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addEventListener (eventType, callbackFunction) {
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super(element);
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this.value = newAmount;
}
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super(element);
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this.input.dispatchEvent(new Event('updateSummary'));
}
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constructor (items) {
if (!Array.isArray(items) && items.length === 0) {
throw new Error("GiftArray: Arugment 1 is not an instance of Array with a length greater than 0:" + items.join(', '));
}
if (items.every((item) => item instanceof GiftArrayButton || item instanceof GiftArrayOtherAmount)) {
if (items.find((item) => item instanceof GiftArrayOtherAmount)) {
let temp = items.find((item) => item instanceof GiftArrayOtherAmount);
items = items.filter((item) => item instanceof GiftArrayButton);
items.push(temp);
}
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items = items.map((item) => item.matches(".webform-component-textfield") ? new GiftArrayOtherAmount(item) : new GiftArrayButton(item));
} else {
throw new Error("GiftArray: Arugment 1 is not of type HTMLElement, HTMLElement[], or GiftArrayButton|GiftArrayButton[]:" + items.join(', '));
}
super(...items);
this.Buttons = items.filter((item) => item instanceof GiftArrayButton);
this.OtherAmountInput = items.find((item) => item instanceof GiftArrayOtherAmount);
}
get amount () {
const activeButton = this.Buttons.find((item) => item.checked);
if (activeButton.value === "other") {
const otherButton = activeButton;
if (!otherButton) {
throw new Error("GiftArray.amount: Other Button was not defined.");
}
otherButton.click();
return this.OtherAmountInput.value;
} else {
return activeButton.value;
}
}
set amount (newAmount) {
if (Number.isNaN(parseInt(newAmount)) || parseInt(newAmount) <= 0)
throw new Error("New amount must be a valid number greater than 0.");
newAmount = parseFloat(newAmount);
const matchingButton = this.find((item) => item.value === newAmount);
if (matchingButton) {
matchingButton.click();
} else {
const otherButton = this.Buttons.find((item) => item.value === "other");
otherButton.click();
this.OtherAmountInput.amount = newAmount;
}
}
addEventListeners (eventType, callbackFunction, filter = undefined) {
if (filter && typeof filter === 'function') {
const filteredItems = this.filter((item) => filter.call(this, item));
filteredItems.forEach((item) => item.addEventListener(eventType, callbackFunction));
} else if (filter && typeof filter === 'string') {
if (filter.match(/buttons/gmi))
this.Buttons.forEach((item) => item.addEventListener(eventType, callbackFunction));
if (filter.match(/other/gmi))
this.OtherAmountInput.addEventListener(eventType, callbackFunction);
} else {
this.forEach((item) => item.addEventListener(eventType, callbackFunction));
}
}
}
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constructor (element) {
super(element);
}
get frequency () {
return this.text.match(/Monthly/gmi) ? "Monthly" : "One-Time";
}
set freqency (newAmount) {
if (Number.isNaN(parseInt(newAmount)) || parseInt(newAmount) <= 0)
throw new Error("New amount must be a valid number greater than 0.");
newAmount = parseInt(newAmount);
this.text = '$' + newAmount;
this.value = newAmount;
}
}
class FrequencyArray extends Array {
constructor (items) {
if (!Array.isArray(items) && items.length === 0) {
throw new Error("FrequencyArray: Arugment 1 is not an instance of Array with a length greater than 0:" + items.join(', '));
}
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items = items.filter((item) => item instanceof GiftArrayButton);
items.push(temp);
}
} else*/ if (items.every((item) => item instanceof HTMLElement)) {
items = items.map((item) => item.matches(".webform-component-textfield") ? new GiftArrayOtherAmount(item) : new GiftArrayButton(item));
} else {
throw new Error("FrequencyArray: Arugment 1 is not of type HTMLElement or HTMLElement[]:" + items.join(', '));
}
super(...items);
this.Buttons = items.filter((item) => item instanceof GiftArrayButton);
}
