Create Email Notifications just using Twig

Formie exposes its services to Twig like any Craft plugin. You can create notifications programmatically — useful for front-end admin areas or one-off setup templates.

Prerequisites

• Email Notifications
• A form handle you can load in Twig

Example: create a notification in Twig

{% set form = craft.formie.forms.handle('contactForm').one() %}

{% if not form %}
    {% exit 404 %}
{% endif %}

{% set renderer = create({
    class: 'verbb\\formie\\prosemirror\\toprosemirror\\Renderer',
}) %}

{% set notification = create({
    class: 'verbb\\formie\\models\\Notification',
    formId: form.id,
    name: 'User Notification',
    subject: 'Thanks for your enquiry',
    to: '{field.emailAddress}',
    recipients: 'email',
    content: renderer.render('<p><variable-tag value="{allFields}" label="All Fields"></variable-tag></p>').content | json_encode,
}) %}

{% do craft.formie.getPlugin().getNotifications().saveNotification(notification) %}

How it works

create() instantiates a PHP class from Twig. Pass the class namespace and constructor properties.

For notifications:

• to supports variable tokens such as {field.emailAddress} (use your field handle)
• content must be stored in the ProseMirror JSON format the notification editor expects

The Renderer converts HTML (including variable-tag elements) into that schema.

Saving goes through craft.formie.getPlugin().getNotifications().saveNotification().

Be careful with re-runs

Every time this template renders, it creates a new notification. Guard the template — run it once during setup, or check whether the notification already exists before saving.

Related

• Email Notifications