In this article we will learn how to send VM information by email using HTML Template. We need to add the HTML template to the resource element tab.

HTML Template

I created the HTML email template and import it to the resource element tab.

Create a new workflow as follows and click on the Schema tab.

Workflow Schema

Now let’s add a Scriptable task to the blue arrow and write the following code.

//Template variables
var templateFile = "index.html";
var folder = "Email Template";

var resource = null; //Template

//Get all resources from resources folder
var resElems = Server.getResourceElementCategoryWithPath(folder);
resElems.resourceElements.forEach(function(resElem){
	if(resElem.name == templateFile){
		resource = resElem;
	}
});

We found the HTML template from the resource element tab. In order to get the VM information, we need to define a parameter of type VC:VirtualMachine as input.

We will communicate with the workflow using the attributes described below.

After defining the parameter and attributes, add the following code to the scriptable task.

//Get DateTime
var today = new Date();

//Resource to MimeAttachment
var mimeResource = resource.getContentAsMimeAttachment();
content = mimeResource.content;
content = content.replace("{{date}}", today.toLocaleDateString() + " - " + 
                                      today.toLocaleTimeString());
content = content.replace("{{name}}", VM.summary.config.name);
content = content.replace("{{hostname}}", VM.summary.guest.hostName);
content = content.replace("{{ipAddress}}", VM.summary.guest.ipAddress);

Let’s run Workflow and see what happens. We selected the VM as a parameter and filled the information into the HTML template and the workflow worked.

The template is now ready. The completed template will now be sent by email. To do this, we will use the “Send notification” workflow in the library. Let’s drag and drop this workflow to the right of the scriptable task.

After clicking on the Setup that appears above, click on the Promote from the window that opens.

At the same time, we have added the input parameters of the workflow.

Run the Workflow

We can see these parameters when you run workflow.

Workflow sent the email according to the filled parameters.

Let’s fill some of the inputs here with attributes and eliminate unnecessary confusion.

Inputs:

Scriptable task Visual Binding:

Send notification Visual Binding:

Test workflow:

Result:

That’s it. You can find the HTML template and workflow on my GitHub.

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