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Comment Notification

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When a user posts a comment on the website or a user responds to a comment, Waline supports email or WeChat notification to the blogger and the author who responded to the comment.

  • We support multiple types notifications for blogger
  • We will email a visitor once his comment gets a reply.

Email Notification

Email notification needs the following environment variables to be configured:

  • SMTP_SERVICE: SMTP Mail delivery service provider

    Tips

    You can find all support provider in here. If your provider is not listed, you must config SMTP_HOST and SMTP_PORT.

    • SMTP_HOST: SMTP server address, it can be found in mailbox's setting page generally.
    • SMTP_PORT: SMTP server port, it can be found in mailbox's setting page generally.

  • SMTP_USER: SMTP Mail delivery service account, it's your email address.

  • SMTP_PASS: SMTP Mail delivery service password, it's your email password.

  • SMTP_SECURE: SMTP connect with SSL, either true or false.

  • SITE_NAME: Your site name, will be displayed in notification message.

  • SITE_URL: Your site url, will be displayed in notification message.

The following environment variables are optional:

  • SENDER_NAME: Custom sender's name in notification
  • SENDER_EMAIL: Custom sender's name in notification, required for some SMTP services.
  • MAIL_SUBJECT: Custom comment reply email title
  • MAIL_TEMPLATE: Custom reply email content
  • MAIL_SUBJECT_ADMIN: Custom new comment notification email title
  • MAIL_TEMPLATE_ADMIN: Custom new comment notification email content
  • AUTHOR_EMAIL: The blogger’s email, used to judge whether posted comment is posted by the blogger. If it is posted by the blogger, there will be no reminder notification.

Wechat Notification

We use Mr. Server to wechat notification. You need to set SC_KEY in env which applied in Mr. Server.

  • SC_KEY: Token applied in Mr. Server, It's required for this service.
  • AUTHOR_EMAIL: The blogger’s email is used to distinguish whether the posted comment is posted by the blogger himself. If it is posted by the blogger, there will be no reminder notification.
  • SITE_NAME: Your site name, it will be displayed in notification message.
  • SITE_URL: Your site url, it will be displayed in notification message.

QQ Notification

We use Mr. Qmsg to send QQ notification. You need to set QMSG_KEY in env which applied in Mr. Qmsg.

  • QMSG_KEY: KEY applied in Mr. Qmsg, It's required for this service.
  • QMSG_HOST: HOST applied in Mr. QmsgPrivate, Optional. It's required for this host. Defalut is https://qmsg.zendee.cn
  • QQ_ID: The QQ ID of the receiver(s), except for QQ group. If there are more than one QQ ID, use commas to separate multiple values, e.g. 1244453393,2952937634 (should all be included in your Mr. Qmsg's QQ ID list).
  • AUTHOR_EMAIL: The blogger’s email is used to distinguish whether the posted comment is posted by the blogger himself. If it is posted by the blogger, there will be no reminder notification.
  • SITE_NAME: Your site name, it will be displayed in notification message.
  • SITE_URL: Your site url, it will be displayed in notification message.
  • QQ_TEMPLATE: Notification template used by QQ. Variables and specific formats can be found in the notification template below. If not configured, the default template is used.

Telegram Notification

We use Telegram bot to send Telegram notification. You need to set the following env.

  • TG_BOT_TOKEN: Telegram bot token to access the HTTP API. Create a bot with @BotFather to get this token. It's required for this service.
  • TG_CHAT_ID: The chat_id of the receiver. It can be an user, a channel or a group. @userinfobot will display this chat_id when you forward a message to it. It's required for this service.
  • AUTHOR_EMAIL: The blogger’s email is used to distinguish whether the posted comment is posted by the blogger himself. If it is posted by the blogger, there will be no reminder notification.
  • SITE_NAME: Your site name, it will be displayed in notification message.
  • SITE_URL: Your site url, it will be displayed in notification message.
  • TG_TEMPLATE: Notification template used by Telegram. Variables and specific formats can be found in the notification template below. If not configured, the default template is used.

PushPlus Notification

pushplus is a message push platform which supports many channels like wechat, wechat work, ding talk, sms or email. You need to set the following env. You can go to pushplus documentation to get more parameter format detail.

  • PUSH_PLUS_KEY： user token. It's required for this service.
  • PUSH_PLUS_TOPIC：group id. Send yourself if it's empty. And It's unuseful if PUSH_PLUS_CHANNEL equals webhook.
  • PUSH_PLUS_TEMPLATE：Send template
  • PUSH_PLUS_CHANNEL：Send channel
  • PUSH_PLUS_WEBHOOK：webhook is required if PUSH_PLUS_CHANNEL equals webhook or cp.
  • PUSH_PLUS_CALLBACKURL：callback url after send response.
  • AUTHOR_EMAIL: The blogger’s email is used to distinguish whether the posted comment is posted by the blogger himself. If it is posted by the blogger, there will be no reminder notification.
  • SITE_NAME: Your site name, it will be displayed in notification message.
  • SITE_URL: Your site url, it will be displayed in notification message.

Discord Notification

We use Discord Webhook to send Discord notification. You need to set the following env.

  • DISCORD_WEBHOOK: Discord Webhook url, How to create Discord Webhook url?
  • DISCORD_TEMPLATE: Send template
  • AUTHOR_EMAIL: The blogger’s email is used to distinguish whether the posted comment is posted by the blogger himself. If it is posted by the blogger, there will be no reminder notification.
  • SITE_NAME: Your site name, it will be displayed in notification message.
  • SITE_URL: Your site url, it will be displayed in notification message.

