How to trigger a rule when clicking on a link?

Question

I am looking for a way to trigger a rule when clicking on a link. What I am actually trying to do, is fireing a VBO with a Button, instead of the Dropdown solution. For this, I created a Rules-Component that does the job, but I don't know how to fire that rule, as it should start from within a view.

Answer 1

take a look at Rules Link:

This module lets you create links which trigger arbitrary functionality with the help of Rules.

Answer 2

First of all, rules components cannot be triggered on their own. You will need to create a rule for that that will be triggered when one event occurs. Then you should write some code. I would do it like this:

• have a custom page in your module (Eg: "actions/my-custom-rule")
• trigger the rule using rules_invoke_event('the_event', $params);
• redirect the user back to the previous page using drupal_goto(drupal_get_destination());

If the event is something custom, you need to define the event in your module. Find out more about integrating rules in your module from here.

Answer 3

I am looking for a way to trigger a rule when clicking on a link.

This is answered correctly by @geoff

What I am actually trying to do, is fireing a VBO with a Button, instead of the Dropdown solution. For this, I created a Rules-Component that does the job, but I don't know how to fire that rule, as it should start from within a view.

This is a setting in the views panel. Click the field "Views bulk operations" and select to expose each component as a separate button instead of a droplist under "Bulk operations settings".