Rules - New events inside code not shown in interface

Question

I am trying to insert a new event inside an already existing module. The module is Nodeaccess https://www.drupal.org/project/nodeaccess it's used to grant users edit/delete permissions to single nodes.

inside sites/all/modules/nodeaccess i have made the file nodeaccess.rules.inc which contains this code:

/**
 * @file
 * Rules integration.
 */

/**
 * Implementation of hook_rules_event_info().
 */
function nodeaccess_rules_event_info() {
    return array(
        'nodeaccess_grant_permissions' => array(
            'label' => t('Permissions are granted to a user'),
            'group'=>t("NodeAccess"),
            'variables' => array(
                'granter' => array('type' => 'user', 'label' => t('The user who granted the permissions.')),
                'granted' => array('type' => 'user', 'label' => t('The user who got the new permissions.')),
                'node' => array('type' => 'node', 'label' => t('The node on which the permission has been granted.')),
            ),
        ),
    );
}

Looking at different guides on the web it looks like this is all you have to do to get a new event but in the events list i can't find it. I have tried:

• refreshing the cache

• disabling/enabling nodeaccess module then refreshing the cache (and rebuilding permissions as it was requested)

• disabling/enabling rules module then refreshing the cache

• adding the rule entry in a *.rules.inc file i've seen it's being imported (namely the feeds.rules.inc file from the feeds module which already existed when i installed the rules module)

Nothing worked so far

EDIT: i have changed the function name and the entry name (both from "node_access" to "nodeaccess" ) but it's still not showing. I have discovered that if i add an entry on a file i know it's being imported and keep the prefix of the entry, then it shows up

Answer 1

The problem is the function name. Since the module name is nodeaccess (and not node_access), function name should be nodeaccess_rules_event_info

However, it is not recommended to add anything to a contributed module (unless you are going to contribute back to the module's issue queue).

If this rule is specific your project, you can add it in your own custom module.