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DotLiquid.Mailer

DotLiquid.Mailer is a simple SMTP mailing service which uses DotLiquid as templating engine. DotLiquid is Ruby's Liquid Markup ported to the .net framework.

All base documentation is available from the DotLiquid Wiki pages. The test project implements some examples on how to use this Mailer plus a small filter collection and one custom tag and block taken from the official documentation pages.

This Library integrates viewmodel capability using the LiquidFunctions created by Olav Nybø. He also wrote a great article on this.

NuGet

Current Version: 1.0.0.0

Get it from nuget.org/packages/DotLiquid.Mailer or via Package Manager Console

PM> Install-Package DotLiquid.Mailer

Testing

It is recommended to have smpt4dev running or a real mail server configured in order to see the delivery of the test emails.

Usage

Initialization

Just instanciate a new MailEngine object (as IMailEngine) and do the apropriate settings.

	public IMailEngine dotLiquidMailer;
	
	dotLiquidMailer = new MailEngine()
            {
                DefaultFromAddress = "dotliquid.mailer@mytest.org",
                IsHtml = true,
                SmtpServer = "127.0.0.1",
                SmtpPort = 25,
                UseDefaultCredentials = true,
                TemplateDir = @".\Templates"
            };
			

Singleton

DotLiquid.Mailer may also be used as a Singleton, out of the box. All initialization and method calls is done by setting the according properties or calling the methods of MailEngine.Instance.

	MailEngine.Instance.DefaultFromAddress = "dotliquid.mailer@mytest.org";
	MailEngine.Instance.Send( ... );

Send an email based on a file template

Template file names passed to the SendFromFile method are extended by the template directory, if it is set with the TemplateDir property. Here an example, passing data as a viewmodel class. If the from parameter is omitted with any Send* metod then an initially set DefaultFromAddress will be taken.

	// preparing the viewmodel
	var orderData = new Order()
    {
        Cust = new Customer()
        {
            Salutation = "Dear Mr. Doe",
            Firstname = "John",
            Lastname = "Doe"
        }
    };

    orderData.Itemlist.AddRange( new List<Item>()
    {
        new Item()
        {
            Name = "Apple",
            Quantity = 5
        },
        new Item()
        {
            Name = "Banana",
            Quantity = 10
        }
    });
	
	// SendFromFile<T>(string subject, string templateFile, T data, string to, string from = "")
	
	// sending the email with explicit from-address
	mailer.SendFromFile<Order>("Your Order", "OrderConfirmation.liquid.html", orderData, 
		"john.doe@nowhere.net", "named.sender@mytest.org")
		
	// sending the email with default from-address
	mailer.SendFromFile<Order>("Your Order", "OrderConfirmation.liquid.html", orderData, 
		"john.doe@nowhere.net")

This also works with anonymously created objects as data payload on any Send* method.

Send an email based on a string template from within the code

	// providing the template as string constant
	public const string template =
        "<!DOCTYPE html>" +
        "<html lang='en' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>" +
        "<body>" +
        "{{Cust.Salutation" +
        "    }" +
        "},<br/><br/>" +
        "thank you for the following order made for {{Cust.Firstname}} {{Cust.Lastname}}:" +
        "" +
        "<ul>" +
        "    {% for Item in Itemlist -%}" +
        "    <li>" +
        "        {{Item.Quantity}} x {{Item.Name}}" +
        "    </li>" +
        "    {% endfor -%}" +
        "</ul>" +
        "" +
        "Your Sales Company." +
        "</body>" +
        "</html>";
	
	// preparing data payload (as anonymous object)
	data = new
    {
        Cust = new
        {
            Salutation = "Dear Mr. Doe",
            Firstname = "John",
            Lastname = "Doe"
        },
        ItemList = new[]
        {
            new {Name = "Apple", Quantity = 5},
            new {Name = "Banana", Quantity = 10}
        }
    };
	
	// Send<T>(string subject, string liquidTemplate, T data, string to, string from = "")
	
	// injecting an anonymous object as data payload
	mailer.Send("Your Order", template, _data, "john.doe@nowhere.net", "named.sender@mytest.org");
	
	// or if a default from-address is set:
	mailer.Send("Your Order", template, _data, "john.doe@nowhere.net")

Registering custom Tags and Blocks

As the MailEngine partly encapsulates the DotLiquid engine it is possible to register Tags and Blocks globally(!) using the RegisterTag method. So they will be available for any MailEngine instance.

	// Tag
	mailer.RegisterTag<RandomInt>("random");
	var template ="Your lucky number is {% random 25 %}"
	
	// Block
	mailer.RegisterTag<ByChance>("bychance");
	var template = "{% bychance 20 %}You're the lucky winner!{% endbychance %}";

Registering custom filters

Also custom filters can be registered globally(!) using the RegisterFilter method.

	mailer.RegisterFilter(typeof(CaseFilters));

Be aware of the naming of a filter when using it in a template. It depends on how you name your filter method. For example ...

	var template = "{{'test object' | camelcase }}";
	// if ...
	public static string Camelcase(string input) { ... }
	
	var template = "{{'test object' | camel_case }}"
	// if ...
	public static string CamelCase(string input) { ... }

IoC using Autofac

Here is a description how to register a (pre initialized) MailerEngine with an Autofac container and how to resolve and use it.

	// ---- registration ----

	public IContainer container;

    var builder = new ContainerBuilder();

    builder.Register(c => new MailEngine()
    {
        DefaultFromAddress = "dotliquid.mailer@mytest.org",
        IsHtml = true,
        SmtpServer = "127.0.0.1",
        SmtpPort = 25,
        UseDefaultCredentials = true,
        TemplateDir = @".\Templates"
    })
    .As<IMailEngine>();

    container = builder.Build();

	// ---- usage ----
	
	var mailer = _container.Resolve<IMailEngine>();
	
	// global Tag, Block and Filter registration
	mailer.RegisterTag<RandomInt>("random");
	mailer.RegisterTag<ByChance>("bychance");
	mailer.RegisterFilter(typeof(CaseFilters));

	// setting / sending
	mailer.IsHigh = true;
    mailer.SendFromFile("Your Order", "OrderConfirmation.liquid.html", data, 
		"john.doe@nowhere.net"));

Mailing priotrity

The standard mailing priority is "normal". If an email shall be sent with high priority, it is needed to set the property IsHigh to true, before sending the message. When the apropriate email is sent it will be reset to "normal", again.

Using Credentials

The MailEngine provides two kinds of credentials to be set by their property: default credentials and network credentials.

	// configuring to use default credentials
	mailer.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
	
	// configuring to use network credentials
	mailer.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("myEmailServiceAccount", "Password");

Using SSL

The SSL encryption also can be turned "on" e. g. for seczrely sending a password with the credentiasls.

	mailer.EnableSsl = true;

Change Log

Version 1.0.0.0 - Initial release

License

Licensed under the MIT license.

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