/// <summary>
/// Helper method to create a simple task card and send it back as a message.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context"></param>
/// <param name="reqId"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private async Task SendTopCandidatesMessage(IDialogContext context, string reqId)
{
// Create a message object.
IMessageActivity reply = context.MakeMessage();
reply.Attachments = new List <Attachment>();
reply.Text = $"Okay, here are top candidates who have recently applied to your position";
// Create the task using the data controller.
var candidates = new CandidatesDataController().GetTopCandidates(reqId);
reply.AttachmentLayout = AttachmentLayoutTypes.Carousel;
foreach (Candidate c in candidates)
{
var card = CardHelper.CreateSummaryCardForCandidate(c);
reply.Attachments.Add(card.ToAttachment());
}
// Send the message back to the user.
await context.PostAsync(reply);
}
/// <summary>
/// Helper method to generate a the messaging extension response.
///
/// Note that for this sample, we are returning generated positions for illustration purposes only.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public ComposeExtensionResponse CreateResponse()
{
ComposeExtensionResponse response = null;
var query = activity.GetComposeExtensionQueryData();
JObject data = activity.Value as JObject;
// Check if this is a task module invocation.
if (data != null && data["type"] != null)
{
// Handle other types of Invoke activities here, e.g. CardActions
if (data["type"].ToString() == TaskModuleCommandType && data["command"].ToString() == CreatePostingCommand)
{
response = CreateTaskModuleResponse();
}
}
else
{
//Check to make sure a query was actually made:
if (query.CommandId == null || query.Parameters == null)
{
return(null);
}
else if (query.Parameters.Count > 0)
{
// query.Parameters has the parameters sent by client
var results = new ComposeExtensionResult()
{
AttachmentLayout = "list",
Type = "result",
Attachments = new List <ComposeExtensionAttachment>(),
};
if (query.CommandId == "searchPositions")
{
OpenPositionsDataController controller = new OpenPositionsDataController();
IEnumerable <OpenPosition> positions;
if (query.Parameters[0].Name == "initialRun")
{
// Default query => list all
positions = controller.ListOpenPositions(10);
}
else
{
// Basic search.
string title = query.Parameters[0].Value.ToString().ToLower();
positions = controller.ListOpenPositions(10).Where(x => x.Title.ToLower().Contains(title));
}
// Generate cards for the response.
foreach (OpenPosition pos in positions)
{
var card = CardHelper.CreateCardForPosition(pos, true);
var composeExtensionAttachment = card.ToAttachment().ToComposeExtensionAttachment();
results.Attachments.Add(composeExtensionAttachment);
}
}
else if (query.CommandId == "searchCandidates")
{
string name = query.Parameters[0].Value.ToString();
CandidatesDataController controller = new CandidatesDataController();
foreach (Candidate c in controller.GetTopCandidates("ABCD1234"))
{
c.Name = c.Name.Split(' ')[0] + " " + CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(name);
var card = CardHelper.CreateSummaryCardForCandidate(c);
var composeExtensionAttachment = card.ToAttachment().ToComposeExtensionAttachment(CardHelper.CreatePreviewCardForCandidate(c).ToAttachment());
results.Attachments.Add(composeExtensionAttachment);
}
}
response = new ComposeExtensionResponse()
{
ComposeExtension = results
};
}
}
return(response);
}
