I'm trying to add a user, programmtically, to a field of Type="User" in a SharepointList. Since I do not know the user's unique ID within the site in advance, I'm using the ResolvePrincipals function to add the user to the SPUserCollection as follows:
Dim managerDN() As String = {"some.user#email.com"}
Dim principalInfo() As PrincipalInfo = people.ResolvePrincipals(managerDN, SPPrincipalType.User, True)
Console.WriteLine(principalInfo(0).UserInfoID)
Problem is when I look at the UserInfoID, which is what I'm looking for, I get back -1. I assumed that the ResolvePrincipals function would add the user to the site user collection automatically (According to MSDN documentation) and create a unique, positive UserInfoID in the process. I'm not sure if I have the right idea or not
I always use this code:
SPUser user = web.EnsureUser("login");
SPFieldUserValue value = new SPFieldUserValue(web, user.ID, user.LoginName);
If you only have an email address, you could use this:
SPUser user = web.AllUsers.GetByEmail("email");
if (user != null)
{
SPFieldUserValue value = new SPFieldUserValue(web, user.ID, user.LoginName);
}
I'm not really sure if GetByEmail returns null or throws an error if the user cannot be found, so be sure to check that first !
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I am trying to make the primary key of my dynamodb table something like user_uuid. The user is being created in AWS Cognito and I can't seem to find a uuid like field as part of the CognitoUser class. I am trying to avoid using the username as the pk.
Can someone guide me to the right solution? I can't seem to find anything on the internet regarding a user_uuid field and for some reason I can't even find the documentation of CognitoUser class that is imported from "amazon-cognito-identity-js";
Depends if you plan to use email or phone as a 'username'. In that case, I would use the sub because it never changes. But, the sub is not k-sortable so that requires the use of an extra DB item and index/join to make users sortable by date added. If you plan to generate your GUID/KSUID, and only use email/phone as an alias, then I would use the 'username' as a common id between your DB and userpool.
Good luck with your project!
FWIW - the KSUID generators found in wild are massively overbuilt. 3000+ lines of code and 80+ dependencies. I made my own k-sortable and prefixed pseudo-random ID gen for Cognito users. Here's the code.
export function idGen(prefix: any) {
const validPrefix = [
'prefix1',
'prefix2'
];
//check if prefix argument is supplied
if (!prefix) {
return 'error! must supply prefix';
}
//check if value is a valid type
else if (validPrefix.indexOf(prefix) == -1) {
return 'error! prefix value supplied must be: ' + validPrefix;
} else {
// generate epoch time in seconds
const epoch = Math.round(Date.now() / 1000);
// convert epoch time to 6 character base36 string
const time = epoch.toString(36);
// generate 20 character base36 pseudo random string
const random =
Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 12) +
Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 12);
// combine prefix, strings, insert : divider and return id
return prefix + ':' + time + random;
}
}
Cognito user unique identifiers can be saved to a database using a combination of the "sub" value and the username, please refer to this question for a more lengthy discussion.
In the description of amazon-cognito-identity-js (found here, use case 5), they show how to get the userAttributes of a CognitoUser. One of the attributes is the sub value, which you can get at for example like this:
user.getUserAttributes(function(err, attributes) {
if (err) {
// Handle error
} else {
// Do something with attributes
const sub = attributes.find(obj => obj.Name === 'sub').Value;
}
});
I couldn't find any documentation on the available user attributes either, I recommend using the debugger to look at the user attributes returned from the function.
I've been trying to update our API call to the CIM interface for Authorize.net to hide the Billing Address fields on the hosted profile page.
The documentation states that when call the token creation function, passing in a setting "hostedProfileBillingAddressOptions" with a value of "showNone" will hide the billing address part of the form, however when I pass in this setting I am still getting the billing address showing.
I've verified that I'm passing the setting correctly (added the same way as the "hostedProfileIFrameCommunicatorUrl" and "hostedProfilePageBorderVisible" settings) and if I pass an invalid value for the "hostedProfileBillingAddressOptions" option, the Token creation function will return an error
Is there something else that this option is dependent on, such as an account setting or another settings parameter?
