Auto Assign User's Perplex Folder Start Nodes When Folder is Created

Perplex.Umbraco.Forms/Code/StartNodeUserPermissions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
+using Umbraco.Web;
+
+namespace PerplexUmbraco.Forms.Code
+{
+    public static class StartNodeUserPermissions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Applies Form Start Node permissions to collection of users
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="users">Collection of users to iterate over and apply permissions to</param>
+        /// <param name="folder">Perplex folder to use for assigning access</param>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// In order for this to assign the user permissions to the Perplex Folder Start Node, then the 
+        /// user must have a matching Start Content Node name that matches the Perplex Folder name. 
+        /// Ex. User has been assigned a Start Content Node of "Testing"; a Perplex folder is created
+        /// with the same name "Testing" so the user will be automatically assigned this folder as a 
+        /// Start Form Node within Perplex
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static void ApplyFolderPermissionsToUsers(IEnumerable<IUser> users, PerplexFolder folder)
+        {
+            // iterate over each user
+            foreach (var user in users)
+            {
+                // get the user's start content nodes
+                List<dynamic> userStartNodes = GetStartContentNodesByUser(user);
+
+                // iterate over the user's start content nodes
+                foreach (var node in userStartNodes)
+                {
+                    // check to see if the name of the perplex folder matches the name of the user's content start node
+                    if (folder.Name.Trim().ToLower() == node.Name.ToString().Trim().ToLower())
+                    {
+                        // add the folder to the list of user's Form Start Nodes
+                        // delete any association between a user and this folder being deleted
+                        try { Sql.ExecuteSql("INSERT INTO [perplexUmbracoUser] (userId, formsStartNode) VALUES (@userId, @formsStartNode)", parameters: new { userId = user.Id, formsStartNode = folder.Id }); }
+                        catch (Exception) { }
+                    }
+                }
+            }           
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deletes the assocation of the form being deleted with any users in the perplexUmbracoUser table
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="folderId">GUID of the folder being deleted</param>
+        public static void DeleteUserAssociationWithFolder(string folderId)
+        {
+            try { Sql.ExecuteSql("DELETE FROM [perplexUmbracoUser] WHERE formsStartNode = @formsStartNode", parameters: new { formsStartNode = folderId }); }
+            catch (Exception) { }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets all the content start nodes associated with a specific IUser
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="user">IUser account to retrieve content start nodes</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static List<dynamic> GetStartContentNodesByUser(IUser user)
+        {
+            Umbraco.Web.UmbracoHelper helper = new UmbracoHelper(UmbracoContext.Current);
+            List<dynamic> contentNodes = new List<dynamic>();
+
+            foreach (int id in user.StartContentIds)
+            {
+                var node = helper.ContentQuery.Content(id);
+
+                // only add this node to the collection if it's of type www_section
+                if (node.DocumentTypeAlias.ToLower() == "www_section")
+                {
+                    // add the content node to the collection
+                    contentNodes.Add(node);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return contentNodes;
+        }
+    }
+}

Perplex.Umbraco.Forms/Controllers/PerplexUmbracoFormController.cs

@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@
 using System.Web.Hosting;
 using System.Web.Http;
 using Umbraco.Core.IO;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 using Umbraco.Forms.Core.Providers;
 using Umbraco.Forms.Data;
 using Umbraco.Forms.Data.Storage;
 using Umbraco.Forms.Mvc.Models.Backoffice;
 using Umbraco.Forms.Web.Models.Backoffice;
+using Umbraco.Web;
 using Umbraco.Web.Editors;
 using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;
 using Umbraco.Web.WebApi;
@@ -134,6 +136,12 @@ public HttpResponseMessage CreateFolder(string parentId, string name)
 
             PerplexFolder.Add(folder, parentId);
 
+            // now find any users who have a content start type that matches the perplex folder's name
+            IEnumerable<IUser> users = Services.UserService.GetAll(0, int.MaxValue, out int total);
+
+            // with the new form created, check with users need to be assigned to its Form Start Node
+            StartNodeUserPermissions.ApplyFolderPermissionsToUsers(users, folder);
+
             return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, folder);
         }
 
@@ -155,6 +163,8 @@ public HttpResponseMessage Update(PerplexFolder folder)
 
             folderToUpdate.Update(folder);
 
+            // TODO: Update() - add code to update the users' associated with this folder
+
             // Return the updated folder
             return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, folderToUpdate);
         }
@@ -265,6 +275,9 @@ public HttpResponseMessage DeleteFolder(string folderId, bool deleteForms)
                 }
             }
 
+            // delete any association between a user and this folder being deleted
+            StartNodeUserPermissions.DeleteUserAssociationWithFolder(folderId);
+
             PerplexFolder parentFolder = folder.GetParent();
 
             // Remove this folder