get frequency () {
const activeButton = this.Buttons.find((item) => item.checked);
if (activeButton.value === "recurs")
return "monthly";
if (activeButton.value === "NO_RECURR")
return "one-time";
return activeButton.value;
}
set frequency (newFrequency) {
const reNewFrequencyValue = new RegExp(newFrequency, 'gmi');
const matchingButton = this.find((item) => item.value.match(reNewFrequencyValue) || item.text.match(reNewFrequencyValue));
matchingButton.click();
}
get recurring () {
return this.frequency === "monthly" ? true : false;
}
set recurring (bool) {
this.frequency = bool === true ? "monthly" : "one-time";
}
addEventListeners (eventType, callbackFunction, filter = undefined) {
if (filter && typeof filter === 'function') {
const filteredItems = this.filter((item) => filter.call(this, item));
filteredItems.forEach((item) => item.addEventListener(eventType, callbackFunction));
} else if (filter && typeof filter === 'string') {
if (filter.match(/buttons/gmi))
this.Buttons.forEach((item) => item.addEventListener(eventType, callbackFunction));
if (filter.match(/other/gmi))
this.OtherAmountInput.addEventListener(eventType, callbackFunction);
} else {
this.forEach((item) => item.addEventListener(eventType, callbackFunction));
}
}
}
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function DonationFormAPI (elements, options = {}) {
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min: 1.00,
max: 999999.99,
makeTabbed: false,
fakeSubmit: true,
overrideGiftArrayValues: false,
};
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const { frequencyRadios, submitButton, root } = elements;
const [ amountRadiosOnetime, amountRadiosMonthly ] = elements.amountRadios;
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const oneTimeRadioButtons = amountRadiosOnetime.filter((div) => div !== oneTimeOtherAmountWrapper);
const monthlyOtherAmountWrapper = amountRadiosMonthly.find((div) => !div.matches('.webform-component-textfield') || div.querySelector('input[type="text"]'));
const monthlyRadioButtons = amountRadiosMonthly.filter((div) => div !== monthlyOtherAmountWrapper);
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};
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const api = new Object();
Object.defineProperty(api, 'root', {
value: root,
writable: false,
configurable: true,
enumerable: true,
});
Object.defineProperties(api, {
'FORM_MINIMUM': {
value: options.min || 0,
...lockedProperty
},
'FORM_MAXIMUM': {
value: options.max || Infinity,
...lockedProperty
},
});
Object.defineProperties(api, {
GiftArrays: {
value: {
"one-time": new GiftArray([ ...oneTimeRadioButtons, oneTimeOtherAmountWrapper ]),
"monthly": new GiftArray([ ...monthlyRadioButtons, monthlyOtherAmountWrapper ]),
},
writable: false,
configurable: true,
enumerable: true,
},
Frequencies: {
value: new FrequencyArray(frequencyRadios),
writable: false,
configurable: true,
enumerable: true,
},
SubmitButton: {
value: submitButton,
writable: false,
configurable: false,
enumerable: true,
}
});
Object.defineProperties(api, {
'getFrequency': {
value: async function () {
if (!this || this === null) throw new Error("validate: Unable to read API context.");
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
try {
resolve(this.Frequencies.frequency);
} catch (error) {
reject(error);
}
});
}, ...lockedProperty
},
'setFrequency': {
value: async function (frequency) {
if (!this || this === null) throw new Error("validate: Unable to read API context.");
return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
try {
this.Frequencies.frequency = frequency;
if (await this.getFrequency() === frequency)
resolve(frequency);
} catch (error) {
reject(error);
}
});
}, ...lockedProperty
},
'getAmount': {
value: async function (frequency = undefined) {
if (!this || this === null) throw new Error("validate: Unable to read API context.");
return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
try {
frequency = frequency || await this.getFrequency();
if (frequency && this.GiftArrays.hasOwnProperty(frequency)) {
const activeGiftArray = this.GiftArrays[frequency];
resolve(activeGiftArray.amount);
} else {
throw new Error("getAmount: Invalid frequency: " + frequency);
