MashZone NextGen Attribute Mapping Expressions

Scope

Mapping Expressions for URLs

Variable or Parameter Declarations in EMML

MashZone NextGen global attributes: custom attributes with simple values used for:

All users.

Default values for MashZone NextGen user attributes. If a value is not available at runtime for the current user, the MashZone NextGen global attribute value is used.

parameter=$global/attribute-name

MashZone NextGen user attributes: custom attributes with simple values for each specific user.

In addition to the custom attributes that you define, MashZone NextGen user attributes can also refer to user attributes defined in your User Repository.

Global attributes can provide default values for user attributes with the same name.

parameter=$user/attribute-name

MashZone NextGen session attributes: simple values or complex objects with multiple properties.

They are data saved from a previous response during the user's current session.

To use session attributes, your app or other client must first define them with the MashZone NextGen Server. See Define MashZone NextGen Session Attributes for instructions.

Important:

Effective in this release, the user's MashZone NextGen credentials are no longer available as session attributes.

parameter=$session/attribute-name[/Xpath-expression-to-a-specific-node]

The XPath expression is optional and is only relevant for session attributess that are complex objects.

For session attributes with simple values:

For complex objects:

MashZone NextGen request attributes: refers to HTTP headers or cookies for the current request.

parameter=$request.http-header/cookie-name

MashZone NextGen request attributes are not supported in EMML.

Presto.namespace("MyOrg");

var MyOrg.MyVideosApp = function(app){
var root = jQuery( app.rootElement ).find( '#content' );
var connection = app.getConnection();
var requestBody = "";

connection.request({
url: "/mashzone/edge/api/rest/VideoSvc/getAll?x-presto-resultFormat=json&videoKey=$global.VideoKey",
type: "get",
contentType: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
data: requestBody
},
{ onSuccess: function(response, responseHeaders) {
//handle response data
},
onFailure: function(e) {
//handle error message
}
});