For reference, I'm testing this in the Sandbox system and I'm using the dotNet SDK, my test code for calling the API function is as follows
Public Shared Function CreateHostFormToken(apiId As String, apiKey As String, branchId As Int64, nUser As Contact, iframeComURL As String) As String
Dim nCustProfile = GetCustomerProfile(apiId, apiKey, branchId, nUser)
Dim nHost = New AuthorizeNet.Api.Contracts.V1.getHostedProfilePageRequest()
nHost.customerProfileId = nCustProfile
' Set Auth
Dim nAuth = New Api.Contracts.V1.merchantAuthenticationType()
nAuth.ItemElementName = Api.Contracts.V1.ItemChoiceType.transactionKey
nAuth.name = apiId
nAuth.Item = apiKey
nHost.merchantAuthentication = nAuth
' Set Params
Dim settingList As New List(Of Api.Contracts.V1.settingType)
Dim nParam As New Api.Contracts.V1.settingType With {.settingName = "hostedProfileIFrameCommunicatorUrl",
.settingValue = iframeComURL}
settingList.Add(nParam)
nParam = New Api.Contracts.V1.settingType With {.settingName = "hostedProfilePageBorderVisible",
.settingValue = "false"}
settingList.Add(nParam)
nParam = New Api.Contracts.V1.settingType With {.settingName = "hostedProfileBillingAddressOptions",
.settingValue = "showNone"}
settingList.Add(nParam)
nHost.hostedProfileSettings = settingList.ToArray
Dim nX = New AuthorizeNet.Api.Controllers.getHostedProfilePageController(nHost)
Dim nRes = nX.ExecuteWithApiResponse(GetEnvironment())
Return nRes.token
End Function
I've looked through the SDK code as well, and I don't see anything there that would be preventing the setting from being passed through.
Has anyone come across this issue, or successfully set the card entry form to hide the billing address?
There turned out to be two parts to the solution to this problem:
In order to use the "hostedProfileBillingAddressOptions" option, you need to use a newer version of the capture page than I was using. I was using "https://secure2.authorize.net/profile/", while the new version is "https://secure2.authorize.net/customer/". Added bonus, the new URL provides a much nicer and modern looking form.
However, once this was working, I then had the problem that on entering the card, a validation message told me that "address and Zip code are required", despite not being visible. I did also make sure that I had the option "hostedProfileBillingAddressRequired" set to false (which is it's default value anyway)
The response from Authorize.net support is that in order to capture card without an address, the option "hostedProfileValidationMode" must be set to "testMode".
This is not mentioned in the documentation (at least as far as I could see), so may not be something that other people are aware of since it is a little counter-intuitive to use 'testMode' on a live environment.
It's not ideal since validating the card for a customer account will send a transaction email to the merchant, but it seems there is not another way around this just now.
In summary, to allow the customer to add a credit card to their profile without having to provide an address, you need to specify the following options:
Form URL for capture - https://secure2.authorize.net/customer/
getHostedProfilePageRequest -
hostedProfileIFrameCommunicatorUrl: *your URL*
hostedProfilePageBorderVisible: false //assuming you are using an iFrame
hostedProfileValidationMode: testMode
hostedProfileBillingAddressOptions: showNone
I've created a number of users in Parse. There're Facebook users and non-Facebook user. For each Facebook user I've saved an extra column of "facebookID".
Now I'd like to get all the ParseUsers that are Facebook Users. So I applied a Task to query the users with "facebookID" in them.
var Task = ParseUser.Query.WhereExists("facebookID").FindAsync().ContinueWith(t=>{
if (t.IsFaulted || t.IsCanceled) {
Debug.Log ("t.Exception=" + t.Exception);
//cannot load friendlist
return;
}
else{
fbFriends = t.Result;
foreach(var result in fbFriends){
string id = (string)result["facebookID"];
//facebookUserIDList is a List<string>
facebookUserIDList.Add(id);
}
return;
}
});
The above code works perfectly. However, I'd like to get more data from each Facebook User, for example, the current_coins that the user has. So I change the foreach loop to:
foreach(var result in fbFriends){
string id = (string)result["facebookID"];
int coins = (int)result["current_coins"];
//facebookUserIDList is a List<string>
facebookUserIDList.Add(id);
}
I've changed the facebookUserIDList into a List<Dictionary<string,object>> instead of a List<string> in order to save the other data as well. But the foreach loop does not run at all. Does it mean I can only get the facebookID from it because I specified WhereExists("facebookID") in FindAsync()? Can anybody explain it to me please?
Thank you very much in advance.
it should contain all Parse primitive data type(such as Boolean, Number, String, Date...) for each Object. but not Pointers nor Relation.
for Pointers, you can explicitly include them in the result using the "Include" method
for any ParseRelation you have to requery them
I am trying to create an EventReceiver for a blog site (for the Posts list) and am having some trouble getting it working. I want to change the Created By column to Anonymous. Basically I have this whole thing working in a console application, however, that will only change the Created By column names when the console application is executed.
