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[jira] [Closed] (JAMES-2658) Generic mailet to call an external
microservice, and add extra information to an email
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-2658?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Benoit Tellier closed JAMES-2658.
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Resolution: Won't Fix
> Generic mailet to call an external microservice, and add extra information to an email
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>
> Key: JAMES-2658
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-2658
> Project: James Server
> Issue Type: Wish
> Reporter: Michael Bailly
> Priority: Minor
>
> Hello team. This is a Request For Comments for a feature, to be able to add extra information to an email on delivery to a local mailbox.
> h2. Principle
> the mailet calls a remote webservice, with a pre-specified payload. It gets back, either an error, or another specific payload. This payload can instruct the James server to add informations to the email. The first case, that we handle here, is to add extra headers.
>
> h2. Implementation
> OK, I'll try to map the mailet syntax, but I'll make mistakes, it's to illustrate the principle.
> James configuration:
> {{<mailet match="..." class="AddExtraInfos" endpoint="https://server.com/api/infos" />}}
> Seeing this, the mailer issues a POST on {{[https://server.com/api/infos]}} with the following payload structure:
> {
> {{ "messageId" : "messageId",}}
> {{ "from" : {}}
> {{ "address" : "from@test.com",}}
> {{ "personal" : "first_name last_name"}}
> {{ },}}
> {{ "to" : [ {}}
> {{ "address" : "to1@test.com",}}
> {{ "personal" : "first_name last_name of to1"}}
> {{ } ],}}
> {{ "cc" : [ {}}
> {{ "address" : "cc1@test.com",}}
> {{ "personal" : null}}
> {{ }, {}}
> {{ "address" : "cc2@test.com",}}
> {{ "personal" : "first_name last_name of cc2"}}
> {{ }, {}}
> {{ "address" : "cc3@test.com",}}
> {{ "personal" : "first_name last_name of cc3"}}
> {{ } ],}}
> {{ "bcc" : [ ],}}
> {{ "Received" : "Mon, 28 Jan 2019 07:56:43 +0000",}}
> {{ "Date" : "Mon, 28 Jan 2019 07:56:43 +0000",}}
> {{ "in-Reply-To" : "messageId_in_reply_to",}}
> {{ "subject" : "IMPORTANT: Testing The Priority Inbox",}}
> {{ "body" : "\nDear, \n\n this a test of the priority inbox\n regards,\nfirst_name last_name\nDirector Tester",}}
> {{ "attachments" : [{}}
> {{ "file_size" : "243534",}}
> {{ "content_name" : "presentation.pdf",}}
> {{ "content_type" : "APPLICATION/PDF"}}
> {{ }, {}}
> {{ "file_size": "243534",}}
> {{ "content_type" : "APPLICATION/PDF",}}
> {{ "content_name" : "performance.pdf"}}
> {{ }],}}
> {{ "emailFolder" : "INBOX",}}
> {{ "user" : "first_name last_name of to1",}}
> {{ "alternativeAddress" : [ "t1@test.com", "first_name.last_name@test.com" ],}}
> {{ "X-Spam-Flag" : "NO"}}
> {{}}}
> Worth noting: all those attributes are JSON formatting of an email contents, EXCEPT:
> * emailFolder : the destination folder of the email
> * user & alternativeAddress : the user the email is delivered to
> This mailet expects a specific format for the response. Here is a proposal:
> 1/ "bypass" (do nothing)
> {{{}}}
> 2/ "add headers"
> {
> "addHeaders": [
> {name: "X-INFO1", value: "some header value"},
> \{name: "X-INFO1-SCORE", value: "0.4"}
> ]
> }
> h3. Handling failure
> The mailet may support a specific attribute to define the behaviour in case of failure.
> {{<mailet match="..." class="AddExtraInfos" endpoint="https://server.com/api/infos" on-failure="ignore" />}}
> h3. Configuring retries
> The mailet may support a retry parameter, allowing to retry x times before "really" failing. The additional, optional retry delay parameter could set the time, in seconds, to wait between each retry.
> {{<mailet match="..." class="AddExtraInfos" endpoint="https://server.com/api/infos" on-failure="ignore" retry="5" retry-delay="0.5" />}}
> h3. Setting blocking behaviour
> Some processing may not require an immediate response, and may allow further processing of the mailet chain. Here, either the "blocking" or the "async" attribute, I can't choose, may be used.
> {{<mailet match="..." class="AddExtraInfos" endpoint="https://server.com/api/infos" on-failure="ignore" retry="5" retry-delay="0.5" blocking="false" />}}
> or, as a second proposal
> {{<mailet match="..." class="AddExtraInfos" endpoint="https://server.com/api/infos" on-failure="ignore" retry="5" retry-delay="0.5" async="true" />}}
> h2. Things I don't know
> * Where to send email on failure, if the "on-failure" attribute is not "ignore".
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