Email with espocrm entryPoint link login problems

[czcpf]

Hello,

I have a link in an email like this:

http://{espoURL}/?entryPoint=pdf&entityType={myEntityType}&entityId ={myEntityId}&templateId={myTemplateId}


The behavior i'm seeing is that:

Scenario 1: I have already logged into espo in my browser window and then click the link in the email
Result - The document loads in my browser with no login needed

Scenario 2: I paste the link directly into my browser in a new 'Private' (ie. incognito window)
Result - an apache login screen is displayed and even if I put in the correct username and password i just displays the same screen after hitting submit

Is Scenario 2 expected ? Please see below screenshot for what I'm seeing.

What I would have expected is perhaps the Espo login screen to appear and after logging in that would re-direct me to the pdf ?

[czcpf]

I came across this thread which posted a similar question.

https://forum.espocrm.com/forum/developer-help/85711-download-and-select-options

shalmaxb suggests using a custom entrypoint plugin has anyone used this?

https://github.com/dubas-pro/ext-public-attachment

[yuri]

> What I would have expected is perhaps the Espo login screen to appear and after logging in that would re-direct me to the pdf ?

It's not supposed that you share the link. The purpose of the link is that it's opened from within the UI. It downloads the file, it does not render the UI.

You don't need an entry point for your case. You need a frontend view (route + controller + view) that will redirect to entry point. That will establish the login form.

[yuri]

And it's not the apache login. It's the Basic Authentication which the Espo frontend uses to communicate with the backend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_...authentication The browser renders it because the backend sends a specific header.

It should download the file once you entered correct username/password. It does work for PDF (tested). Might be some configuration issue.

[czcpf]

Thank you. I have looked into your suggestion and it is almost complete. I will post back a complete example for others once I finish.

[czcpf]

UPDATE WITH EXAMPLE

Thanks to yuri for getting me started on this. Below is an example of how I was able to achieve the desired effect.


custom/Espo/Custom/Resources/metadata/clientDefs/{MyCustomEntity}.json

{
"controller": "custom:controllers/{my-custom-entity}",
    "boolFilterList": [
         "onlyMy"
     ],​
}

client/custom/src/controllers/{my-custom-entity}.js

define('custom:controllers/{my-custom-entity}', ['controllers/record'], function (Dep) {

    return Dep.extend({

        actionViewDetailedReport: function (options) {

            if (!options.entryPoint || !options.entityType || !options.entityId || !options.templateId) {
                throw new Espo.Exceptions.NotFound();
            }
            let entryPoint = options.entryPoint;
            let entityType = options.entityType;
            let entityId = options.entityId;
            let templateId = options.templateId;

            let redirectUrl = `/?entryPoint=${entryPoint}&entityType=${entityType}&entityId=${entityId}&templateId=${templateId}` ;
            window.location.href = redirectUrl;
            return;
        },
    });
});​

A url such as
http://{espoSiteUrl}/#{MyCustomEntity}/viewDetailedReport?entryPoint=pdf&entityType={MyCu stomEntity}&entityId={entityId}&templateId={templa teId}

will:
Scenario 1: user is already logged into Espo in browser
Result: load the entryPoint url (in this case it is a pdf template)

Scenario 2: user is not logged into Espo in browser (ie. incognito/private)
Result: Espo login window is shown, after successful login the user is redirected to the entryPoint and (in this case, the document is displayed)