}
} catch (error) {
reject(error);
}
});
}, ...lockedProperty
},
'setAmount': {
value: async function (amount, frequency = undefined) {
if (!this || this === null) throw new Error("validate: Unable to read API context.");
return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
try {
const currentFrequency = await this.getFrequency();
if (!frequency) {
frequency = currentFrequency;
} else if (frequency !== currentFrequency) {
frequency = await this.setFrequency(frequency);
}
if (frequency && this.GiftArrays.hasOwnProperty(frequency)) {
const activeGiftArray = this.GiftArrays[frequency];
activeGiftArray.amount = amount;
} else {
throw new Error("setAmount: Invalid frequency: " + frequency);
}
if (await this.getAmount() === amount)
resolve(amount);
} catch (error) {
reject(error);
}
});
}, ...lockedProperty
},
'getRecurring': {
value: async function () {
if (!this || this === null) throw new Error("validate: Unable to read API context.");
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
try {
resolve(this.Frequencies.recurring);
} catch (error) {
reject(error);
}
});
}, ...lockedProperty
},
'setRecurring': {
value: async function (bool) {
if (!this || this === null) throw new Error("validate: Unable to read API context.");
return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
try {
this.Frequencies.frequency = bool ? true : false;
if (await this.getRecurring() === bool)
resolve(bool);
} catch (error) {
reject(error);
}
});
}, ...lockedProperty
},
freqency: {
get () { return this.getFrequency() },
set (value) { this.setFrequency(value) },
enumerable: true, configurable: true,
},
amount: {
get () { return this.getAmount() },
set (value) { this.setAmount(value) },
enumerable: true, configurable: true,
},
recurring: {
get () { return this.getRecurring() },
set (value) { this.setRecurring(value) },
enumerable: true, configurable: true,
},
});
Object.defineProperties(api, {
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value: async function (condition = this.validate||function(){return true}) {
//this.hooks['onBeforeSubmit'].forEach((callback) => callback.call(this));
let result;
const isAsyncFunction = (func) => func.constructor.name === "AsyncFunction";
if (Array.isArray(condition)) {
if (condition.every((c) => typeof c === 'function' && isAsyncFunction(c))) {
result = await Promise.all(condition.map(async (c) => await c.call(this)));
} else if (condition.every((c) => typeof c === 'function')) {
result = condition.every((c) => c.call(this));
} else if (condition.every((c) => c === true || c === false)) {
result = condition.every((c) => c);
}
} else if (typeof condition === 'function' && isAsyncFunction(condition)) {
result = await condition.call(this);
} else if (typeof condition === 'function') {
result = condition.call(this);
} else if (condition === true || condition === false) {
result = condition;
} else {
console.error("Unknown error.");
debugger;
}
//
if (result === true) {
if (window.NA.DonationForm.hasOwnProperty("DEBUG_MODE") && window.NA.DonationForm["DEBUG_MODE"] == true)
return console.log("Submit aborted (debug mode is enabled).");
this.SubmitButton.click(),
this.hooks['onSubmit'].forEach((callback) => callback.call(this));
//this.hooks['onAfterSubmit'].forEach((callback) => callback.call(this));
} else {
return console.log("Submit failed (conditions did not evaluate to true).");
}
}, ...lockedProperty
},
'interceptSubmit': {
value: function (handleInterceptedSubmit = () => { return new Promise((resolve) => resolve(undefined)) }) {
try {
window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButtonCopy = window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButtonCopy || createNewSubmitButton(window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButton, { cloneOriginal: false, hideOriginal: true, observeOriginal: false });
window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButtonCopy.addEventListener('click', async (event) => {
event.preventDefault(), event.stopPropagation();
const shouldFormSubmit = await handleInterceptedSubmit.call(this, event);
if (shouldFormSubmit) {
