Well, I want to send an automated email every Friday using MailChimp/Mandrill.
Email Template :
Hi {{firstName}},
You weekly weekend pass is {{code}}.
Here, My email content is dynamically generated. So, before sending automated email, there should be some mechanism where I call the rest api from where I get the firstName and code. Then email is sent to different user.
{
[{
firstName: 'test',
code: 'Xewetwerx'
},
{
firstName: 'test2',
code: 'Xewetwrtd'
}]
}
I know we can write code in our backend server and call the API every Friday using cronjob(to send an email every Friday) but I don't want to use any cronjob.
Is it possible to make API call and send automated mail using MailChimp or mandrill ???
Outcome:
2 email should be sent with different code.
Mandrill implements scheduled emails through the sent_at parameter.
It's possible to send an email using a template and specify date and time when the message should be sent as a UTC timestamp in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format. If you specify a time in the past, the message will be sent immediately. Note that for the sent_at feature you will need a paid (non free) account
If you choose PHP as the programming language for your backend,
you can use the official PHP API library.
example: (the code is not tested and could contain errors)
require_once '/path/to/MailchimpTransactional/vendor/autoload.php';
$mailchimp = new MailchimpTransactional\ApiClient();
$mailchimp->setApiKey('YOUR_API_KEY');
$msg = array(
'subject' => 'My subject',
'from_email' => 'ellery#example.com',
'to' => array(array('email' => 'recipient1#example.com', 'name' => 'Recipient 1'),array('email' => 'recipient2#example.com', 'name' => 'Recipient 2')),
'merge_vars' => array(array(
'rcpt' => 'recipient1#example.com',
'vars' =>
array(
array(
'name' => 'firstName',
'content' => 'test'),
array(
'name' => 'code',
'content' => 'Xewetwerx')
)),
array(
'rcpt' => 'recipient2#example.com',
'vars' =>
array(
array(
'name' => 'firstName',
'content' => 'test2'),
array(
'name' => 'code',
'content' => 'Xewetwrtd')
))));
$response = $mailchimp->messages->sendTemplate([
"template_name" => "template_name",
"template_content" => [[]],
"message" => $msg,
"send_at" => "2021-06-23 09:05:00" ,
]);
print_r($response);
Related
I am using tinymce for to add user cover letter related to the application.
This what my post array look like:
Array
(
[cover_letter] => <p>Test Cover Letter</p>
<ol>
<li>Need to save this data</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Thanks</strong></p>
)
Simply I have used the require validation rule for this.
'candidate_cover_letter' => array(
array(
'field' => 'cover_letter',
'label' => 'Cover Letter',
'rules' => 'required'
)
)
I get the validation error regarding this like Cover Letter require.
I have two main problem:
How to validate HTML post array data
Is this best practice to save data like this? if no then how should i save this data?
First of all, in Codeigniter if we want to do form validations we need to go like this :
$config = array(
array(
'field' => 'username',
'label' => 'Username',
'rules' => 'required'
),
array(
'field' => 'password',
'label' => 'Password',
'rules' => 'required',
'errors' => array(
'required' => 'You must provide a %s.',
),
)
);
$this->form_validation->set_rules($config);
You can refer here
so, your code here should be like this in the controller:
$config =array(
array(
'field' => 'cover_letter',
'label' => 'Cover Letter',
'rules' => 'required'
)
);
$this->form_validation->set_rules($config);
You can add extra fields in the $config like the example above.
Another thing that you asked, "How you should save the data ?"
I would suggest you to use a field in the database table with type "TEXT" and it should be okay for you.
