How to email the id or username of the user when they log in

Wappler General How To
#1

I’m building an admin area and it’s going really well. I’m using the Security Enforcer for it (of course!) and have created a server action to send me an email when someone logs in and that works fine.

But I really want the email to contain the id or username of who has just logged in but I’m just not having any success.

In the login server action I have…

  • database connection
  • security provider
  • security login
  • database query

and I’ve added ''set value" and given it a value of {{siteSecurity.identity}}

Then, in the server action which sends the email, I’ve tried inserting a global variable of all types but it’s not inserting anything.

When using the ‘Set Value’ server action, how is that stored? Is it a session variable?

Cheers, Jon.

#2

Hi @sitestreet
In your email body you can directly use: {{siteSecurity.identity}} expression. No need to put it in a set value step.
The set value is just a variable, not a session variable.

You can also use something like: {{query1.data[0].username}} in the mail body.

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#3

Thanks @Teodor. I had my Send Email step in a different server action. I’ve now put it into the same server action as the security provider and the ID now inserts into the email.

I also have a database query in that server action but I’m not able to insert any fields from it into the email. Attached is what I see in the data bindings.

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#4

What do you need to to with the dynamic data in the email body?

#5

I just want to show the real name of the logged in user (or email address) rather than just have their ID. I was expecting the Database Query to have sub-branches containing all the fields.

#6

No, it’s not possible to select query items like that from within the mail body.
Please check my previous reply. You can add these manually:

{{queryLoggedInUser.data[0].username}} or {{queryLoggedInUser.data[0].email}} etc. whatever field you want to display.

#7

Thanks. I have tried manually entering them as you suggested but it’s not appearing in the email. I’ll keep trying.

#8

Yes, of course it won’t work with the wrong expressions i provided :slight_smile:
It must be: {{queryLoggedInUser[0].username}} sorry about the confusion!

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#9

Aah, that was the problem. I was keeping the .data part in. It’s now working perfectly with {{queryLoggedInUser[0].uEmail}}

Many thanks. Now I know the syntax, I can use this much more often.

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#10

We are going to improve this and make it available in the data picker, by adding a special “query single record” step in server action. So you won’t have to add this manually any longer :slight_smile:

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#11

Database Single Query has been integrated in Wappler 2.2.3:

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