console.info("Submit allowed by initial interceptSubmit callback function resulting in a truthy evaluation.");
const formIsValid = await window.NA.DonationForm.validate();
if (!formIsValid) { // if submit allowed but there are known errors in the form
console.warn("Form has known errors. Attempting to submit to show errors then retrying.");
console.log("Submitting...");
window.NA.DonationForm.submit(true); // submit anyway to trigger the error to be shown
window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButton.style.setProperty("display", "none"), debug.info("SubmitButton hidden."), // hide the original submit button again
window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButtonCopy.style.setProperty("display", "none"), debug.info("SubmitButtonCopy hidden."); // hide the copy of the submit button again
window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButtonCopy.style.removeProperty("display"), debug.info("SubmitButtonCopy unhidden."); // show the copy of the submit button
} else {
console.log("Submitting...");
window.NA.DonationForm.submit(true);
}
} else {
console.log("Submit prevented.");
console.info("Next submit will be allowed.");
window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButton.style.removeProperty("display"), debug.info("SubmitButton unhidden."); // show the original submit button so that if something goes wrong the user can still click the submit button
window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButtonCopy.style.setProperty("display", "none"), debug.info("SubmitButtonCopy hidden."); // hide the copy of the submit button that intercepts submit attempts so that there aren't two buttons
}
});
console.log("Submit intercept added.\nButton:", window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButtonCopy);
} catch (error) {
console.error("Failed to add submit intercept:", error);
}
}, ...lockedProperty
},
'validate': {
value: async function (root = undefined) {
if (!this || this === null)
throw new Error("validate: Unable to read API context.");
root = root || this.root;
const flattenArray = (array) => array.reduce((flat, toFlatten) => flat.concat(Array.isArray(toFlatten) ? flattenArray(toFlatten) : toFlatten), []);
try {
const freqency = await this.getFrequency(),
amount = await this.getAmount();
if (!freqency || !amount)
return false;
if (amount < this.FORM_MINIMUM || amount > this.FORM_MAXIMUM)
return console.error("validate:", "Gift amount is invalid:", amount), false;
let requiredFields = Array.from(root.querySelectorAll('label:has(.form-required)'))
.map((label) => document.getElementById(label.htmlFor) || (label.nextElementSibling || label.previousElementSibling))
.filter((_) => !!_) // remove blanks
.filter((field) => {
if (field.name && field.name.includes('[payment_information]'))
return false;
return true;
})
.map((field) => {
if (field.matches("div"))
return [...field.querySelectorAll('input')];
return field;
})
requiredFields = flattenArray(requiredFields);
const valid = requiredFields.every((input) => {
const type = input.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'select' ? 'select' : input.type;
const { name, value, id } = input;
//console.log(type, name, value);
if (name === 'submitted[payment_information][payment_fields][credit][card_number]') {
if (value && value.length === 16)
return true;
return console.error("validate:", name+':', "CC is invalid."), false;
}
if (name === 'submitted[leadership_circle]')
return true;
if (name === 'submitted[donation][other_amount]' || name === 'submitted[donation][recurring_other_amount]')
if (amount)
return true;
switch (type) {
case 'email':
const emailRegex = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$/;
if (!emailRegex.test(value))
return console.error("validate:", name+':', "Email address is invalid.\n", input, value), false;
return true;
case 'tel':
if (!value || value.length < 10)
return console.error("validate:", name+':', "Phone number is invalid.\n", input, value), false;
return true;
case 'select':
case 'radio':
case 'text':
if (!value || value.length === 0)
return console.error("validate:", name+':', "Field is invalid.\n", input, value), false;
return true;
default:
debug.log("default");
