Send an email, using SMTP settings defined at application level/globally
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
from
(optional, can be null) a string representing the email address to use as the "from address" to send the email
to
a string composed of one or more email addresses, separated by a comma (,)
cc
carbon copy addresses - a string composed of one or more email addresses, separated by a comma (,)
bcc
hidden addresses - a string composed of one or more email addresses, separated by a comma (,)
subject
a string representing the email title
body
the email body content
isHtmlContent
a boolean flag used to define if the body content is in HTML format or not
returnReceipt
a boolean flag used to request a return receipt to the destinators
zipFiles
a boolean flag used to compress all files to attach in a unique zip file and send it, in order to reduce the email size
deleteFilesAfterSending
a boolean flag used to optionally delete files to attach, after sending the email
dirId
optional dir id used to save the message also to the server file system
fileName
optional file name required in case the dir id has been specified; the message will be save in eml format on the file system
filesToAttach
a list of files to attach, separated by a comma; use [] to notinclude files; each file must include the absolute path
This method will fire an exception if the email has NOT been sent correctly (e.g. attachment file not found).
Example without attachments:
Example with attachments:
Important note: in order to use this feature, you have also to define a few global/application parameters:
These are optional:
Send an email, using SMTP settings defined at application level/globally
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
smtpHost
SMPT host name to use
smtpPort
SMTP port
useTLS
flag to use (Y/N) to enable TLS
protocol
Protocol to use (e.g. smtp vs smtps)
smtpUsername
SMTP username to use to authetication to the SMTP server
smtpPassword
SMTP password to use to authetication to the SMTP server
from
(optional, can be null) a string representing the email address to use as the "from address" to send the email
to
a string composed of one or more email addresses, separated by a comma (,)
cc
carbon copy addresses - a string composed of one or more email addresses, separated by a comma (,)
bcc
hidden addresses - a string composed of one or more email addresses, separated by a comma (,)
subject
a string representing the email title
body
the email body content
isHtmlContent
a boolean flag used to define if the body content is in HTML format or not
returnReceipt
a boolean flag used to request a return receipt to the destinators
zipFiles
a boolean flag used to compress all files to attach in a unique zip file and send it, in order to reduce the email size
deleteFilesAfterSending
a boolean flag used to optionally delete files to attach, after sending the email
filesToAttach
a list of files to attach, separated by a comma; use [] to notinclude files; each file must include the absolute path
This method will fire an exception if the email has NOT been sent correctly (e.g. attachment file not found).
Send an email message to a user
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
from
username to use to send the message; can be null, if not specified, it will be automatically filled with the current logged user, whose email address must be defined in the user detail form
subject
email title
message
message to send; it can be expressed in HTML format
destinations
list of usernames who will receive the alert; they must be separated by a comma (,); for each username specified, its email address must be defined in the user detail form
priority
priority to use for the messages to show to a specific user: messages having a higher priority will be showed at the top of the list; it can be null; if not specified, it will be set to "normal"; allowed values: 0 (minor), 1, (normal), 2 (high)
conversationId
conversation id used to identify a chain of messages; optional: if not specified, each message represents the first and last message in the convo
messageTag
optional hidden text to add to the message and used to search for specific messages stored in the message history
filesToAttach
list of files, expressed with an absolute path.
Note: in order to use this feature, you have first to define an application parameters named "SHOW_ALERT_MENU_ITEM" to "Y", otherwise these messages cannot be showed on the client side.
Note: in order to send email, additional application/common parameters must be defined:
These are optional:
Send an email message to a user
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
from
email address to use to send the message; can be null, if not specified, it will be automatically filled with the email address of the current logged user (defined in the user detail form)
subject
email title
message
message to send; it can be expressed in HTML format
destinations
list of email addresses who will receive the alert; they must be separated by a comma (,)
priority
priority to use for the messages to show to a specific user: messages having a higher priority will be showed at the top of the list; it can be null; if not specified, it will be set to "normal"; allowed values: 0 (minor), 1, (normal), 2 (high)
conversationId
conversation id used to identify a chain of messages; optional: if not specified, each message represents the first and last message in the convo
messageTag
optional hidden text to add to the message and used to search for specific messages stored in the message history
filesToAttach
list of files, expressed with an absolute path.
