public async Task<ActionResult> MassEmail(CustomEmailViewModel model)
{
if (model.Subject.IsEmpty() || model.Body.IsEmpty())
return Json(new { status = 0, error = "Both a Subject and a Body must be provided." });
int numSent;
try
{
Dictionary<string, string> recipients;
using (NickBeckyWedding db = new NickBeckyWedding())
{
var query = from ra in db.RSVPAttendees
join r in db.RSVPs on ra.RSVP_ID equals r.ID
select new
{
ra.Name,
Email = ra.EmailAddress,
r.Attending
};
if (model.RecipientSelection != "All") query = query.Where(r => r.Attending);
query = query.Distinct();
recipients = await query.ToDictionaryAsync(r => r.Name, r => r.Email);
}
numSent = await SendMassEmailAsync(model, recipients);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return Json(new { status = 0, error = ex.Message });
}
return Json(new { status = 1, message = "All " + numSent + " emails successfully sent." });
}
public async Task<ActionResult> TestMassEmail()
{
CustomEmailViewModel model = new CustomEmailViewModel
{
Body = "This is a test email message. We'll want to test some HTML in here as well. <p>This is a separate paragraph</p><br /><br />That was two line breaks.<br /><br /><h3>This is an H3</h3><h2>H2</h2><h1>This is an H1</h1><a href='http://kalashianfamily.com/'>This is a link to KalashianFamily.com</a>. <p>Thanks,</p><p>Connor Gray</p>",
Subject = "Test Email"
};
Dictionary<string, string> recipients = new Dictionary<string, string>
{
{ "Connor Outlook", "*****@*****.**" },
{ "Connor Gmail", "*****@*****.**" },
{ "Connor School", "*****@*****.**" },
{ "Connor Work", "*****@*****.**" }
};
await SendMassEmailAsync(model, recipients);
return HttpNotFound();
}
private async Task<int> SendMassEmailAsync(CustomEmailViewModel model, Dictionary<string, string> recipients)
{
string baseBody = this.RenderPartialViewToString("EmailShell", model);
SendGrid.Web transportWeb = new SendGrid.Web(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["sendgrid:APIKey"]);
int count = 0;
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> recipient in recipients)
{
SendGridMessage message = new SendGridMessage
{
From = new MailAddress("*****@*****.**", "Becky & Nick"),
Subject = model.Subject,
Html = baseBody.Replace("-recipientName-", recipient.Key)
};
message.AddTo($"{recipient.Key} <{recipient.Value}>");
await transportWeb.DeliverAsync(message);
count++;
}
return count;
}
