Slate "Refresh All the Things" Bookmarklet

A powerful, browser-based bookmarklet for running common Slate database refresh operations with a clean UI, logging, and persistent history. It keeps admins from having to navigate to multiple pages within the admin console.

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Features

• One-click refresh UI
• Select All / None toggle
• Per-refresh status tracking
• Live log output (copyable)
• Copy log to clipboard
• Persistent run history (last 10 runs)
• Automatic Run # counter
• View previous runs
• Clear history
• Preferences saved across sessions
• Runs only on valid Slate pages

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Screenshot

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Supported Refresh Actions

Action	Endpoint
Refresh Fields	/manage/database/admin?cmd=destinationRefresh
Refresh Prompts	/manage/database/admin?cmd=promptRefresh
Refresh STL	/manage/database/library?cmd=refresh
Refresh CJ Library	/manage/database/library?cmd=refresh_query

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How It Works

This bookmarklet:

1. Verifies you're authenticated on a Slate page (window.FW)
2. Injects a floating UI panel into the page
3. Lets you select refresh operations
4. Executes them sequentially for safer, predictable behavior
5. Logs results and stores them in localStorage

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##Installation

1. Create a new bookmark in your browser
2. Paste the minified bookmarklet code into the URL field
3. Name it something like:

Slate Refresh Tool

4. Click it while on a Slate admin page

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Usage

1. Open a Slate page
2. Click the bookmarklet
3. Select desired refresh options
4. Click Run

Optional behaviors

• Uncheck Close on success to keep the panel open
• Use Copy Log to export results
• Use Run History to review past executions

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Persistent Storage

All data is stored per-domain using localStorage.

Run History (last 10 runs)

Each run stores:

• Run number
• Timestamp
• Selected actions
• Result per action (done, skipped, or failed)
• Full log output

Preferences

• Selected refresh options
• Close-on-success setting

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Reset Stored Data

If you want a clean slate:

Clear preferences

localStorage.removeItem("slateRefreshBookmarklet.preferences.v1");

Clear run history

localStorage.removeItem("slateRefreshBookmarklet.history.v1");

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Requirements

• Must be run on an authenticated Slate page
• Requires:
  • window.FW
  • jQuery ($.get)
• User must have permission to access:

/manage/database/*

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Security Note

Bookmarklets run in the context of the current page and have access to:

• Session cookies
• DOM
• Internal APIs

Use only trusted code.

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Architecture Overview

Bookmarklet
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Popup UI (DOM injection)
   ↓
User selections
   ↓
Sequential API calls (jQuery $.get)
   ↓
Status updates + logging
   ↓
Persist to localStorage

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Design Decisions

• Sequential execution avoids race conditions in Slate
• localStorage provides persistence across sessions
• No external dependencies keeps the tool simple and portable
• Fully client-side means no backend is required

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Future Enhancements

• Auto-detect page context and pre-select refreshes
• Export history to .json
• Toast notifications instead of alerts
• Dark mode

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Author Notes

This started as a quick helper tool and turned into a mini Slate admin console. I learned a lot, and this can definitely be improved.

If you’re currently clicking through the database manually to refresh, this replaces that with a single bookmark click.

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License

Internal use / personal tooling.