return true;
}
/*if (!value || value.length === 0)
return false;*/
});
return valid;
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
return false;
}
}, ...lockedProperty
},
//'makeTabbed': { value: function(){} },
'DonationInterrupter': {
value: { init: initDonationInterrupter.bind(api) },
enumerable: true,
configurable: true,
writable: true,
}
});
initHooks(api, ['onFrequencyChange', 'onAmountChange', 'onTrySubmit', 'onSubmit']);
api.Frequencies.addEventListeners('change', (event) => {
if (event.target.checked) {
api.hooks['onFrequencyChange'].forEach((callback) => {
callback.call(api, event.target.value);
});
}
});
Object.entries(api.GiftArrays).forEach(([ key, GiftArray ]) => {
GiftArray.addEventListeners('change', (event) => {
if (event.target.checked) {
api.hooks['onAmountChange'].forEach((callback) => {
callback.call(api, event.target.value);
});
}
});
});
api.SubmitButton.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
api.hooks['onTrySubmit'].forEach((callback) => callback.call(api, event));
});
api.root.addEventListener('submit', (event) => {
api.hooks['onSubmit'].forEach((callback) => callback.call(api, event));
});
if (options.makeTabbed)
api.makeTabbed();
/*if (options.fakeSubmit)
window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButtonCopy = window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButtonCopy || createNewSubmitButton(window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButton, { cloneOriginal: false, hideOriginal: true, observeOriginal: false });*/
return api;
}
function createNewSubmitButton (originalSubmitButton = window.NA.DonationForm.SubmitButton, options = {}) {
const defaultOptions = {
cloneOriginal: true,
hideOriginal: true,
observeOriginal: true,
};
options = { ...defaultOptions, ...options };
const newSubmitButton = document.createElement('button');
//newSubmitButton.id = "submit-button-copy";
newSubmitButton.classList.add("btn");
newSubmitButton.textContent = originalSubmitButton.value;
originalSubmitButton.after(newSubmitButton);
options.hideOriginal && originalSubmitButton.style.setProperty("display", "none");
return newSubmitButton;
}
function initHooks (api, hookNames = []) {
const hooks = Object.fromEntries(hookNames.map((hookName) => ([hookName, new Array()])));
Object.defineProperty(api, 'hooks', {
value: hooks,
...lockedProperty
});
}
function initDonationInterrupter (options = {}) {
const getExpId = () => {
let experiments = window._vwo_exp;
experiments = Object.entries(window._vwo_exp);
let id = experiments.find(([id, data]) => {
const name = data.name;
return name.match(/Donation Interrupter/);
})[1]?.id;
return id;
};
const getExpVariation = (id) => {
let experiment = window._vwo_exp[id];
return experiment.combination_chosen || experiment.combination_selected;
};
const defaultOptions = {
id: [ 'VWO', getExpId(), getExpVariation(getExpId()) ].join('-'),
tokenName: ("NA__MPR_DonationInterrupter:" + [ 'VWO', getExpId(), getExpVariation(getExpId()) ].join('-')),
min: 10,
max: 100,
askAmount: (originalAmount) => {
if (originalAmount > 500) // $500+
return false; // don't show
if (originalAmount >= 400) // $400-$500
return 50;
if (originalAmount >= 300) // $300-$399
return 40;
if (originalAmount >= 200) // $200-$299
return 30;
if (originalAmount >= 100) // $100-$199
return 15;
if (originalAmount < 100) // $100-
return 10;
return false;
},
askFrequency: (originalFrequency) => {
return "monthly";
},
popupHTML: {
headingHTML: (`
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
`),
bodyHTML: (`
Consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed nec egestas turpis, hendrerit semper nisl. Pellentesque auctor ipsum at
pharetra eleifend. Pellentesque a rhoncus turpis, ut tempus nibh. Donec vel dui hendrerit nisi imperdiet
tincidunt. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos.
Duis efficitur dolor ut nisl blandit imperdiet. Nullam pretium est nunc, tincidunt viverra ligula dapibus.
Duis malesuada:
dui eu venenatis volutpat
urna libero posuere lectus
non tincidunt mauris ligula consectetur felis
lacinia hendrerit enim at molestie
Sed placerat fringilla consequat. Nullam eu pellentesque sem?