Lark Notification

We use Lark Webhook to send its group notifications. The following env variables are required.

  • LARK_WEBHOOK: Lark Group Bot Webhook Usages
  • LARK_SECRET: As clarified by the doc from Lark, this secret is used to sign your request to avoid abuse（Optional).
  • LARK_TEMPLATE: Message template
  • SITE_NAME: Your site name which will be displayed in notification messages.
  • SITE_URL: Your site url which will be displayed in notification messages.

Notification Template

Waline supports configuring your customized notification templates for each platform separately to achieve stronger customization capabilities and i18n compatibility.

Supported variables

The template passes parameters through self, parent and site objects, which contain the following variables respectively:

  • self: The comment itself

    variabledescription
    nickCommenter's nickname
    mailCommenter's email
    linkCommenter's website
    urlArticle address
    commentComment content
    browserBrowser name
    osOperate system name
    avataravatar
    commentLink*Links in comments

    *: commentLink is only provided in Telegram notifications and will be automatically encapsulated in Markdown format.

  • parent: Comment which is replied (parent comment).

    variabledescription
    nickCommenter's nickname
    mailCommenter's email
    linkCommenter's website
    browserBrowser name
    osOperate system name
    avataravatar
    commentComment content

  • site: Website configuration

    variabledescription
    nameSite name
    urlSite URL
    postUrlComment full address

Default template

The default template is attached here for your reference:

  • MAIL_SUBJECT:

    {{parent.nick | safe}}，『{{site.name | safe}}』上的评论收到了回复

  • MAIL_TEMPLATE:

<div
  style="border-top:2px solid #12ADDB;box-shadow:0 1px 3px #AAAAAA;line-height:180%;padding:0 15px 12px;margin:50px auto;font-size:12px;"
>
  <h2
    style="border-bottom:1px solid #DDD;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;padding:13px 0 10px 8px;"
  >
    您在<a
      style="text-decoration:none;color: #12ADDB;"
      href="{{site.url}}"
      target="_blank"
      >{{site.name}}</a
    >上的评论有了新的回复
  </h2>
  {{parent.nick}} 同学，您曾发表评论：
  <div style="padding:0 12px 0 12px;margin-top:18px">
    <div
      style="background-color: #f5f5f5;padding: 10px 15px;margin:18px 0;word-wrap:break-word;"
    >
      {{parent.comment | safe}}
    </div>
    <p><strong>{{self.nick}}</strong>回复说：</p>
    <div
      style="background-color: #f5f5f5;padding: 10px 15px;margin:18px 0;word-wrap:break-word;"
    >
      {{self.comment | safe}}
    </div>
    <p>
      您可以点击<a
        style="text-decoration:none; color:#12addb"
        href="{{site.postUrl}}"
        target="_blank"
        >查看回复的完整內容</a
      >，欢迎再次光临<a
        style="text-decoration:none; color:#12addb"
        href="{{site.url}}"
        target="_blank"
        >{{site.name}}</a
      >。
    </p>
    <br />
  </div>
</div>

  • MAIL_SUBJECT_ADMIN:

    {{site.name | safe}} 上有新评论了

  • MAIL_TEMPLATE_ADMIN:

<div
  style="border-top:2px solid #12ADDB;box-shadow:0 1px 3px #AAAAAA;line-height:180%;padding:0 15px 12px;margin:50px auto;font-size:12px;"
>
  <h2
    style="border-bottom:1px solid #DDD;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;padding:13px 0 10px 8px;"
  >
    您在<a
      style="text-decoration:none;color: #12ADDB;"
      href="{{site.url}}"
      target="_blank"
      >{{site.name}}</a
    >上的文章有了新的评论
  </h2>
  <p><strong>{{self.nick}}</strong>回复说：</p>
  <div
    style="background-color: #f5f5f5;padding: 10px 15px;margin:18px 0;word-wrap:break-word;"
  >
    {{self.comment | safe}}
  </div>
  <p>
    您可以点击<a
      style="text-decoration:none; color:#12addb"
      href="{{site.postUrl}}"
      target="_blank"
      >查看回复的完整內容</a
    >
  </p>
  <br />
</div>

  • QQ_TEMPLATE:

    💬 {{site.name|safe}} 有新评论啦
{{self.nick}} 评论道:
{{self.comment}}
邮箱: {{self.mail}}
状态: {{self.status}}
仅供评论预览，查看完整內容:
{{site.postUrl}}

  • TG_TEMPLATE:

    💬 _[{{site.name}}]({{site.url}}) 有新评论啦_

_{{self.nick}}_ 回复说:

```
{{self.comment-}}
```

{{-self.commentLink}}
_邮箱: _\`{{self.mail}}\`
_审核: _{{self.status}}

仅供评论预览，点击[查看完整內容]({{site.postUrl}})

Additional Info

  1. Vercel’s environment variable size is limited to 4KB, so if your template is long, you should config if in main entry file, see issue#106.
  2. The specific information of variables may change during the development process. The variable descriptions here are for reference only. Please refer to the specific code examples for specific content.
TIPS: The comment area is only for demo. If you have any questions, please go to Github Discussion to ask.
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