Forms per email

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Hello, I’m very new to xwiki, ready and dedicated to learn.

I’m running into an issue where I don’t know how to mail a form with multiple input types. A simple single textfield is no problem. But I’m looking for examples where dropdowns, radio’s etc. are used and shaped in de sent email.

Anyone have proven examples?

Thanks in advance!!

2

Hi Richard. Not sure I understand the question. If you’re looking to send a mail containing HTML then it’s quite simple. See https://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Mail%20Sender%20API

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Ha Vincent,

Thank you for the reply! I’ve read that page but it leads to no aswer for me. But as I said, I’m new to xwiki and its programming languages…

What I’m trying to accomplish is that I want to make a HTML form with different input types like textfield, radio’s, dropdowns etc. in xWiki and send it to an e-mailadres. So far I’m only capable of sending 1 textfield… Below is a simple example which works. But I want to use more input types, AND I want to make them up in the “to be send” e-mail…
I hope this is somewhat clearer…

{{velocity}}
#if("$!{request.action}" == 'send_mail' && "$!{request.lastname}" == '')
  #if("$!request.subject" != '')
    #set ($message = $services.mailsender.createMessage("no-reply@xwiki.domain.nl", "r.mulder@domain.nl", $request.subject))
    #set ($discard = $message.addPart("text/plain", "$!request.message"))
    #set ($result = $services.mailsender.send([$message], 'database'))
  #else
    {{error}}Onderwerp is verplicht!{{/error}}
  #end
#end
#if ($services.mailsender.lastError)
  {{error}}$exceptiontool.getStackTrace($services.mailsender.lastError){{/error}}
#end
#set ($statuses = $result.statusResult.getByState('FAILED'))
#if ($statuses.hasNext())
  {{error}}Error: $statuses.next().error{{/error}}
#end
{{html wiki=true}}
<form action="" method="post">
  <input name="action" value="send_mail" type="hidden" />
    ## Botvangertje
  <div class="hidden">
  <input name="lastname" type="text" /> 
  </div>
  <fieldset>
    <input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="r.mulder@domain.nl"/><br />
    **Onderwerp:**<br />
    <input type="text" name="subject" /><br />
    **Bericht:**<br />
    <textarea name="message" style="width:99%;" rows=10>Bericht opties.</textarea>
  </fieldset>
  <div>
    <span class="buttonwrapper"><input type="submit" class="button" value="Verzenden" /></span>
    <span class="buttonwrapper"><input type="reset" class="button" value="Wissen" /></span>
  </div>
</form>
{{/html}}
{{/velocity}}
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I’ve checked your code and it seems you don’t want to send the HTML FORM by email as you said but the values entered in the FORM by users… Right?

I don’t see the problem with your code. You’re sending some text email with a content of "$!request.message". If you want to send more you need to build the string that you want to send.

For example "Message: $!request.message\nSubject: $request.subject".

If you want to send HTML then you need to build the HTML you want to send. See examples on the link I gave you in my first reply.

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I’ve checked your code and it seems you don’t want to send the HTML FORM by email as you said but the values entered in the FORM by users… Right? <= Right!

I don’t see the problem with your code. You’re sending some text email with a content of "$!request.message". *If you want to send more you need to build the string that you want to send.

For example "Message: $!request.message\nSubject: $request.subject".

If you want to send HTML then you need to build the HTML you want to send. See examples on the link I gave you in my first reply.

That clears things up! Thank you!!