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# Write a specialized ActivityPub transformer for an Event Custom Post Type
# Write a specialized ActivityPub transformer for an Event-Custom-Post-Type
> **_NOTE:_** This documentation is also likely to be userfu for other types other than events.
> **_NOTE:_** This documentation is also likely to be userful for content types other than events.
The ActivityPub plugin offers a basic support for all post types out of the box, but it also allows the registration of external transformers. A transformer is a class that implements the [abstract transformer class](https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/fb0e23e8854d149fdedaca7a9ea856f5fd965ec9/includes/transformer/class-base.php) and is responsible for generating the ActivityPub JSON representation of an WordPress post or comment.
The ActivityPub plugin offers a basic support for all post types out of the box, but it also allows the registration of external transformers. A transformer is a class that implements the [abstract transformer class](https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/fb0e23e8854d149fdedaca7a9ea856f5fd965ec9/includes/transformer/class-base.php) and is responsible for generating the ActivityPub JSON representation of an WordPress post or comment object.
## Hooks
To make the WordPress ActivityPub plugin use our custom transformer we simply add a filter to the `activitypub_transformer` hook which provides access to the transformer factory. The [transformer factory](https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/master/includes/transformer/class-factory.php#L12) determines which transformer is used to transform a WordPress object to ActivityPub.
To make the WordPress ActivityPub plugin use a custom transformer simply add a filter to the `activitypub_transformer` hook which provides access to the transformer factory. The [transformer factory](https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/master/includes/transformer/class-factory.php#L12) determines which transformer is used to transform a WordPress object to ActivityPub.
```php
function register_custom_transformer_for_my_post_type( $transformer, $wp_object, $object_class ) {
// Return a custom transformer, if the WordPress object is a post and the post type matches.
if ( 'WP_Post' === $object_class && $wp_object->post_type === 'my_event_post_type' ) {
if ( 'WP_Post' === $object_class && 'my_event_post_type' === $wp_object->post_type ) {
require_once __DIR__ . '/includes/activitypub/transformer/class-my-custom-transformer.php';
return new My_Event_Post_Type_Transformer( $wp_object );
}
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)
```
> **_NOTE:_** issues could arrise if this filter gets applied multiple times, be sure to take the priority argument of the `add_filter` into account.
> **_NOTE:_** issues could arrise if this filter gets applied multiple times, be sure to take the [priority argument](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_filter/#parameters) of the `add_filter` into account.
## Writing an event transformer class
If you are writing a transformer for your custom post type it is recommended to start by extending the upstream generic [post transformer](https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/fb0e23e8854d149fdedaca7a9ea856f5fd965ec9/includes/transformer/class-post.php). It contains useful default implementations for generating the [attachments](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-attachment), rendering a proper [content](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-content) in HTML from either blocks or the classic editor, extracting [tags](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-tag) and more.
If you are writing a transformer for a custom post type it is recommended to start by extending the upstream generic [post transformer](https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/fb0e23e8854d149fdedaca7a9ea856f5fd965ec9/includes/transformer/class-post.php). It contains useful default implementations for generating the [attachments](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-attachment), rendering a proper [content](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-content) in HTML from either blocks or the classic editor, extracting [tags](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-tag) and more.
```php
/**
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class My_Event_Post_Type_Transformer extends Activitypub\Transformer\Post; {
```
The main function which controls the transformation is `to_object`. This one is called by the ActivityPub plugin to get the resulting ActivityPub representation as an PHP-array. The convertion to json takes place later and you don't need to cover that.
The main function which controls the transformation is `to_object`. This one is called by the ActivityPub plugin to get the resulting ActivityPub representation as an PHP-array. The convertion to JSON-LD takes place later and you don't need to cover that.
```php
/**
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}
```
The ActivityPub object classes contain dynamic getter and setter functions: `set_<property-name>` and `get_<property-name>`. Of course, the property with `property-name` must exist for these to work. The function `transform_object_properties` tries to set all properties known to the ActivityPub object where a function called `get_<property-name>` exists in the current transformer class.
### How to add new properties
### How to customize the JSON-LD context
Adding new properties is not encouraged to do at the transformer level. It's recommended to create a proper target ActivityPub object first. The target ActivityPub object also controls the the JSON-LD context via the constant `JSON_LD_CONTEXT`. [Example](https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/fb0e23e8854d149fdedaca7a9ea856f5fd965ec9/includes/activity/extended-object/class-event.php#L21).
### Properties
> **_NOTE:_** Within PHP all properties are snake_case, they will be transformed to the according CamelCase by the ActivityPub plugin. So if to you set `start_time` by using the ActivityPub objects class nfunction `set_start_time` or implementing a getter function in the transformer class called `get_start_time` the property `startTime` will be set accordingly in the JSON representation of the resulting ActivityPub object.
You can find all available event related properties in the [event class](https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/master/includes/activity/extended-object/class-event.php) along documentation and with links to the specifications.
#### Mandatory Properties for an Event
In order to ensure your events are comatible with other ActivityPub Event implementations there are several required properties that must be set by your transformer.
* **[type](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-type)**: if using the `Activitypub\Activity\Extended_Object\Event` class the type will default to `Event` without doing anything.
* **[startTime](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-startTime)**: the events start time
* **[name](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-name)**: the title of the event
#### Recommended properties for an Event in order to achieve good interoperability with other ActivityPub platforms
* **[summary](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-summary)**: Other ActivityPub platforms that don't natively support event should use the summary (and the `name`) to display it as an converted object type. For example Mastodon converts an `Event` object to a `Note`. It is recommended to write the summary as text-centered with minimal HTML markup and that it contains the most important event details like place, time, etc.
* **isOnline**:
...
### Mandatory properties
#### type
```php
/**
* Returns the ActivityStreams 2.0 Object-Type for an Event.
*
* @see https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-event
* @return string The Event Object-Type.
*/
protected function get_type() {
return 'Event';
}
```
####