DFO 4.0.0 - 3 Setting up Optimizely

After installation of the NuGet package, it's time to setup the connection to you Digizuite DAM instance. You have 2 options to add the settings. Eather through code in the startup class or in a json settings file.

Option 1 - Through code in startup class

Add the DAMIntegrationConfiguration to your startup class. The configuration should be added after the AddCms due to TinyMCE initialization. Here is an example. The paramaters will be delivered by Digizuite.

services.AddDigizuiteDAM(new Action<DAMIntegrationConfiguration>(configuration => { configuration.Connection = new Digizuite.Models.DigizuiteConfiguration() { BaseUrl = new Uri("https://[DAM url]"), SystemUsername = "Episerver Editor", SystemPassword = "36b2a0e1d5d2a4bd45975951366ea26b" }; configuration.MediaManager = new MediaManagerElement() { Url = "https://[MediaManager url]" }; configuration.MainSearchFolderId = 136; configuration.PollyResilienceElement = new PollyResilienceElement() { ExceptionsAllowedBeforeBreaking = 10, DurationOfBreak = 20, TimeoutRequest = 20 }; }));

Option 2 - Json settings

Create a new file with the name digizuitesettings.json and place it along with the appsettings.json. Add the minimun settings like below. The paramaters will be delivered by Digizuite.

{ "DigizuiteDamSettings": { "Connection": { "BaseUrl": "https://[DAM url]", "SystemUsername": "DFO System", "SystemPassword": "P74nR658TEhh" }, "MediaManager": { "Url": "https://[MediaManager url]" }, "MainSearchFolderId": 126, "PollyResilienceElement": { "ExceptionsAllowedBeforeBreaking": 10, "DurationOfBreak": 20, "TimeoutRequest": 20 } } }

Add the DAMIntegrationConfiguration to your startup class. The configuration should be added after the AddCms due to TinyMCE initialization.

services.AddDigizuiteDAM();

DAMIntegrationConfiguration parameters

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Connection

DigizuiteConfiguration

Yes



This object contains the connection parameters to the Digizuite DAM instance.

MediaManager

MediaManagerElement

Yes



The Url parameter has to be set. This is used for embedding the MediaManager into Optimizely.

MainSearchFolderId

int

Yes



This is the channel folder in Digizuite. Request the id from your Digizuite consultant.

DatabaseName

string

No

 

configuration["ConnectionStrings:EPiServerDB"]

This module requires access to the database for Resilience. The value must be a connection string to the database. By default it will use the Episerver DB connection string.

VideoPlaybackType

VideoPlaybackType

No

VideoPlaybackType.Streaming

The connector comes with 3 different option for video playback. You can read about the it at DFO 4.0.0 - 13 Video playback

VideoCdnBaseUrl

string

No





DigizuiteWebhookElement

DigizuiteWebhookElement

No



Listening for Digizuite asset update events. When someone make a change to an asset in Digizuite DAM and event is raised which your Optimizely instanc gets and all cached data about the asset will be cleared.

FullSearchBatchSize

int

no

200



ValidVideoExtensions

List<string>

no

"mp4", "m4v", "ogv", "webm"



DisableNotifications

bool

no

false



DefaultLanguageId

int

no

3



DefaultLanguageName

string

no

en



ForceDefaultLanguage

bool

no

false



Cache

CacheElement

no

TimeOut = "10:00"



AssetInUseGuid

Guid

no

 

This is a metafield in Digizutite thats gets updated every time an asset is added or removed from a page.

MediaElements

MediaElement

no

 

 

IndividualUserLogin

bool

no

true

If true the user will have to login with a username and password. When access Digizuite asset browser.

RoleMappings

List<RoleMappingElement>

no

 

 

PollyResilienceElement

PollyResilienceElement

no

 

Setting for resilience strategy.

Child element: RoleMappingElement

The connection is the most important child element. This is where the main connection setting pointing to the DAM is specified. Typically you will replace this with connections settings you have gotten from your own DAM Center.

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

DigizuiteUser

DigizuiteUser

Yes

 

Digizuite user

EpiserverRoles

List<string>

Yes

 

A list of Optimizely roles, that should map to this Digizuite user

Child element: DigizuiteUser

The connection is the most important child element. This is where the main connection setting pointing to the DAM is specified. Typically you will replace this with connections settings you have gotten from your own DAM Center.

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Name

string

Yes

 

Digizuite username

Password

string

Yes

 

Password of the Digizuite user

Child element: DigizuiteConfiguration

The connection is the most important child element. This is where the main connection setting pointing to the DAM is specified. Typically you will replace this with connections settings you have gotten from your own DAM Center.

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

BaseUrl

Uri

Yes



Base url to the DAM Center

SystemUsername

string

Yes



Sync user that the integration can use in the DAM Center

SystemPassword

string

Yes



The hashed secret that the integrations sync user should use.

Child element: MediaElements

The url is used for embedding the MediaManager into Optimizely in an IFrame.

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

DefaultImageFormat

MediaElement

No

{ MediaFormatId = 2, Extension = "jpg", PropertyName= "Preview" }

The default image quality format used, if no valid quality has been set.

DefaultVideoFormat

MediaElement

No

{ MediaFormatId = 10079, Extension = "mp4" }

The default video format used, if no valid quality has been set.

Child element: MediaElement

The url is used for embedding the MediaManager into Optimizely in an IFrame.

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

MediaFormatId

int

Yes

 

The mediaFormatId of the quality to use

Extension

string

Yes

 

The file extension of the format used in MediaFormatId

PropertyName

string

No

 

If the format are also added to the media model, then type the Property name

Child element: MediaManagerElement

The url is used for embedding the MediaManager into Optimizely in an IFrame.

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Url

string

Yes



Base url to the MediaManager

Child element: FallbackIconMappings

The FallbackIconMappings list is in order to ensure that for assets where a proper thumbnail cannot be shown, we can map the various file extensions to a fitting icon. Typically the default should be sufficient.

Each element in this list has the settings below:

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

DocumentType

string

Yes



The icon for the document type - for instance "video" for a video icon.

Extensions

List<string>

Yes



A list of file extensions to map for the above document type.

Child element: DigizuiteWebhookElement

The DigizuiteWebhookElement for seting up the connection between Digizuite DAM and your Optimizely instance. So you will recive update notification when assets change.

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

SiteUrl

string

Yes



This is the url that Digizuite use to send the notification to. We will append the routing to the controller to the url. [siteUrl]/episerver/digizuite/DigizuiteWebhook/Update

Guid

string

Yes



This is the unique identifier for the endpoint in Digizuite DAM. Just generate a new guid. 

Subscriptions

List<int>

No

new List<int> { 1 }

A list of changeTypes. Possible values are: AssetChanged = 1, MetafieldChanged = 2, TreeValueChanged = 4, ComboValueChanged = 8

DeleteBlob

bool

No

False

By default this is false. Enable this if each instance of a loadbalanced enviroment has its own local blob storage.

Child element: CacheElement

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

TimeOut

string

No

10.00

Use in the Digizuite Content provider. When building IContent, then it will by dedault cached for 10 minutes.

ImageCDNCacheControl

string

No





CDNCacheControl

string

No





Child element: PollyResilienceElement

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

ExceptionsAllowedBeforeBreaking

int

No

1

The number of exceptions that are allowed before opening the circuit.

DurationOfBreak

int

No

20

The duration the circuit will stay open before resetting. The value is in seconds.

TimeoutRequest

int

No

20

Time to wait for a asynchronously delegate to complete.