback.call(this));
}
}
}
Array.from(api.Dialog.querySelectorAll('.popup__footer button')).forEach((button) => button.addEventListener('click', handleDialogButtonClick.bind(api)));
if (api.Dialog.querySelector('.btn-dismiss'))
api.Dialog.querySelector('.btn-dismiss').onclick = handleCancel;
window.NA.DonationForm.DonationInterrupter = api;
async function shouldDonationInterrupterShow () {
return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
const shouldSubmit = true,
shouldNotSubmit = false;
const shouldShow = () => { this.show(), resolve(shouldNotSubmit) },
shouldNotShow = () => resolve(shouldSubmit);
try {
const formIsValid = await window.NA.DonationForm.validate();
if (!formIsValid)
return console.log("One or more donation form fields are invalid; donation interrupter will not be shown."),
shouldNotShow();
const currentFrequency = await window.NA.DonationForm.getFrequency(),
currentAmount = await window.NA.DonationForm.getAmount(),
askFrequency = this.askFrequency(currentFrequency),
askAmount = this.askAmount(currentAmount);
if (!currentFrequency || askFrequency == currentFrequency)
return console.log("Ask frequency returned false or invalid; donation interrupter will not be shown."),
shouldNotShow();
if (askAmount == false || askAmount <= 0)
return console.log("Ask amount returned false or invalid; donation interrupter will not be shown."),
shouldNotShow();
} catch (error) {
return console.error(error),
shouldNotShow();
}
try {
/// Summary: shows when not seen before at all, or if seen and dismissed on a day that is not the current day (e.g. yesterday)
const storedState = this.storedState.getToken();
if (!storedState || !storedState.hasOwnProperty("lastShown")) { // has not been seen before; first time
return console.log("Donation interrupter not seen yet; donation interrupter will be shown."),
shouldShow();
} else { // returning visitors
if (storedState.hasOwnProperty("lastConverted")) { // the user has converted from the popup before
return console.log("Already converted; donation interrupter will not be shown."),
shouldNotShow();
}
else if (storedState.hasOwnProperty("lastDismissed") && storedState['lastDismissed'] !== getCurrentDate()) { // if the popup has been dismissed before but the last time it was dismissed is NOT today
return console.log("Donation interrupter dismissed, but not today; donation interrupter will be shown."),
shouldShow();
}
else {
return console.log("Donation interrupter already seen and/or dismissed today; donation interrupter will not be shown."),
shouldNotShow();
}
}
} catch (error) {
return console.error(error),
shouldNotShow();
}
});
}
window.NA.DonationForm.interceptSubmit(shouldDonationInterrupterShow.bind(api));
resolve(api);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
});
}
window.NA = window.NA || {};
window.NA.DonationForm = window.NA.DonationForm || {};
window.NA.DonationForm.init = async function init () {
console.log("Initializing donation form API. Waiting for required elements....");
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
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const api = DonationFormAPI({
root: componentDonationForm,
frequencyRadios: [...componentFrequency.querySelectorAll('.form-type-radio')],
amountRadios: [
[...componentAmountOnetime.querySelectorAll('div > .form-type-radio, div > .webform-component-textfield')],
[...componentAmountMonthly.querySelectorAll('div > .form-type-radio, div > .webform-component-textfield')],
],
submitButton: formSubmitButton,
//
});
window.NA.DonationForm = { ...window.NA.DonationForm, ...api };
resolve(window.NA.DonationForm);
}).catch((error) => reject(error));
});
};
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