feat: add layout to step message templates # 69

src/Novu.Tests/IntegrationTests/MessageTemplateFactory.cs

@@ -48,14 +48,15 @@ public static DigestMessageTemplate DigestMessageTemplate()
         return new DigestMessageTemplate();
     }
 
-    public static EmailMessageTemplate EmailMessageTemplate()
+    public static EmailMessageTemplate EmailMessageTemplate(string layoutId = null)
     {
         return new EmailMessageTemplate
         {
             // Type = StepTypeEnum.Email,
             ContentType = MessageTemplateContentType.Editor,
             SenderName = "Hello",
             Subject = "{{mail.subject}}",
+            LayoutId = layoutId,
             Content = new List<EmailBlock>
             {
                 new()

src/Novu.Tests/IntegrationTests/StepFactory.cs

@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ public static Step InApp(bool active = false)
         };
     }
 
-    public static Step Email(bool active = false)
+    public static Step Email(bool active = false, string layoutId = null)
     {
         return new Step
         {
             Name = $"Email ({StringGenerator.LoremIpsum(2)})",
-            Template = MessageTemplateFactory.EmailMessageTemplate(),
+            Template = MessageTemplateFactory.EmailMessageTemplate(layoutId),
             Active = active,
         };
     }

src/Novu.Tests/IntegrationTests/WorkflowTests.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using FluentAssertions;
+using Novu.DTO;
+using Novu.DTO.Layouts;
 using Novu.DTO.Workflows;
 using Novu.Extensions;
 using Novu.Models.Workflows;
@@ -83,6 +85,22 @@ public async Task Should_Create_Steps(string test, Step[] steps, int stepsCount)
         workflow.Triggers.Should().HaveCount(1);
     }
 
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Should_Create_Step_With_LayoutSet()
+    {
+        // we know there is always a default layout
+        var layout = (await Layout.Get())
+            .Data
+            .Single(x => x.IsDefault);
+
+        var steps = new[] { StepFactory.Email(layoutId: layout.Id) };
+        var workflow = await Make<Workflow>(steps: steps);
+        workflow.Should().NotBeNull();
+        workflow.Triggers.Should().HaveCount(1);
+        workflow.Steps.First().Template.LayoutId.Should().Be(layout.Id);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task Should_Get_Workflows()
     {

src/Novu/Models/Workflows/Step/Message/BaseMessageTemplate.cs

@@ -7,4 +7,18 @@ public abstract class BaseMessageTemplate
     [JsonProperty("deleted")] public bool Deleted { get; set; }
     [JsonProperty("variables")] public TemplateVariable[] Variables { get; set; }
     [JsonProperty("actor")] public Actor Actor { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     All messages CAN have a layout although the general approach is to only provide layouts for
+    ///     an email as a wrapper around the content of the message
+    /// </summary>
+    [JsonProperty("layoutId")]
+    public string? LayoutId
+    {
+        get => _layoutId;
+        set => _layoutId = value;
+    }
+
+    // ReSharper disable once InconsistentNaming
+    [JsonProperty("_layoutId")] public string? _layoutId { get; set; }
 }

src/Novu/Models/Workflows/Step/Message/IMessageTemplate.cs

@@ -1,24 +1,34 @@
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
-
 namespace Novu.Models.Workflows.Step.Message;
 
 public interface IMessageTemplate
 {
-    [JsonProperty("type")]
-    [JsonConverter(typeof(StringEnumConverter))]
     StepTypeEnum Type { get; set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Polymorphic between string (code) and typed EmailBlock[]
     /// </summary>
     object Content { get; set; }
 
-    [JsonProperty("contentType")]
-    [JsonConverter(typeof(StringEnumConverter))]
     MessageTemplateContentType ContentType { get; set; }
 
-    [JsonProperty("deleted")] bool Deleted { get; set; }
+    bool Deleted { get; set; }
+
+    TemplateVariable[] Variables { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Layout has three lifecycles (create, update and read) and the create and update use the non-underscore
+    ///     whereas the read uses underscore.
+    ///
+    ///     The problems lies that these are nested objects that the API doesn't create as sub-resources to manage.
+    ///
+    ///     Therefore the implementation must deal with READ/WRITE in situ.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     The same problem for <see cref="FeedId"/>
+    /// </remarks>
+    public string? LayoutId { get; set; }
+    // ReSharper disable once InconsistentNaming
+    public string? _layoutId { get; set; }
 
-    [JsonProperty("variables")] TemplateVariable[] Variables { get; set; }
+    public Actor Actor { get; set; }
 }