`;
document.body.appendChild(dialogElement);
//
//
const api = new Object({
askAmount: options.askAmount,
askFrequency: options.askFrequency,
});
Object.defineProperties(api, {
id: {
value: options.id,
writable: false, enumerable: true, configurable: false,
},
tokenName: {
value: options.tokenName,
writable: false, enumerable: true, configurable: false,
},
Dialog: {
value: dialogElement,
writable: false, enumerable: true, configurable: true,
},
show: {
value: function () {
this.update(),
this.Dialog.showModal(),
vwoCustomEvent(`${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),
}
});
initHooks(api, ['onShow', 'onHide', 'onUpdate', 'onYes', 'onNo']);
function handleDialogUpdate (event) { // update dynamic text in the dialog
Array.from(this.Dialog.querySelectorAll('[data-value]')).forEach(async (el) => {
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) => {
const asyncWaitForElement=async function(e,r=100,t=1e4){r=Number.isInteger(r)&&r>0&&r<=100?r:parseInt(r);let n="Array";if("NaN"==r)return console.error("Invalid refresh interval:",r);Array.isArray(e)||"string"!=typeof e||(n="string",e=[e]);let l=e=>document.querySelector(e),i=e=>e.every(e=>!!l(e));return new Promise((R,a)=>{let m=(e,r=null)=>(r&&clearInterval(r),R("Array"==n||e.length>1?e.map(e=>l(e)):l(e[0]))),o=n=>{console.error(`${n.name}: ${n.message}`);let l=()=>asyncWaitForElement(e,r=100,t=1e4);return a(n,l)};try{if(i(e))return m(e);let s=setInterval(()=>{if(i(e))return m(e,s)},1e3/r);setTimeout(()=>{try{if(!i(e)){clearInterval(s);let r=Error(`Failed to find matching elements within ${t}ms`);throw r.name="Timed Out",r}}catch(n){return o(n)}},t)}catch(u){return o(u)}})};
asyncWaitForElement([ 'form.webform-client-form', '#webform-component-donation--recurs-monthly', '#webform-component-donation--amount', '#webform-component-donation--recurring-amount', '.form-actions input[type="submit"]' ]).then(([ componentDonationForm, componentFrequency, componentAmountOnetime, componentAmountMonthly, formSubmitButton ]) => {
const api = DonationFormAPI({
root: componentDonationForm,
frequencyRadios: [...componentFrequency.querySelectorAll('.form-type-radio')],
amountRadios: [
[...componentAmountOnetime.querySelectorAll('div > .form-type-radio, div > .webform-component-textfield')],
[...componentAmountMonthly.querySelectorAll('div > .form-type-radio, div > .webform-component-textfield')],
],
submitButton: formSubmitButton,
//
});
window.NA.DonationForm = { ...window.NA.DonationForm, ...api };
resolve(window.NA.DonationForm);
}).catch((error) => reject(error));
});
};
}catch(e) {console.error(e)}
return vwo_$('head')[0] && vwo_$('head')[0].lastChild;})("head")}}, R_940895_39_1_2_0:{ fn:function(log,nonce=''){return (function(x) {
try{
var ctx=vwo_$(x),el;
/*vwo_debug log("Revert","content",""); vwo_debug*/;
el=vwo_$('[vwo-element-id="1740425171461"]');
el.revertContentOp().remove();
} catch(e) {console.error(e)}
try{
var el,ctx=vwo_$(x);
/*vwo_debug log("Revert","addElement","body"); vwo_debug*/(el=vwo_$('[vwo-element-id="1740425171462"]')).remove();
} catch(e) {console.error(e)}
return vwo_$('head')[0] && vwo_$('head')[0].lastChild;})("head")}}, C_940895_39_1_2_1:{ fn:function(log,nonce=''){return (function(x) {
try{
var _vwo_sel = vwo_$("`);
!vwo_$("head").find('#1740425171462').length && vwo_$('head').append(_vwo_sel);}catch(e) {console.error(e)}
try{}catch(e) {console.error(e)}
try{const DONATION_INTERRUPTER_OPTIONS = {
headingSectionHTML: (`
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`),
bodySectionHTML: (`
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conversation for all – no matter where you live or how you listen. From the
broadcast to the podcast, on-air and online, gifts from individuals power everything
you find at Minnesota Public Radio.
Would you consider becoming a sustainer by converting your one-time gift to a
monthly gift today?