I need it to change the Created By whenever a new item is added to the list. My code is below....how do I modify this to use in an EventReceiver project??? Since I already tell the EventReceiver project the URL I want the EventReceiver attached to, I'm not sure what I can remove from this code, right now it just doesn't do anything, no error and no changing of the Created By column when I debug.
using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://test-sharepoint/subsite/"))
{
using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
{
SPList list = web.Lists["Posts"];
SPListItemCollection listItemCollection = list.Items;
foreach (SPListItem listItem in listItemCollection)
{
SPFieldUserValue userName = new SPFieldUserValue(web, 22, "Anonymous");
listItem["Author"] = userName;
listItem["Editor"] = userName;
listItem.Update();
}
web.Update();
}
}
EDIT: Code is in ItemAdded method
EDIT #2: This is trying the same code except without the loop and using properties.ListItem, this was my attempt in a Event Recevier project but no luck. It just doesn't change the Created By field, or any field for that matter (I tried the Title as well)
SPSite site = new SPSite("http://test-sharepoint/subsite/");
SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();
SPFieldUserValue userName = new SPFieldUserValue(web, 22, "Anonymous");
properties.ListItem["Author"] = userName;
properties.ListItem["Editor"] = userName;
properties.ListItem.Update();
*Also from my understanding the SPFieldUserValue will grab either a User or a SharePoint User Group (Permissions) so in my code, the 22 grabs the SharePoint User Group that I want and "Anonymous" is the user from that group...
EDIT #3: More progress, this code works without issues for a list, however, not for the Posts or Comments lists, for those it does not change the Created By field. Could it be because of the approve/reject for all items??? Whether approved orpending it still does not show annonymous, BUT like I mentioned, it works fine in a different list.
public override void ItemAdded(SPItemEventProperties properties)
{
base.ItemAdded(properties);
SPSite site = new SPSite("http://test-sharepoint/hr/blog/"); //SPContext.Current.Site;
SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();
SPFieldUserValue userName = new SPFieldUserValue(web,22,"Anonymous");
SPListItem currentItem = properties.ListItem;
//currentItem["Title"] = userName; //DateTime.Now.ToString();
currentItem["Author"] = userName;
currentItem["Editor"] = userName;
currentItem.SystemUpdate();
}
**EDIT #4: Alright I found my issue, when creating the project I chose Custom List as my list to attach to but I needed to choose Posts or Comments and now the above code works!!!
But now I have another problem, all posts on the blog are first submitted for approval...and due to this the event receiver doesn't seem to work for users other than the admin. It works fine for the admin account where I can just directly publish a post or comment but for a user with Contribute permissions whose posts are submitted for approval still shows their name on the Manage Posts page...what could I do about this? Any ideas?**
The code that works:
public override void ItemAdded(SPItemEventProperties properties)
{
base.ItemAdded(properties);
SPSite site = new SPSite("http://test-sharepoint/hr/blog/"); //SPContext.Current.Site;
SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();
SPFieldUserValue userName = new SPFieldUserValue(web, 23, "Anonymous");
SPListItem currentItem = properties.ListItem;
currentItem["Author"] = userName;
currentItem["Editor"] = userName;
currentItem.SystemUpdate();
}
In response to edit #4, when working with SharePoint, if code works when executed by the administrator account, but does not work when executed by a "normal" account, permissions are likely to blame.
See the answer to the question SharePoint/WSS: Modify “created by” field? for an example of an SPItemEventReceiver that modifies the Author field.
Note: Many SharePoint developers recommend against the use of RunWithElevatedPrivileges and suggest using impersonation instead. See my answer to the question In which situation use SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges with superusertoken? for more details.
I'm retrieving a list of names from a SharePoint list in my client program. The names are populated from a name picker in SharePoint. In the XML returned from the list query, the list looks like this:
"#10;#Some Name;#12;#Another Name;#15;#Yet AnotherName"
My program needs to get the account name (or the email address) of each user. I can use GetUserProfileByName("domain\\username"), but I don't have the account name. I can't do something like GetUserProfileByName("Some Name") because it has to be the account name.
The number before each name is the index or the ID, but I can't use GetUserProfileByIndex(10) because I have to be managing my own data or have administrator credentials.
So basically it is providing me with two important pieces of information, but I can't retrieve any further information using them.
Are you sure the number is an index, i think it might be the userid for the site collection. And it seems to be an odd sort of user list too, but anyway:
string result = "#10;#Some Name;#12;#Another Name;#15;#Yet AnotherName";
string[] users = result.Substring(1).Split(new string[2] { ";", "#" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
for (int j = 0; j < users.Length; j = j + 2) {
using (ClientContext context = new ClientContext("http://yoursite")) {
List list = context.Web.SiteUserInfoList;
ListItem item = list.GetItemById(int.Parse(users[j]));
context.Load(item, i => i.Id, i => i["Name"]);
context.ExecuteQuery();
object username = item["Name"];
}
}
I have a very messy solution working, but I'd love to hear of some ideas for a proper/elegant solution.
Right now I'm using GetListItems on the UserInfo list and creating a dictionary of ows_ImnName and ows_Name entries, then parsing the string from the list query into the names and using them as lookup values.
There has to be a better way.