Note: in order to use this feature, you have first to define an application parameters named "SHOW_ALERT_MENU_ITEM" to "Y", otherwise these messages cannot be showed on the client side.
Note: in order to send email, additional application/common parameters must be defined:
These are optional:
Send an email message to a user
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
from
username to use to send the message; can be null, if not specified, it will be automatically filled with the current logged user, whose email address must be defined in the user detail form; it can be overridden by the template "from" field
templateId
id of the template previously defined, used to set subject and body; optionally, the template can be optionally used to set from, to, cc, receipt flag too
destinations
list of usernames who will receive the alert; they must be separated by a comma (,); for each username specified, its email address must be defined in the user detail form; it can be overridden by the template "to" field
carbonCopy
optional argument used to specify a separated list (by comma) of email addresses which will receive the email message in carbon copy
blindCarbonCopy
optional argument used to specify a separated list (by comma) of email addresses which will receive the email message in blind carbon copy
priority
priority to use for the messages to show to a specific user: messages having a higher priority will be showed at the top of the list; it can be null; if not specified, it will be set to "normal"; allowed values: 0 (minor), 1, (normal), 2 (high)
isHtmlContent
flag used to specify if the message text is formatted in HTML or plain text
jsObj
javascript record which substitute the variables in the template previously defined
dirId
optional dir id used to save the message also to the server file system
fileName
optional file name required in case the dir id has been specified; the message will be save in eml format on the file system
filesToAttach
list of files, expressed with an absolute path.
Note: in order to use this feature, you have first to define an application parameters named "SHOW_ALERT_MENU_ITEM" to "Y", otherwise these messages cannot be showed on the client side.
Example without attachments:
Note: in order to send email, additional application/common parameters must be defined:
These are optional:
Send an email message to a user
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
from
username to use to send the message; can be null, if not specified, it will be automatically filled with the current logged user, whose email address must be defined in the user detail form; it can be overridden by the template "from" field
templateId
id of the template previously defined, used to set subject and body; optionally, the template can be optionally used to set from, to, cc, receipt flag too
destinations
list of usernames who will receive the alert; they must be separated by a comma (,); for each username specified, its email address must be defined in the user detail form; it can be overridden by the template "to" field
priority
priority to use for the messages to show to a specific user: messages having a higher priority will be showed at the top of the list; it can be null; if not specified, it will be set to "normal"; allowed values: 0 (minor), 1, (normal), 2 (high)
jsObj
javascript record which substitute the variables in the template previously defined
conversationId
conversation id used to identify a chain of messages; optional: if not specified, each message represents the first and last message in the convo
messageTag
optional hidden text to add to the message and used to search for specific messages stored in the message history
filesToAttach
list of files, expressed with an absolute path.
Note: in order to use this feature, you have first to define an application parameters named "SHOW_ALERT_MENU_ITEM" to "Y", otherwise these messages cannot be showed on the client side.
Note: in order to send email, additional application/common parameters must be defined:
These are optional:
Send an email message to a user
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
from
username to use to send the message; can be null, if not specified, it will be automatically filled with the current logged user, whose email address must be defined in the user detail form; it can be overridden by the template "from" field
templateId
id of the template previously defined, used to set subject and body; optionally, the template can be optionally used to set from, to, cc, receipt flag too
destinations
list of usernames who will receive the alert; they must be separated by a comma (,); for each username specified, its email address must be defined in the user detail form; it can be overridden by the template "to" field
priority
priority to use for the messages to show to a specific user: messages having a higher priority will be showed at the top of the list; it can be null; if not specified, it will be set to "normal"; allowed values: 0 (minor), 1, (normal), 2 (high)
jsObj
javascript record which substitute the variables in the template previously defined
Argument
Description
dirId
optional dir id used to save the message also to the server file system
fileName
optional file name required in case the dir id has been specified; the message will be save in eml format on the file system
filesToAttach
list of files, expressed with an absolute path
Note: in order to use this feature, you have first to define an application parameters named "SHOW_ALERT_MENU_ITEM" to "Y", otherwise these messages cannot be showed on the client side.
