In my application, I need to send templated HTML emails from an Azure Function.
The content is fairly large and getting the HTML to work in all clients can be pretty hard, even with the help of something like https://litmus.com/pre-send-testing. For this reason, I do not want to to use string concatenation/interpolation. I want to have the email content in a file I can view/edit in an IDE.
I need to replace some content with text for the specific recipient.
Ideally, I would like to have conditional logic in the template to avoid too much duplication (although this is not essential).
I have used the excellent https://github.com/toddams/RazorLight nuget package in other environments but unfortunately it does not work in Azure Fucntions.
Are there any other solutions for text templating for HTML that work in Azure Functions?
At the moment my best option is something like this (where Body.html is an embedded resource file):
StringBuilder body = new StringBuilder();
Stream template = this.GetType().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("EmailTemplating.Body.html");
using var reader = new StreamReader(template, Encoding.UTF8);
body.Append(reader.ReadToEnd());
body.Replace("{{recipient-name}}", "Jim");
In the end, we used https://github.com/rexm/Handlebars.Net which has good templating features (standard Moustache/Handlebars functionality) and worked a charm in Azure Functions.
Did you consider storage for the purpose? You can store a template file say template.html in a blob container and leverage it whenever required (download the file into a MemoryStream and make the Stream the content of the Function’s response/ the content for the next action based on your reqirement.
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Summary: Logic app inline code (which uses NodeJS) is missing Buffer class.
Detailed: I am trying to trigger a logic app when some content is pushed into SFTP. I want to add some meta-data and save the details in the cosmos DB.
The issue is, The name of the file is received as a base64 encoded string in the inline code and Buffer is not available to parse it.
I even tried to create a set variable step (and decode filename there) but I am unable
to pass this variable to the inline code step. (Not supported)
The final option would be to use cloud functions instead of inline code which I am trying to avoid.
Looking for a workaround for conversion.
Logic App error image
link to ms doc
Doesn't support require() statements
Doesn't work with variables
Inline code can only perform the simplest Javascript operations, we may not be able to use Buffer.
As for passing the base64 encoded string, you can put it in Compose first, and then pass it in the inline code.
I suggest you use the built-in base64 related methods in the Azure logic app first.
If this does not meet your needs, you can create an Azure function and then call it in the Azure logic app.
I have Clarion 9 app that I want to be able to communicate with HTTP servers. I come from PHP background. I have 0 idea on what to do.
What I wish to be able to do:
Parse JSON data and convert QUEUE data to JSON [Done]
Have a global variable like 'baseURL' that points to e.g. http://localhost.com [Done]
Call functions such apiConnection.get('/users') would return me the contents of the page. [I'm stuck here]
apiConnection.post('/users', myQueueData) would POST myQueueData contents.
I tried using winhttp.dll by reading it from LibMaker but it didn't read it. Instead, I'm now using wininet.dll which LibMaker successfully created a .lib file for it.
I'm currently using the PROTOTYPE procedures from this code on GitHub https://gist.github.com/ddur/34033ed1392cdce1253c
What I did was include them like:
SimpleApi.clw
PROGRAM
INCLUDE('winInet.equ')
ApiLog QUEUE, PRE(log)
LogTitle STRING(10)
LogMessage STRING(50)
END
MAP
INCLUDE('winInetMap.clw')
END
INCLUDE('equates.clw'),ONCE
INCLUDE('DreamyConnection.inc'),ONCE
ApiConnection DreamyConnection
CODE
IF DreamyConnection.initiateConnection('http://localhost')
ELSE
log:LogTitle = 'Info'
log:LogMessage = 'Failed'
ADD(apiLog)
END
But the buffer that winInet's that uses always returns 0.
I have created a GitHub repository https://github.com/spacemudd/clarion-api with all the code to look at.
I'm really lost in this because I can't find proper documentation of Clarion.
I do not want a paid solution.
It kind of depends which version of Clarion you have.
Starting around v9 they added ClaRunExt which provides this kind of functionality via .NET Interop.
From the help:
Use HTTP or HTTPS to download web pages, or any other type of file. You can also post form data to web servers. Very easy way to send HTTP web requests (and receive responses) to Web Servers, REST Web Services, or standard Web Services, with the most commonly used HTTP verbs; POST, GET, PUT, and DELETE.
Otherwise, search the LibSrc\ directory for "http" and you will get an idea of what is already there. abapi.inc for example, appears to provide a wrapper around wininet.lib.
I had read that the Azure Search .NET SDK uses NewtonSoft.Json to convert it's models to/from json in it's underlying REST API calls so I've been doing the same in my own app.
I have a simple app which creates a new Index using the .NET SDK. To do this, I was defining my Index in a json file, using the format outlined here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/searchservice/create-index and then I was converting this to a Microsoft.Azure.Search.Models.Index object using Newtonsoft.
var index = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Microsoft.Azure.Search.Models.Index>(System.IO.File.ReadAllText("config.json");
This was working fine before I configured custom Analyzers, but now that I have custom Analyzers in my config, the Analyzers, Tokenizers, and TokenFilters are not being resolved into the correct types. ie. my custom Analyzer is being deserialized as a Microsoft.Azure.Search.Models.Analyzer, instead of Microsoft.Azure.Search.Models.CustomAnalyzer, same goes for the Tokenizers and TokenFilters, they are being deserialized into the base types.