After you hit submit you get redirected back to your controller somewhere. One way to utilize CI form validation is:
//look to see if you have post data
if($this->input->post('submit')){
//points to applications/config/form_validation.php (look at next chucnk to set form_validation.php)
if($this->_validate('cover_letter')){
//rest of your post logic
//get data to upload to database
$data = [
'cover_letter'=>$this->input->post('cover_letter'),
'user_id'=>$this->input->post('user_id')
];
//save data to database ..also this should be moved to a model
$this->db->insert('name of table to insert into', $data);
}
//if you post doesnt not get validated you will fall here and if you have this chucnk of code in the same place were you have the logic to set up the cover letter you will see a pink message that says what ever error message you set up
}
Set up form validation.php
<?php
$config = [
//set up cover letter validation
//$this->_validate('cover_letter') maps to here and checks this array
'cover_letter' => [
[
'field'=>'cover_letter',
'label'=>'Cover Letter Required',//error message to return back to user
'rules'=>'required'//field is required
],
//example to add additional fields to check
[
'field'=>'observations',
'label'=>'Observations',
'rules'=>'required'
],
],
]
I wonder what I've made wrong, I want to save in db some values whats not come form POST or GET:
public function saveAction()
{
$wikiTable = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('WikiTable');
$data = array('source' => $someVal);
$form = new WikiForm();
$inputFilter = new \MyApp\Form\WikiFilter();
$form->setInputFilter($inputFilter);
$form->setData($data);
$this->saveWiki($form->getData());
//$this->saveWiki($data);
}
WikiFilter:
$this->add(
array(
'name' => 'source',
'required' => false,
'filters' => array(
array('name' => 'StripTags'),
array('name' => 'StringTrim'),
)
)
);
And Form:
$this->add(array(
'name' => 'source',
'type' => 'Zend\Form\Element\Hidden',
'options' => array(
'label' => 'source',
)
));
In response I recive error:
Zend\Form\Form::getData cannot return data as validation has not yet
occurred
After this line:
$form->setData($data);
You need to put the rest of your code into something like this:
if($form->isValid()){
$this->saveWiki($form->getData());
}
Otherwise your form isn't validated and you won't get any data back from it by calling $form->getData()
So whenever you work with a form (not matter if the data come from a POST request or not) make sure to call the function isValid() on the form variable because otherwise you won't get the data back and you will get the error you wrote before
I'm trying to submit a form using PHP and the mailchimp 2.0 api.
I'm getting an error that says:
FNAME must be provided
My form has a field for the first name:
<input type="text" name="fname">
So it must have something to do with the way I am handling it the php side.
Here is the bit of php that handles FNAME:
$result = $MailChimp->call('lists/subscribe', array(
'id' => 'myid',
'email' => array( 'email' => $_POST['email']),
'FNAME' => $_POST['fname'],
'LNAME' => $_POST['lname'],
'double_optin' => false,
'update_existing' => true,
'replace_interests' => false
));
I'm not sure if I'm forming the array correctly or not.
By the way, I'm using this wrapper, but I think my error has to do with how I create $result and not the wrapper.
https://github.com/drewm/mailchimp-api
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Peep the example at the bottom of the page you linked to. I've pasted it here:
$result = $MailChimp->call('lists/subscribe', array(
'id' => 'b1234346',
'email' => array('email'=>'davy#example.com'),
'merge_vars' => array('FNAME'=>'Davy', 'LNAME'=>'Jones'),
'double_optin' => false,
'update_existing' => true,
'replace_interests' => false,
'send_welcome' => false,
));
print_r($result);
Your merge vars (ex. FNAME and LNAME) need to be in its own array. So, add a 'merge_vars' in your array and create an array that contains your field's merge variables.
I've been at this most of the day now, and I cannot get this working for the life of me (well I can get it 1/2 working but not fully correctly).
Basically, I am trying to use Validation on a search form field like so:
if(isset($search['ApplicantAge']) && !empty($search['ApplicantAge'])) {
if ($this->Plan->validates()) {
$ApplicantAge = $search['ApplicantAge'];
}
}
And here is my model code:
...
'ApplicantAge' => array(
'required' => true,
'allowEmpty' => false,
'rule' => 'numeric',
'message' => 'A valid Age is required. Please enter a valid Age.'),
...
The validation is working BUT when I enter a number (numeric), it displays my error! And when it's blank NO error displays, and when I enter letters it seems to work : ( ??
Does anyone know a trick to this odd behavior?