`),
min: 100, // do not show if original gift is below this amount
max: 500, // do not show if original gift is above this amount
askAmount: (originalAmount) => {
// the input is the original amount
// the output is the ask amount, or false if the input does not map to an ask amount
if (originalAmount > 500.00) // $500+
return false; // don't show
if (originalAmount >= 400.00) // $400-$500
return 50.00;
if (originalAmount >= 300.00) // $300-$399
return 40.00;
if (originalAmount >= 200.00) // $200-$299
return 30.00;
if (originalAmount >= 100.00) // $100-$199
return 15.00;
if (originalAmount < 100.00) // $100-
return 10.00;
return false;
},
};
//
//
//
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
//
//
//
window.NA.DonationForm.init({ makeTabbed: false }).then(async (donationFormApi) => {
//console.log("DonationForm:", donationFormApi);
console.log("Donation Form: %c READY %c", 'background-color: MediumSeaGreen; color: white; font-weight: bold;', 'background-color: unset; color: unset; font-weight: unset;');
console.log(donationFormApi);
const interrupter = await donationFormApi.DonationInterrupter.init({
min: DONATION_INTERRUPTER_OPTIONS.min,
max: DONATION_INTERRUPTER_OPTIONS.max,
askAmount: DONATION_INTERRUPTER_OPTIONS.askAmount,
popupHTML: {
headingHTML: DONATION_INTERRUPTER_OPTIONS.headingSectionHTML,
bodyHTML: DONATION_INTERRUPTER_OPTIONS.bodySectionHTML,
},
});
//console.log("DonationInterrupter", interrupter);
console.log("Donation Interrupter: %c READY %c", 'background-color: MediumSeaGreen; color: white; font-weight: bold;', 'background-color: unset; color: unset; font-weight: unset;');
console.log(interrupter);
//interrupter.show(); // debug: always show popup immediately when page loads
}).catch((error) => { console.log("Donation Interrupter: %c FAILED %c An error occured when initializing the API:", 'background-color: Tomato; color: white; font-weight: bold;', 'background-color: unset; color: Tomato; font-weight: unset;'), console.error(error) });
}catch(e) {console.error(e)}
return vwo_$('head')[0] && vwo_$('head')[0].lastChild;})("head")}}, C_940895_48_1_2_2:{ fn:function(log,nonce=''){return (function(x) {var el,ctx=vwo_$(x);
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At the Turf Club in St. Paul, Geezis Humphrey walks in an upcycled design by her mother Annie Humphrey, one of the founders of the Fire in the Village collective on Sept. 12.
On a September evening at the Turf Club in St. Paul, models weave through bar tables in upcycled designs.
Annie Humphrey, an artist and musician based on the Leech Lake Reservation, performs on the stage, followed by Minneapolis musician David Huckfelt. On a back table Shanai Matteson, an artist from Palisade leads printmaking demos with a stencil of a black aandeg (the Anishinaabe word for crow) and an orange-red sun.
“There’s a story about the crow. Long ago, the crow had bright, beautiful, vibrant colored feathers,” Humphrey recalls. “But crow also saw that the people were suffering because they had no fire.”
To bring fire to the people, crow flew close to the sun and scorched his feathers black.
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“He was able to grab the fire and bring it back down to the earth and bring fire to the people so that they could be warm,” Humphrey continues. “If you take a crow feather and hold it in the sun, it’s iridescent, and all these colors are still in that feather.”
The Turf Club event is a kick-off for a fall tour that will take the collective to small towns across the Midwest over the next two months. The next stop is Sept. 20 at the Long Lake Conservation Center in Palisade for the Community Harvest Camp.
(Left to right): Artists and organizers of Fire in the Village David Huckfelt, Annie Humphrey and Shanai Matteson at the Turf Club in St. Paul.
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‘No politics involved at all’
The trio all share a background in activism, specifically fighting the Line 3 oil pipeline. In 2022, Matteson was acquitted of a gross misdemeanor charge for aiding and abetting trespassing in relation to the pipeline.
But with Fire in the Village, the collective wants to do something untethered from any one cause.
“If we were going to start something, I knew that it should center on art and the human spirit, the human condition,” Humphrey says, “and have no politics involved at all.”
Through art, fashion, music and collaborative events with schools and local organizations, the collective is hoping to heal divides and put a dent in the loneliness epidemic in rural communities and on reservations.
