public async Task <ActionResult> send_new_entry(Newsletter newsletter) // send_new_entry
{
token = db.People.Find(0).last_name; // secret token fetch from DB
discord.start(token);
ViewData["value"] = newsletter.newest_message + "\nmessage sent!";
//ViewBag.Message = newsletter.content + "\nmessage sent!";
int id = Int32.Parse(Session["UserID"].ToString());
newsletter.fk_Personid_Person = id;
// 1. update the approriate sub's content with the newest one.
int newsletter_id = newsletter.update();
subs.fk_Newsletterid_Newsletter = newsletter_id;
// 2. select all subed_newsletter who sub'd to this newsletter
List <Subscription> subs_temp = subs.select_subscribers();
int count = subs_temp.Count();
string str1 = "";
if (id >= 0)
{
str1 = "Successfully sent your message! Total subs receiving this message: " + count;
}
else
{
str1 = "Message send failed!";
ViewBag.Message = str1;
return(View("NewsletterForm"));
}
if (newsletter.newest_message == "" || newsletter.newest_message == null)
{
str1 = "Only non-empty messages may be sent!";
ViewBag.Message = str1;
return(View("NewsletterForm"));
}
// 3. select receit forms from users
List <string> receit_forms = person.select_receit_forms(subs_temp);
// 3. generate newsletter_entries
int message_count = entries.insert(newsletter, subs_temp, receit_forms);
// 4. reselect all the entries that are not sent out yet
List <Newsletter_entry> entries_to_send = entries.select(newsletter_id);
int total = entries_to_send.Count();
str1 += "\n Total getting sent out: " + total;
bool[,] replies = new bool[total, 2];
// 5. initiate the sending sequence below
for (int i = 0; i < total; i++)
{
var rep1 = false;
var rep2 = false;
var thread1 = new Thread(() =>
{
rep1 = send_discord(entries_to_send[i], newsletter.newest_message);
});
var thread2 = new Thread(() =>
{
rep2 = send_email(entries_to_send[i], newsletter.newest_message);
});
thread1.Start();
thread2.Start();
thread1.Join();
thread2.Join();
replies[i, 0] = rep1;
replies[i, 1] = rep2;
Console.Write("hi");
}
ViewBag.Message = str1;
return(View("NewsletterForm"));
}