Note: in order to send email, additional application/common parameters must be defined:
These are optional:
Send an email message to a user
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
from
username to use to send the message; can be null, if not specified, it will be automatically filled with the current logged user, whose email address must be defined in the user detail form; it can be overridden by the template "from" field
templateId
id of the template previously defined, used to set subject and body; optionally, the template can be optionally used to set from, to, cc, receipt flag too
destinations
list of usernames who will receive the alert; they must be separated by a comma (,); for each username specified, its email address must be defined in the user detail form; it can be overridden by the template "to" field
priority
priority to use for the messages to show to a specific user: messages having a higher priority will be showed at the top of the list; it can be null; if not specified, it will be set to "normal"; allowed values: 0 (minor), 1, (normal), 2 (high)
jsObj
javascript record which substitute the variables in the template previously defined
conversationId
conversation id used to identify a chain of messages; optional: if not specified, each message represents the first and last message in the convo
messageTag
optional hidden text to add to the message and used to search for specific messages stored in the message history
filesToAttach
list of files, expressed with an absolute path.
Note: in order to use this feature, you have first to define an application parameters named "SHOW_ALERT_MENU_ITEM" to "Y", otherwise these messages cannot be showed on the client side.
Note: in order to send email, additional application/common parameters must be defined:
These are optional:
Send an email message to a user
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
from
email address to use to send the message; can be null, if not specified, it will be automatically filled with the email address of the current logged user (defined in the user detail form); it can be overridden by the template "from" field
templateId
id of the template previously defined, used to set subject and body; optionally, the template can be optionally used to set from, to, cc, receipt flag too
destinations
list of email addresses who will receive the alert; they must be separated by a comma (,); it can be overridden by the template "to" field
priority
priority to use for the messages to show to a specific user: messages having a higher priority will be showed at the top of the list; it can be null; if not specified, it will be set to "normal"; allowed values: 0 (minor), 1, (normal), 2 (high).
isHtmlContent
flag used to specify if the message text is formatted in HTML or plain text
jsObj
javascript record which substitute the variables in the template previously defined
conversationId
conversation id used to identify a chain of messages; optional: if not specified, each message represents the first and last message in the convo
messageTag
optional hidden text to add to the message and used to search for specific messages stored in the message history
smtpXXX
parameters needed to connect to an SMTP server
dirId
optional dir id used to save the message also to the server file system
fileName
optional file name required in case the dir id has been specified; the message will be save in eml format on the file system
filesToAttach
list of files, expressed with an absolute path.
Note: in order to use this feature, you have first to define an application parameters named "SHOW_ALERT_MENU_ITEM" to "Y", otherwise these messages cannot be showed on the client side.
Note: in order to send email, additional application/common parameters must be defined:
These are optional:
Send an email message to a user
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
from
email address to use to send the message; can be null, if not specified, it will be automatically filled with the email address of the current logged user (defined in the user detail form); it can be overridden by the template "from" field
templateId
id of the template previously defined, used to set subject and body; optionally, the template can be optionally used to set from, to, cc, receipt flag too
destinations
list of email addresses who will receive the alert; they must be separated by a comma (,); it can be overridden by the template "to" field
priority
priority to use for the messages to show to a specific user: messages having a higher priority will be showed at the top of the list; it can be null; if not specified, it will be set to "normal"; allowed values: 0 (minor), 1, (normal), 2 (high).
jsObj
javascript record which substitute the variables in the template previously defined
conversationId
conversation id used to identify a chain of messages; optional: if not specified, each message represents the first and last message in the convo
messageTag
optional hidden text to add to the message and used to search for specific messages stored in the message history
dirId
optional dir id used to save the message also to the server file system
fileName
optional file name required in case the dir id has been specified; the message will be save in eml format on the file system
filesToAttach
list of files, expressed with an absolute path.
Note: in order to use this feature, you have first to define an application parameters named "SHOW_ALERT_MENU_ITEM" to "Y", otherwise these messages cannot be showed on the client side.
Note: in order to send email, additional application/common parameters must be defined:
These are optional:
create an URL which can be invoked later from another client
(e.g. from an email message as a link) and which will be accepted by Platform, since it contains an authentication token; this URL can be used to invoke a server-side javascript action identified by the specific action id. The URL will show the approve.jsp web page containing the Accept/Reject buttons used to confirm or deny an action invoked when pressing the related button.
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
baseUrl
base URL to pass, related to the host name and web context; it will represent the first part of the final URL (e.g. http://host:port/platform/)
actionId
action identifier to execute when pressing the Accept/Reject button on the web page opened when clicking of the returning URL
aName
parameter name related to the accept event, i.e. parameter passed to the js action when pressing the Accept button
aValue
parameter value related to the accept event, i.e. parameter value passed to the js action when pressing the Accept button
rName
parameter name related to the reject event, i.e. parameter passed to the js action when pressing the Reject button
rValue
parameter name related to the accept event, i.e. parameter value passed to the js action when pressing the Reject button
params
additional parameters to pass to the js action, for instance to identify a specific record to work with
expirationDays
optional parameter (can be set to 0); if set, it represents the maximum number of days the URL is valid, starting from the URL creation date
maxTimes
it represents the maximum number of times the URL can be used before it expires
message
text to show on the approve.jsp web page, just above the Accept/Reject buttons.
Read a list of messages from the email server
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
notReadFilter
flag used to filter only messages not read yet
startSendDateFilter - optional parameter; if not null, messages to read will be filtered by sendingdate
only the ones next or equal to this date wil be returned
Argument
Description
deleteEmailWhenRead
flag used to delete the email message once read
debug
flag used to debug the communication with the server
emailMessages - return value
list of messages read from the mail box
Attributes contained in each message of the list:
Attribute
Description
id
email identifier, used to delete an email message later
from
from email address
to
to email address
message
email body
subject
email subject
mimeType
e.g. "text/plain" or "text/html"
attachments
list of absolute paths (strings) where the attachments have been saved
sendDate
message sending date (since 5.0.1 version)
receiveDate
message receiving date (since 5.0.1 version)
replyTo
reply to addresses, separated by a comma (since 5.0.0 version)
Full list of attributes (as of September 2016)
to, returnReceipt, getPlainMessage, subject, getBcc, getTo, hashCode, from, setReturnReceipt, wait, getCc, getAttachments, setTo, id, notify, getFrom, attachments, mimeType, setId, notifyAll, getId, getClass, clone, setMessage, setHtmlMessage, getMessage, equals, plainMessage, setAttachments, bcc, getSubject, class, setFrom, getReturnReceipt, message, getPk, setMimeType, setBcc, setCc, toString, htmlMessage, cc, setPlainMessage, pk, getHtmlMessage, getMimeType, setSubject
Read a list of messages from the email server, with filtering
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
useTLS
flag used to enabled the TLS mode
maxMessagesToRead
maximum number of messages to read
notReadFilter
flag used to filter only messages not read yet
startSendDateFilter - optional parameter
if not null, messages to read will be filtered by sendingdate; only the ones next or equal to this date wil be returned
endSendDateFilter - optional parameter
if not null, messages to read will be filtered by sendingdate; only the ones previousor equal to this date wil be returned
startReceiveDateFilter - optional parameter
if not null, messages to read will be filtered by receiving date; only the ones next or equal to this date wil be returned
endReceiveDateFilter - optional parameter
if not null, messages to read will be filtered by receiving date; only the ones previousor equal to this date wil be returned
fromAddressFilter - optional parameter
if not null, messages to read will be filtered by the "from address" specified
subjectFilter - optional parameter
if not null, messages to read will be filtered and only the ones containing this value in their object will be returned
bodyFilter - optional parameter
if not null, messages to read will be filtered and only the ones containing this value in their body content will be returned
withAttachments - optional parameter
if not null, messages to read will be filtered and only the ones having at least one attachment will be returned
attachmentsPath
absolute path where saving attachments
folderName
folder to read; e.g. INBOX; if not specified, it will be set to INBOX
moveToFolderOnceRead
move to the specified folder each message, once read; can be null
setAsSeen
flag used to mark as "SEEN" a message just read
deleteEmailWhenRead
flag used to delete the email message once read
Attributes contained in each message of the list:
Attribute
Description
id
email identifier, used to delete an email message later
messageNumber
index within the folder of the specific message
from
from email addresses
message
email body
subject
email subject
mimeType
e.g. "text/plain" or "text/html"
list
list of absolute paths (strings) where the attachments have been saved
sendDate
message sending date
receiveDate
message receiving date
Move a list of email messages to another folder
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
useTLS
flag used to enabled the TLS mode
messageIds
list of email message identifiers, related to emails to move
folderName
source folder (e.g. INBOX), where the email messages are stored
moveToFolder
destination folder (e.g. Archivio)
setAsSeen
flag used to mark the email as seen
Mark a list of email messages as seen or not seen
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
useTLS
flag used to enabled the TLS mode
messageIds
list of email message identifiers, related to emails to move
folderName
source folder (e.g. INBOX), where the email messages arestored
setAsSeen
flag used to mark the email as seen or not seen
Delete a list of email messages
Delete a list of emails from the specified folder by moving them to the trash folder, starting from a list of messages identified both by a list of email ids and a list of corresponding email indexes.
Both properties can retrieved through the message js object returned by the utils.getEmails method.
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
useTLS
flag used to enabled the TLS mode
messageIdsToDelete
list of email message identifiers to delete; this value can be fetched from the email message js object
messageNumbersToDelete
list of email message numbersto delete; this value can be fetched from the email message js object
Delete a list of email messages starting from filtering conditions
Delete a list of email messages from the specified folder by moving them to the trash folder, starting from a filtering condition. At least one filtering condition is required (one of the four date filters)
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
useTLS
flag used to enabled the TLS mode
startSendDateFilter-optional filter
if specified, only messages sent after the specified date will be deleted
endSendDateFilter
optional filter: if specified, only messages sent beforethe specified date will be deleted
startReceiveDateFilter
optional filter: if specified, only messages receviedafter the specified date will be deleted
endReceiveDateFilter
optional filter: if specified, only messages received beforethe specified date will be deleted
Forward an email to the specified destination
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
useTLS
flag used to enabled the TLS mode
to
destination address
subject
additional title to add to the original one
text
additional text to add to the body of the email
messageId
list of email message identifiers to delete
Save a list of email messages on the server file system
Available since 5.2 version. Uses eml format.
Messages to save are identified by a list of message id, so utils.getEmails() method mustbe invoked first, in order to get the identifiers needed here to fetch the messages to save.
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
useTLS
flag used to enabled the TLS mode
The method returns the list of messages ids not found in the specified folder and, consequently, not saved.
Send an SMS message through some carrier
Important note: an SMS provider must be configured first. Two alternatives are allowed:
Twilio web service; you have to configure two parameters: TWILIO_ACCOUNT_ID and TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN
an email gateway can be used; in that case, you have to configure the SMS_SMTP_xxx parameters and the phone numbers must be expressed appropriately.
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
fromPhoneNr
phone number used to identify the starting device
toPhoneNr
phone number where the message will be sent
text
text message to send
return an outcome, expressed as a JSON string, containing
{ "success": true } if the operation has been completed successfully, { "success": false, "message": "..." } otherwise
Pay attention to the phone number format, with should always include the international prefix:e.g. +0039....