“I think a lot of people are feeling isolated,” Matteson says. ”There’s a lot of divisiveness going on. Personally, I’m not interested in continuing that. I don’t want to be part of a cause where it feels like it’s putting another barrier between me and the people who live around me.”
One of the inspirations for starting the collective is their mentor John Trudell, a poet and activist for the American Indian Movement who died in 2015. One of Humphrey’s songs, “We Are Power,” features Trudell.
Trudell had “a healthy suspicion of leaders and people who called themselves leaders,” Huckfelt says.
“We like the feeling of the collective and not pushing one person as a front for something,” Huckfelt adds. “So, we’re really working together with our skillset because we believe in music, we believe in art, we believe in community, and so that’s what’s being put forward here.”
On each tour stop, artist Shanai Matteson will teach printmaking, here with stencils of the collective's crow and sun logo. "I think I've made hundreds of new printmakers by going out into communities and showing people how to how to do that," Matteson says.
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Making connections
For the St. Paul tour stop, Humphrey spoke to Macalester students, some of whom ended up walking in the fashion show at the Turf Club.
“Fire in the Village is a way to connect with individuals and to smaller communities that you’re a part of,” says Meira Smit, one of the Macalester students who came to the Turf Club. “A way to build messages and movements around the things that we deeply care about.”
Haley Cherry, a producer for Minnesota’s Native Roots Radio on AM950, also came out to walk in the fashion show after meeting Humphrey and Huckfelt this past year.
“It’s important to hear from both perspectives: issues of Indigenous identity, but also [from] David, as a white ally, I think it’s important to draw those bridges of community concerns,” says Cherry, who is a descendant of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. “A fire in the village is something that has to bring attention to everyone.”
The first Fire in the Village fashion show in May at the MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids.
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While the collective will travel around like art bards, they also have a base in Grand Rapids, where they’re doing an artist residency, “Artists in the Attic” at the historic Old Central School building, through the MacRostie Art Center and the city. They hosted their first upcycled fashion show at MacRostie in May.
Humphrey makes the designs from thrifted clothes and found textiles and Humphrey’s daughter Geezis directs the fashion shows, as well as doing art programming for Fire in the Village. Humphrey’s other daughter, Scout, helps with printing pop-ups.
In June, Humphrey also led a community mural with youth groups on the Leech Lake Reservation, the Boys & Girls Club in Deer River and the Long Lake Conservation Center. Soon, the mural will be installed at the powwow grounds in Ball Club, a village on the reservation. There are more murals to come, Humphrey says.
David Huckfelt performs on the Turf Club stage. "We're building these little fires in small places," Huckfelt says.
“A lot of these spaces are really beautiful old music and theater art spaces,” Huckfelt says.
“I think in a lot of these communities, people are reviving these spaces because they know how important it is,” adds Matteson. “We need more spaces like that because that’s part of what’s making us so lonely and isolated.”
These community spaces set the scene for community-building.
“The pride and the expression that comes through art and music — in the wake of that, there’s all kinds of dialogue, conversations. There’s new connections, meeting people, town to town,” Huckfelt says.
One of the first projects by the Fire in the Village collective: a community mural that Annie Humphrey painted with youth from the Leech Lake Reservation, the Boys & Girls Club of Deer River and Long Lake Conservation Center.
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“We’ve been doing this work in our own ways for a long time, individually and together. It’s a natural step to call it ‘Fire in the Village’ — little fires that we can sustain and we can huddle around for good ideas and for community.”
Humphrey says nothing can unite people and bring down walls like the arts.
“It’s a very gentle way to say really hard stuff,” Humphrey says. “I have played in front of people who don’t agree with what I speak, but when I sing it?”
Humphrey says people will come up to her after shows to chat about issues, even when they don’t agree.
“No one is throwing bad names at each other or anything like that,” Humphrey says. ”It’s just really quite civil when it’s done in a gentle way.”
In October, the Fire in the Village tour will travel to Ashland, Wis., Sandstone and many other towns. It will return to the Twin Cities for the Decolonize Thanksgiving event Nov. 29 at the The Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge.