Dispatch Application

GitHub Repository | npmjs package | Unpkg CDN | Dispatch Bundle

This is an application for managing postal/electronic deliveries which get forwarded to an external "Dual Delivery" service provider.

Prerequisites

• You need the API server running
• You need the DBP Dispatch Bundle

Local development

# get the source
git clone git@github.com:digital-blueprint/dispatch-app.git
cd dispatch-app
git submodule update --init

# install dependencies
npm install

# constantly build dist/bundle.js and run a local web-server on port 8001
npm run watch

# constantly build dist/bundle.js and run a local web-server on port 8001 using a custom assets directory assets_custom/
npm run watch-custom

# run tests
npm test

Jump to http://localhost:8001, and you should get a Single Sign On login page.

By default, the application is built using the assets in assets/. However, custom assets can also be used to build the application. The custom assets can be added to the directory assets_custom/dbp-dispatch/assets/. This allows developers to easily develop and build the application for different environments.

To use the Nextcloud functionality you need a running Nextcloud server with the webapppassword Nextcloud app like this Nextcloud Development Environment.

Use app via Docker

docker-compose.yml

version: '3'
services:
  web:
    image: ghcr.io/digital-blueprint/dispatch-app:latest
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "8000:80"

Using this app as pre-built package

Install app

If you want to install the dbp dispatch app in a new folder dispatch-app with a path prefix / you can call:

npx @digital-blueprint/cli@latest install-app dispatch dispatch-app /

Afterward you can point your Apache web-server to dispatch-app/public.

Make sure you are allowing .htaccess files in your Apache configuration.

Also make sure to add all of your resources you are using (like your API and Keycloak servers) to the Content-Security-Policy in your dispatch-app/public/.htaccess, so the browser allows access to those sites.

You can also use this app directly from the Unpkg CDN for example like this: dbp-dispatch/index.html

Note that you will need a Keycloak server along with a client id for the domain you are running this html on.

Update app

If you want to update the dbp dispatch app in the current folder you can call:

npx @digital-blueprint/cli@latest update-app dispatch

Using a single activity as pre-built package

You can also use a single activity directly from the Unpkg CDN for example the dbp-qualified-dispatch-pdf-upload activity to qualifiedly sign PDF documents like this: dbp-qualified-dispatch-pdf-upload/index.html

Note that you will need a Keycloak server along with a client id for the domain you are running this html on.

Activities

This app has the following activities:

• dbp-dd-activity
• dbp-qualified-signature-pdf-upload
• dbp-official-signature-pdf-upload

You can find the documentation of these activities in the qualified dispatch activities documentation.

Adapt app

Functionality

You can add multiple attributes to the <dbp-greenlight> tag.

attribute name	value	Link to description
provider-root	Boolean	app-shell
lang	String	language-select
entry-point-url	String	app-shell
keycloak-config	Object	app-shell
base-path	String	app-shell
src	String	app-shell
html-overrides	String	common
themes	Array	theme-switcher
darkModeThemeOverride	String	theme-switcher

Mandatory attributes

If you are not using the provider-root attribute to "terminate" all provider attributes you need to manually add these attributes so that the topic will work properly:

<dbp-dispatch
  auth
  requested-login-status
  analytics-event
  initial-file-handling-state
  clipboard-files
>
</dbp-dispatch>

Design

For frontend design customizations, such as logo, colors, font, favicon, and more, take a look at the theming documentation.

"dbp-dispatch" slots

These are common slots for the app-shell. You can find the documentation of these slots in the app-shell documentation. For the app specific slots take a look at the dispatch activities.