Send an email, using SMTP settings passed forward and with a template text
This method allows to send an email message with optional attachments, starting from a text representing the template for the email body.
No template id is required here: the body text must be provided instead.
This method is helpful when there is not a single template to use, but a variety of alternative templates to use, according to specific conditions, like a different text per language, company id, site id, etc.
Decoupling the template id from the template text, allows to pass forward a different text, not directly connected to a template, which not necessarely must be used here.
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
subject
email subject; can contain variables to replace, expressed as :XXX
messageTemplate
email body; can contain variables to replace, expressed as :XXX
jsObj
a collection of variable names/values, expressed as a javascript object { varName1: value1, ... } used to replace the subject/body content for all :XXX occurrences
from
email address sender
to
email address destination; can contain multiple addresses, separated by a comma (,)
cc
optional argument: can be null; carbon copy addresses
bcc
optional argument: can be null; blind carbon copy addresses
priority
optional argument: can be null; define the email message priority
isHtmlContent
a boolean flag used to define if the body content is in HTML format or not
returnReceipt
a boolean flag used to request a return receipt to the destinations
smtpHost
SMPT host name to use
smtpPort
SMTP port
useTLS
flag to use (Y/N) to enable TLS
protocol
Protocol to use (e.g. smtp vs smtps)
smtpUsername
SMTP username to use to authentication to the SMTP server
smtpPassword
SMTP password to use to authentication to the SMTP server
zipFiles
a boolean flag used to compress all files to attach in a unique zip file and send it, in order to reduce the email size
additionalSettings
can be null; if specified, it represents a javascript object containing additional settings:
{
elmDirId = <number>
elmFileName: "filename.elm"
}
dirId
directory identifier, where attachment files are located; can be null, in case no attachment files are required
filesToAttach
a list of files to attach, separated by a comma; use [] to not include files; each file is expressed as "subdir/filename" , with regards to the base path expressed through the dir id; GCS are supported as well
This method returns false if the email has NOT been sent correctly (e.g. attachment file not found).
Example
Suppose to send an email, whose content changes according to the language and the company id and site id, but there can be templates not always defined for all company+site+language combinations, so that if a template is not found at company+site+language it can be found at company+language and if not found yet, at language only level.
In such a scenario, template messages can be stored on the Platform server file system as text files, organized in a series of subfolder, hierarchically:
Email subject must be translated according to the language as well. This can be done either by including subject as the first line of the file or by creating a second text file for subjects only or by including a custom translation in Platform. In this example, we suppose the email subject is defined as a Platform custom translation.
Send an email, using the default SMTP settings with a template id
This method allows to send an email message with optional attachments, starting from a template defined through the UI -> Templates functionality.
This method is helpful for sending a simple email message, having dinamic content and starting from a fixed template and default email settings.
Syntax
Details
Argument
Description
subject
email subject; can contain variables to replace, expressed as :XXX
templateId
template id defined previously and used to get the email body
jsObj
a collection of variable names/values, expressed as a javascript object { varName1: value1, ... } used to replace the subject/body content for all :XXX occurrences
from
email address sender
to
email address destination; can contain multiple addresses, separated by a comma (,)
cc
optional argument: can be null; carbon copy addresses
bcc
optional argument: can be null; blind carbon copy addresses
priority
optional argument: can be null; define the email message priority
isHtmlContent
a boolean flag used to define if the body content is in HTML format or not
returnReceipt
a boolean flag used to request a return receipt to the destinations
zipFiles
a boolean flag used to compress all files to attach in a unique zip file and send it, in order to reduce the email size
dirId
directory identifier, where attachment files are located; can be null, in case no attachment files are required
filesToAttach
a list of files to attach, separated by a comma; use [] to not include files; each file is expressed as "subdir/filename" , with regards to the base path expressed through the dir id; GCS are supported as well
This method returns false if the email has NOT been sent correctly (e.g. attachment file not found).
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