Template variable in the link

[pierreozoux]

I'm a Nextcloud admin.
I'd like to put links under quota that point to my billing system.
My billing system expects an email in the url for the bill.

Implementation proposal

We create a function that allow Nextcloud admin to have special chars in the url, like say {{ email }}, and this would be replaced at runtime, by the actual email of the user.

so then, in the admin settings, I'd write:

https://example.org/buy_now/?email={{ email }}

And as a user, when I click on the link, I'd go to:

https://example.org/buy_now/?email=pierre@ozoux.net

What do you think about this feature?

[nickvergessen]

Sounds doable. I guess we should support email and user id for now?

[pierreozoux]

I'd actually need First and Last name too.
I actually would like to implement it.

I thought about a "dirty" way, using js, and modify at print time.
But I guess, it would be better to do it server side.

I'm quiet new to Nextcloud app dev, so if you could point to similar code, would be really helpful.

And also, what do you think about the formalism? {{ email }} is good, or do we use something else in different places?

Thanks a lot for your help!

[nickvergessen]

And also, what do you think about the formalism? {{ email }} is good, or do we use something else in different places?

I would use what we do in JS code everywhere: {email}, etc.

I'd actually need First and Last name too.

So email, userId and displayName?

I actually would like to implement it.

Cool 😎

So let me give you some hints:

1. You need to inject OCP\IUserSession into OCA\External\Controller\APIController, like it is currently done with SitesManager.
2. In the function get(your other modifications take place:
   1. you need to get the IUser object from the IUserSession
   2. in the foreach you need to add a str_replace() to replace the placeholders with the values of the IUser object