Posting an entry without using a form?

Question

I'd like to create a history section so logged in users can see which pages they have visited.

Is there a way to post an entry without using a form? So the user does not have to click to say he has visited a page, instead as soon as they visit the page it is logged into a history section (the user and the page slug)

I've thought about doing it with javascript but it seems a little messy. Is there a native neat way to do this? Or a simple way to achieve it with a plugin?

Thanks in advance :)

Answer 1

If you're looking for an "audit trail" of pages a user has visited, then a plugin will be the way to go.

You'd want to track a user by something like their PHP session ID. And for every request grab that session ID and the URI and save that in a your plugin's dedicated audit table in the database (no need to use entries for this).

When the user goes to their history page, you'll query your audit table and grab any rows with a matching PHP session ID and display them however you want.