Is there an easy way I can create an Index like this in the .NET SDK from a json file?
Unfortunately this is not an officially supported scenario. While it works for simple index definitions, we're working to understand what we need to do to be able to support all cases.
Please post your feature request on our User Voice page to help us prioritize: https://feedback.azure.com/forums/263029-azure-search
In the meantime, you might be able to get it working yourself by adapting the JsonSerializerSettings initialization code at the bottom of this file.
`webClient.UploadFile("http://www.myurl.com/~/media/DCF92BB74CDA4D558EEF2D3C30216E30.ashx", #"E:\filesImage\Item.png");
I'm trying to upload images to sitecore using webclient.uploadfile() method by sending my sitecore address and the path of my local images.But I'm not able to upload it.I have to do this without any API's and Sitecore Instances.
The upload process would be the same as with any ASP.net application. However, once the file has been uploaded you need to create a media item programtically. You can do this from an actual file in the file system, or from a memory stream.
The process involves using a MediaCreator object and using its CreateFromFile method.
This blog post outlines the whole process:
Adding a file to the Sitecore Media Library programatically
If you're thinking simply about optimizing your developer workflow you could use the Sitecore PowerShell Extensions using the Remoting API as described in this this blog post
If you want to use web service way than you can use number of ways which are as follows:
a) Sitecore Rocks WebService (If you are allowed to install that or it is already available).
b) Sitecore Razl Service(It is third party which need license).
c) Sitecore Powershell Remoting (This needs Sitecore PowerShell extensions to be installed on Sitecore Server).
d) You can also use Sitecore Service which you can find under sitecore\shell\WebService\Service.asmx (But this is legacy of new SitecoreItemWebAPI)
e) Last is my enhanced SitecoreItemWebAPI (This also need SitecoreItemWebApi 1.2 as a pre-requisite).
But in end except option d you need to install some or other thing in order to upload the image using HTTP, you should also know the valid credentials to use any of above stated methods.
If your customers upload the image on the website, you need to create the item in your master database. (needs access and write right on the master database) depend on your security you might consider not build it with custom code.
But using the Sitecore webforms for marketers module With out of the box file upload. Create a form with upload field and using the WFFM webservices.
If you dont want to use Sitecore API, then you can do the following:
Write a code that uploads images into this folder : [root]/upload/
You might need to create folder structure that represent how the images are stored in Sitecore, eg: your images uploaded into [root]/upload/Import/ will be stored in /sitecore/media library/Import
Sitecore will automatically upload these images into Media library
Hope this helps
Option: You can use Item Web API for it. No reference to any Sitecore dll is needed. You will only need access to the host and be able to enable the Item Web API.
References:
Upload the files using it: http://www.sitecoreinsight.com/how-create-media-items-using-sitecore-item-web-api/
Enable Item Web Api: http://sdn.sitecore.net/upload/sdn5/modules/sitecore%20item%20web%20api/sitecore_item_web_api_developer_guide_sc66-71-a4.pdf#search=%22item%22
I guess that is pretty much what you need, but as Jay S mentioned, if you put more details on your question helps on finding the best option to your particular case.
private void CreateImageIteminSitecore()
{
filePath = #"C:\Sitecore\Website\ImageTemp\Pic.jpg;
using (new SecurityDisabler())
{
Database masterDb = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");
Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions options = new Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions();
options.FileBased = true;
options.AlternateText = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath);
options.Destination = "/sitecore/media library/Downloads/";
options.Database = masterDb;
options.Versioned = false; // Do not make a versioned template
options.KeepExisting = false;
Sitecore.Data.Items.MediaItem mediaitemImage = new Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreator().CreateFromFile(filePath, options);
Item ImageItem = masterDb.GetItem(mediaitemImage.ID.ToString());
ImageItem.Editing.BeginEdit();
ImageItem.Name = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath);
ImageItem.Editing.EndEdit();
}
}
I have a PDF created from LiveCycle Designer in PDF 1.7.
I'd like to read some fields in that PDF on the server side at times. I have the password that protects the PDF on the server side.
I am able to use iText for this for non-encrypted PDFs just fine...
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(request.getInputStream());
AcroFields af = reader.getAcroFields();
Map<String, AcroFields.Item> afFields = af.getFields();
for (String key : afFields.keySet()) {
System.out.print(key + " = ");
System.out.println(af.getField(key));
}
But when I do that same thing for a PDF that is password protected, this seems to break down. I get no fields returned.
Is there some way I can send that password into iText and be able to read the fields?
I also have access to the LiveCycle ES3 SDK as well. Maybe they provide an API to do that?
The answer, in case anyone was seeking for it, was to abandon the use of iText when trying to read data from a LiveCycle created PDF from your java app. I was so used to using Open Source APIs, I forgot to utilize the LiveCycle Web Services that they provided.
They provide a workbench product that lets you string web services together. And one of the many web services offered was an EncryptionService that can decrypt a password protected PDF, and then another service that can get an XML representation of the data in the PDF.
So I simply called those two services, and done.