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wilderichsophus
Adept
9 years ago

Email Template - Getting User First Name From the Input

Hi Lithium Community,   A quick enquiry, we are currently trying to update the default user registration email template with a custom HTML template.   We are stuck at trying to find a way to pull...
TariqHussain's avatar
TariqHussain
Boss
9 years ago

wilderichsophus if this is possible to call api from your context, you could easily get user first_name and last_name.

<#assign apiVersion = "2.0"/>
<#assign user_id = 'user-id'>
<#assign userQuery = "select first_name,last_name from users where id = '${user_id}' "/>
<#assign usersData = rest(apiVersion, "/search?q=" + userQuery?url).data.items[0]/>
${usersData.first_name}
${usersData.last_name}

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  • wilderichsophus's avatar
    wilderichsophus
    Adept
    9 years ago
    Hi tariq,

    I apologise for the late reply.

    I have been turning your recommended snippet upside down. I am afraid the HTML email template that sits inside Studio -> Text Editor -> Email Text does not execute API call.

    I am still researching for answer.

    Thank you.
  • irach15's avatar
    irach15
    Maven
    9 years ago

    TariqHussain,

    was you able to run your code in email template?

    Just looking at the reply bellow about not possible to use API calls in email templates.

    Alos, I believe first name and last name can be only vissible at Admin level...

    Let us know.

    Thank you.