Embed image in html email

RE: Embed image in html email

Mike Schmitt — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:11:21 GMT

[quote userid="59361" url="~/discussions/f/rules/29968/embed-image-in-html-email/118992#118992"]community.appian.com/.../98445[/quote]

Correct thread, though I would link to this comment instead 😉

RE: Embed image in html email

Mike Schmitt — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:08:59 GMT

[quote userid="3520" url="~/discussions/f/rules/29968/embed-image-in-html-email/118982#118982"]points at a server where the image is hosted[/quote]

This is not all the way true. It is possible and relatively simple to use HTML to embed an image that the email contains as an attachment. This solution has been posted here before probably several different times. I'm about to search it out and link it.

Edit: thanks Stefan, here's at least one of the old threads. Linking directly to my comment where I posted the exact HTML and instructions.

RE: Embed image in html email

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:08:13 GMT

community.appian.com/.../98445

RE: Embed image in html email

oludareo0002 — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:43:03 GMT

What would I pass in for the src of the image that would allow it to grab uploaded document?

RE: Embed image in html email

Stefan Helzle — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:36:05 GMT

You cannot use Appian UI components in email. You need to use pure HTML code.

RE: Embed image in html email

oludareo0002 — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:24:42 GMT

=a!documentViewerField(pv!svcRequest.lab_images)

I tried this by passing in ### image ### in email template

I got this response

[@attributes=, contents=[@attributes=, disabled=, documentUrl=https://cdernexusdev.static.fda.gov/suite/rest/a/content/latest/docview/jA0ECQMCV4K8lBQbEMIB0n0B_AmlOwvFSndODlPVPg6vqEQTqU8fE6L5yrVlWLJDHAQrfh-q21WHJtVXWuMaB4Nk8oYlRro0pV3fI40lDu9kH2wezuHWuTm3tFW4tV33kFxP9_MMr4W_5Sa90jecdhvTz1zp2WCVzzcdfb9ZzAZ6OvAHdR7EbOuFb5xVbw, documentId=612916, height=, altText=, validDomain=true, actions=], label=, labelPosition=, instructions=, instructionsPosition=ABOVE, helpTooltip=, requiredStyle=, skinName=, actions=, marginBelow=, accessibilityText=, marginAbove=, helpTooltipPosition=]

So I tried wraping it with <img> tag and change code to

=a!documentViewerField( document: pv!svcRequest.lab_images)

but got a black response in the email

What would you recommend?

RE: Embed image in html email

Stewart Burchell — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:33:08 GMT

If you want an email to contain an image then you need to add the relevant HTML tag which usually points at a server where the image is hosted. The email application, when it loads the email, parses the HTML and fetches the document from said server.

So in your Appian solution if you're uploading a document you need to push it to the server that will host it and get a "handle" to it that you can then embed in the email's HTML.

RE: Embed image in html email

Mike Schmitt — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:58:28 GMT

I'm pretty sure I've posted a solution for this exact use case in a past comment. It might take some tricky searching to find, but you should be able to find it. It will have nothing to do with "document viewer field", since that component is relevant only to in-Appian interfaces. The email solution relies purely on HTML.