I need to be able to autofill the body of an email from the send email plugin. Seems like a natural extension of the send email plugin that David created. Anyone have any thoughts about the best way to do this? I have zero coding ability but I'm pretty good following directions. Any advice or feedback will be greatly appreciated!

With iOS, it looks like you can use the "emailMessage" JSON parmeter to send the body of the email. Since there is no option for this parameter in the control panel, you could either "hard code" it to your BT_config.txt (requires making your app "offline") or you could use the JSON Snippet Keeper to create the whole screen like so: {"itemId": "7B1CEA94E39D849D6E4FFD9","itemType": "BT_sendEmail","itemNickname": "Email Me","emailToAddress": "[email protected]","emailSubject": "JSON is your best friend!", "emailMessage":"Test body text"} I just tested this, and it works fine.

Thanks for the suggestions. Never used Snippet Keeper before. Is it really a simple copy and paste job?

You need to know how to use it, of course. But once you learn, it is really simple. I've made a couple videos on youtube (search for JSON Snippet) under the username iDevDepot. And I'll be glad to help, if needed.

@Stobe, if the control panel was updated to include this, then would it be possible? So could I update the index.php file on self hosting to get to be available on my self hosting?

@Kaybee, yes, for self-hosted, if you know what you're doing, you can add the php to save the JSON parameter. The body text of the email plugin was disabled for technical reasons a while back. But if you only send plain text (not html) then it will work.

Thanks for the suggestions. Never used Snippet Keeper before. Is it really a simple copy and paste job?

Ok I'm gonna give this a try...I'm sure I'll be back with more questions. Thanks!

Ok let me say that JSON Snippet Keeper is Awesome! I've got it working but I'm running into a slight problem. I'd like to have the email auto-fill the following form: Name: Phone Number: Best time to contact: Ok to leave a message: How do I make it look like this in JSON?

Do you mean how would you format the text to be multi-line? I think you could use escape codes for that? There's probably someone around here that's more knowledgable than myself on those, lol.

Right. Each on a new line. Any thoughts?

Ok I got it. Just insert a "\\n" where you want the new line to begin. {"itemId": "8807CA490E504B6E47C8E72","itemType": "BT_sendEmail","itemNickname": "Email Me","emailToAddress": "[email protected]","emailSubject": "App Request", "emailMessage":"Name:\\nPhone Number:\\nBest time to reach you:\\nOk to leave a message:"}

Ok I got it. Just insert a "\\n" where you want the new line to begin. {"itemId": "8807CA490E504B6E47C8E72","itemType": "BT_sendEmail","itemNickname": "Email Me","emailToAddress": "[email protected]","emailSubject": "App Request", "emailMessage":"Name:\\nPhone Number:\\nBest time to reach you:\\nOk to leave a message:"}

Ok I got it. Just insert a "\\n" where you want the new line to begin. {"itemId": "8807CA490E504B6E47C8E72","itemType": "BT_sendEmail","itemNickname": "Email Me","emailToAddress": "[email protected]","emailSubject": "App Request", "emailMessage":"Name:\\nPhone Number:\\nBest time to reach you:\\nOk to leave a message:"}

Ok I got it. Just insert a "\\n" where you want the new line to begin. {"itemId": "8807CA490E504B6E47C8E72","itemType": "BT_sendEmail","itemNickname": "Email Me","emailToAddress": "[email protected]","emailSubject": "App Request", "emailMessage":"Name:\\nPhone Number:\\nBest time to reach you:\\nOk to leave a message:"}

Ok I got it. Just insert a "\\n" where you want the new line to begin. {"itemId": "8807CA490E504B6E47C8E72","itemType": "BT_sendEmail","itemNickname": "Email Me","emailToAddress": "[email protected]","emailSubject": "App Request", "emailMessage":"Name:\\nPhone Number:\\nBest time to reach you:\\nOk to leave a message:"}