I want to add attachments to orders - for example PDF event tickets, which then get passed onto the customer as part of a confirmation email.
I've managed to add a file upload field to the additional info section using the generic Fileupload view but I can't for the life of me find where (or if) the file is actually getting saved on the server, so when I inspect the properties array it only contains the file name.
Is this something that is supported by Vendr? If so what's the best way to handle the file upload?
Good question. I'm not sure I've tried the file upload field as an order property, but if it does work the file should get saved into the media folder IIRC. I'd check there to see if it's getting saved, and if not, we might need to find an alternative solution.
Yeah that was my first thought but unfortunately not, even checked git to see if any new files had popped up somewhere random, but it doesn't look like they're hitting the server at all.
Hmm, there is probably something we are meant to call server side. Vendr's property editor re-use is really rather basic and so we are probably just using them a "editors" and persisting whatever value comes out of the front end control.
I'll add it to our issue tracker to look at, but in the meantime we might need to do something different.
Best I can think atm is maybe a custom file upload prop editor that on file selection, uploads the file to the server (via a custom API controller) and then saves the path to the order 🤔
I finally got round to implementing this today. It was a bit fiddly so to save myself and others time in the future I've put together a quick demo of how to go about it in Umbraco 10:
File attachments on orders
Hi Matt,
I want to add attachments to orders - for example PDF event tickets, which then get passed onto the customer as part of a confirmation email.
I've managed to add a file upload field to the additional info section using the generic Fileupload view but I can't for the life of me find where (or if) the file is actually getting saved on the server, so when I inspect the properties array it only contains the file name.
Is this something that is supported by Vendr? If so what's the best way to handle the file upload?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Kind regards
Phil
Hi Phil,
Good question. I'm not sure I've tried the file upload field as an order property, but if it does work the file should get saved into the
mediafolder IIRC. I'd check there to see if it's getting saved, and if not, we might need to find an alternative solution.Matt
Hi Matt,
Yeah that was my first thought but unfortunately not, even checked git to see if any new files had popped up somewhere random, but it doesn't look like they're hitting the server at all.
Hey Phil,
Hmm, there is probably something we are meant to call server side. Vendr's property editor re-use is really rather basic and so we are probably just using them a "editors" and persisting whatever value comes out of the front end control.
I'll add it to our issue tracker to look at, but in the meantime we might need to do something different.
Best I can think atm is maybe a custom file upload prop editor that on file selection, uploads the file to the server (via a custom API controller) and then saves the path to the order 🤔
Matt
Update Here's a link to the feature request issue https://github.com/vendrhub/vendr/issues/370
Awesome thanks Matt, I'll have a look at the custom prop editor approach for the time being 👍🏻 Thanks for clarifying and raising the issue.
I finally got round to implementing this today. It was a bit fiddly so to save myself and others time in the future I've put together a quick demo of how to go about it in Umbraco 10:
https://github.com/philipdanielhayton/Vendr.Contrib.Editors.FileUpload
Ooooh, nice!
Thanks for sharing 🙏
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