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Blocks: Deprecate registerBlockTypeFromMetadata in favor of registerBlockType #32030

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Props to @mtias for the proposal. Rather than using two distinct methods to register block types in the block editor, let's make registerBlockType the canonical method to deal with all use cases. In practice, the PR proposed extends its usage to work as a proxy the former registerBlockTypeFromMetadata. It should remove some confusion that we observed and let us be more explicit what's the latest recommendation. It will also allow us to better communicate what's the preferred way to register block types in the context of WordPress.

We have already applied a similar change in WordPress core:
WordPress/wordpress-develop@6ad4e34

Dev Note

This is the updated note from #30293:

In JavaScript, you can use now registerBlockType method from @wordpress/blocks package to register a block type using the metadata loaded from block.json file. All localized properties get automatically wrapped in _x (from @wordpress/i18n package) function calls similar to how it works in PHP with register_block_type. The only requirement is to set the textdomain property in the block.json file.

Example:

block.json

{
	"name": "my-plugin/translatable-block",
	"title": "My translatable block",
	"description": "My block with translatable metadata",
	"keywords": [ "translatable" ],
	"textdomain": "my-plugin"
}

index.js

import { registerBlockType } from '@wordpress/blocks';
import Edit from './edit';
import metadata from './block.json';

registerBlockType( metadata, {
	edit: Edit,
	// ...other client-side settings
} );

How has this been tested?

Unit tests were updated.

I also tested deprecations for wp.blocks.registerBlockTypeFromMetadata in the Browser Console:

wp.blocks.registerBlockTypeFromMetadata( { name: 'test/block', title: 'Test block' } );

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Screen Shot 2021-05-20 at 10 28 14

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API change and deprecation.

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  • My code is tested.
  • My code follows the WordPress code style.
  • My code follows the accessibility standards.
  • I've tested my changes with keyboard and screen readers.
  • My code has proper inline documentation.
  • I've included developer documentation if appropriate.
  • I've updated all React Native files affected by any refactorings/renamings in this PR (please manually search all *.native.js files for terms that need renaming or removal).

@gziolo gziolo added the [Feature] Block API API that allows to express the block paradigm. label May 20, 2021
@gziolo gziolo requested review from mcsf, youknowriad and mtias May 20, 2021 07:58
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@gziolo gziolo force-pushed the update/deprecate-register-block-type-from-metadata branch from 49d7420 to 9334ff2 Compare May 20, 2021 07:59
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I like the consolidation

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if ( isObject( blockNameOrMetadata ) ) {
unstable__bootstrapServerSideBlockDefinitions( {
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This just fills serverSideBlockDefinitions that is used a few lines under right? In theory we could avoid it here right?

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In the future, we could. At the moment it contains some backward compatibility logic for apiVersion.

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// We still need to polyfill `apiVersion` for WordPress version
// lower than 5.7. If it isn't present in the definition shared
// from the server, we try to fallback to the definition passed.
// @see https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/29279
if (
serverSideBlockDefinitions[ blockName ].apiVersion ===
undefined &&
definitions[ blockName ].apiVersion
) {
serverSideBlockDefinitions[ blockName ].apiVersion =
definitions[ blockName ].apiVersion;
}

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@gziolo gziolo added the [Type] New API New API to be used by plugin developers or package users. label May 20, 2021
@gziolo gziolo added this to the Gutenberg 10.7 milestone May 20, 2021
@gziolo gziolo added the Needs Dev Note Requires a developer note for a major WordPress release cycle label May 20, 2021
@gziolo gziolo merged commit b65583d into trunk May 20, 2021
@gziolo gziolo deleted the update/deprecate-register-block-type-from-metadata branch May 20, 2021 08:52
@youknowriad youknowriad mentioned this pull request Jun 1, 2021
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@youknowriad youknowriad removed the Needs Dev Note Requires a developer note for a major WordPress release cycle label Jul 5, 2021
ofhouse added a commit to ofhouse/DefinitelyTyped that referenced this pull request Aug 19, 2021
registerBlockType now accepts input from the block.json metadata
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* @wordpress/blocks: Register block from metadata

registerBlockType now accepts input from the block.json metadata
WordPress/gutenberg#32030

* Derive example attributes from block

#55245 (comment)

* Stronger typing for example/innerBlocks

#55245 (comment)

* Provides stronger typings for providesContext

#55245 (comment)

* Rename generic type from T -> TAttributes

#55245 (comment)

* Derive innerBlocks from Block properties

#55245 (comment)

* Reuse block props in example

* Make innerBlocks in example optional
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