Try using the 'notEmpty' rule instead of the required/allowEmpty stuff.
'ApplicantAge' => array(
'applicant-age-numeric'=> array(
'rule' => 'numeric',
'message' => 'A valid Age is required. Please enter a valid Age.'
),
'applicant-age-not-empty'=> array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'message' => 'This field cannot be left blank'
)
)
firstly why are you using the field 'ApplicantAge' when the conventions say its should be lower case under scored?
to answer your question the best way to do validation like that is http://book.cakephp.org/view/410/Validating-Data-from-the-Controller
the other option is to do $this->Model->save($data, array('validate' => 'only'));
The manual did not assist me at all : (
But your suggestion on the validate => only array seems to have done the trick. This is how I got it working:
plans_controller.php
if (isset($search['ApplicantAge'])) {
$this->Plan->save($search, array('validate' => 'only'));
if ($this->Plan->validates($this->data)) {
$ApplicantAge = $search['ApplicantAge'];
}
}
plan.php (model)
var $validate = array(
'ApplicantAge' => array(
'applicant-age-numeric' => array(
'rule' => 'numeric',
'message' => 'A valid Age is required. Please enter a valid Age.'),
'applicant-age-not-empty' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'message' => 'This field cannot be left blank'),
),
Now, if no data is entered in the ApplicateAge field, the proper message is displayed. And if a non-numeric is entered, the correct message is also displayed.
This was a lot more challenging than I thought it would be!
For the record, I'll make a correction to my earlier accepted post. Little did I know the validate => only on the save() was actually still saving data to my plans table.
I was able to get it working using set(). Here is the code that completely solved the problem:
plans_controller.php
if (isset($search['ApplicantAge'])) {
$this->Plan->set($this->data);
if ($this->Plan->validates()) {
$ApplicantAge = $search['ApplicantAge'];
}
}
plan.php (model):
var $validate = array(
'ApplicantAge' => array(
'applicant-age-numeric' => array(
'rule' => 'numeric',
'message' => 'A valid Age is required. Please enter a valid Age.'),
'applicant-age-not-empty' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'message' => 'This field cannot be left blank'),
)
How to make file uploading as optional with validation?
The code below validates even if i didn't selected any file.
I want to check the extension only if i selected the the file.
If i am not selecting any file it should not return any validation error.
class Catalog extends AppModel{
var $name = 'Catalog';
var $validate = array(
'name' => array(
'rule' => '/^[a-z0-9 ]{0,}$/i',
'allowEmpty' => false,
'message' => 'Invalid Catalog name'
),
'imageupload' => array(
'rule' => array('extension',array('jpeg','jpg','png','gif')),
'required' => false,
'allowEmpty' => true,
'message' => 'Invalid file'
),
);
}
thanks in advance
"I assign $this->data['Catalog']['image'] = $this->data['Catalog']['imageupload']['name'];"
So by the time you save your data array, it looks something like this I assume:
array(
'image' => 'foobar',
'imageupload' => array(
'name' => 'foobar',
'size' => 1234567,
'error' => 0,
...
)
)
Which means, the imageupload validation rule is trying to work on this data:
array(
'name' => 'foobar',
'size' => 1234567,
'error' => 0,
...
)
I.e. the value it's trying to validate is an array of stuff, not just a string. And that is unlikely to pass the specified validation rule. It's also probably never "empty".
Either you create a custom validation rule that can handle this array, or you need to do some more processing in the controller before you try to validate it.
Concept:
In Controller, before validating, or saving (which does validation automatically by default) check if any file is uploaded. If not uploaded, then unset validator for the file field.
Sample code:
Controller
// is any image uploaded?
$isNoFileUploaded = ($this->request->data['Model']['field_name']['error'] == UPLOAD_ERR_NO_FILE) ? true : false ;
if ($isNoFileUploaded) {
$this->Model->validator()->remove('field_name');
}
Notes:
This solution comes under preprocessing as one of the two alternative approaches (preprocessing in controller, custom validation in model) suggested by #deceze's answer