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22 advance_notices.pl - cron script to put item due reminders into message queue
26 ./advance_notices.pl -c
29 0 1 * * * advance_notices.pl -c
33 This script prepares pre-due and item due reminders to be sent to
34 patrons. It queues them in the message queue, which is processed by
35 the process_message_queue.pl cronjob. The type and timing of the
36 messages can be configured by the patrons in their "My Alerts" tab in
47 # find Koha's Perl modules
48 # test carefully before changing this
50 eval { require "$FindBin::Bin/../kohalib.pl" };
56 use C4::Members::Messaging;
62 advance_notices.pl - prepare messages to be sent to patrons for nearly due, or due, items
67 [ -n ][ -m <number of days> ][ --itemscontent <comma separated field list> ][ -c ]
75 Print a brief help message and exits.
79 Prints the manual page and exits.
83 Verbose. Without this flag set, only fatal errors are reported.
87 Do not send any email. Advanced or due notices that would have been sent to
88 the patrons are printed to standard out.
92 Defines the maximum number of days in advance to send advance notices.
96 Confirm flag: Add this option. The script will only print a usage
99 =item B<--itemscontent>
101 comma separated list of fields that get substituted into templates in
102 places of the E<lt>E<lt>items.contentE<gt>E<gt> placeholder. This
103 defaults to due date,title,author,barcode
105 Other possible values come from fields in the biblios, items and
112 This script is designed to alert patrons when items are due, or coming due
116 This script pays attention to the advanced notice configuration
117 performed by borrowers in the OPAC, or by staff in the patron detail page of the intranet. The content of the messages is configured in Tools -> Notices and slips. Advanced notices use the PREDUE template, due notices use DUE. More information about the use of this
118 section of Koha is available in the Koha manual.
120 =head2 Outgoing emails
122 Typically, messages are prepared for each patron with due
123 items, and who have selected (or the library has elected for them) Advance or Due notices.
125 These emails are staged in the outgoing message queue, as are messages
126 produced by other features of Koha. This message queue must be
127 processed regularly by the
128 F<misc/cronjobs/process_message_queue.pl> program.
130 In the event that the C<-n> flag is passed to this program, no emails
131 are sent. Instead, messages are sent on standard output from this
132 program. They may be redirected to a file if desired.
136 Templates can contain variables enclosed in double angle brackets like
137 E<lt>E<lt>thisE<gt>E<gt>. Those variables will be replaced with values
138 specific to the overdue items or relevant patron. Available variables
143 =item E<lt>E<lt>items.contentE<gt>E<gt>
145 one line for each item, each line containing a tab separated list of
146 title, author, barcode, issuedate
148 =item E<lt>E<lt>borrowers.*E<gt>E<gt>
150 any field from the borrowers table
152 =item E<lt>E<lt>branches.*E<gt>E<gt>
154 any field from the branches table
160 The F<misc/cronjobs/overdue_notices.pl> program allows you to send
161 messages to patrons when their messages are overdue.
164 # These are defaults for command line options.
165 my $confirm; # -c: Confirm that the user has read and configured this script.
166 my $nomail; # -n: No mail. Will not send any emails.
167 my $mindays = 0; # -m: Maximum number of days in advance to send notices
168 my $maxdays = 30; # -e: the End of the time period
169 my $verbose = 0; # -v: verbose
170 my $itemscontent = join(',',qw( date_due title author barcode ));
182 'itemscontent=s' => \$itemscontent,
184 pod2usage(1) if $help;
185 pod2usage( -verbose => 2 ) if $man;;
187 # Since advance notice options are not visible in the web-interface
188 # unless EnhancedMessagingPreferences is on, let the user know that
189 # this script probably isn't going to do much
190 if ( ! C4::Context->preference('EnhancedMessagingPreferences') ) {
193 The "EnhancedMessagingPreferences" syspref is off.
194 Therefore, it is unlikely that this script will actually produce any messages to be sent.
195 To change this, edit the "EnhancedMessagingPreferences" syspref.
202 # The fields that will be substituted into <<items.content>>
203 my @item_content_fields = split(/,/,$itemscontent);
205 warn 'getting upcoming due issues' if $verbose;
206 my $upcoming_dues = C4::Circulation::GetUpcomingDueIssues( { days_in_advance => $maxdays } );
207 warn 'found ' . scalar( @$upcoming_dues ) . ' issues' if $verbose;
209 # hash of borrowernumber to number of items upcoming
210 # for patrons wishing digests only.
214 my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh();
215 my $sth = $dbh->prepare(<<'END_SQL');
216 SELECT biblio.*, items.*, issues.*
217 FROM issues,items,biblio
218 WHERE items.itemnumber=issues.itemnumber
219 AND biblio.biblionumber=items.biblionumber
220 AND issues.borrowernumber = ?
221 AND issues.itemnumber = ?
222 AND (TO_DAYS(date_due)-TO_DAYS(NOW()) = ?)
225 my $admin_adress = C4::Context->preference('KohaAdminEmailAddress');
228 UPCOMINGITEM: foreach my $upcoming ( @$upcoming_dues ) {
229 warn 'examining ' . $upcoming->{'itemnumber'} . ' upcoming due items' if $verbose;
230 # warn( Data::Dumper->Dump( [ $upcoming ], [ 'overdue' ] ) );
232 my $from_address = $upcoming->{branchemail} || $admin_adress;
234 my $borrower_preferences;
235 if ( 0 == $upcoming->{'days_until_due'} ) {
236 # This item is due today. Send an 'item due' message.
237 $borrower_preferences = C4::Members::Messaging::GetMessagingPreferences( { borrowernumber => $upcoming->{'borrowernumber'},
238 message_name => 'item_due' } );
239 # warn( Data::Dumper->Dump( [ $borrower_preferences ], [ 'borrower_preferences' ] ) );
240 next unless $borrower_preferences;
242 if ( $borrower_preferences->{'wants_digest'} ) {
243 # cache this one to process after we've run through all of the items.
244 my $digest = $due_digest->{$upcoming->{'borrowernumber'}} ||= {};
245 $digest->{email} ||= $from_address;
248 my $biblio = C4::Biblio::GetBiblioFromItemNumber( $upcoming->{'itemnumber'} );
249 my $letter_type = 'DUE';
250 $sth->execute($upcoming->{'borrowernumber'},$upcoming->{'itemnumber'},'0');
252 while ( my $item_info = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) {
253 my @item_info = map { $_ =~ /^date|date$/ ? format_date($item_info->{$_}) : $item_info->{$_} || '' } @item_content_fields;
254 $titles .= join("\t",@item_info) . "\n";
257 ## Get branch info for borrowers home library.
258 foreach my $transport ( keys %{$borrower_preferences->{'transports'}} ) {
259 my $letter = parse_letter( { letter_code => $letter_type,
260 borrowernumber => $upcoming->{'borrowernumber'},
261 branchcode => $upcoming->{'branchcode'},
262 biblionumber => $biblio->{'biblionumber'},
263 itemnumber => $upcoming->{'itemnumber'},
264 substitute => { 'items.content' => $titles },
265 message_transport_type => $transport,
267 or warn "no letter of type '$letter_type' found. Please see sample_notices.sql";
268 push @letters, $letter;
272 $borrower_preferences = C4::Members::Messaging::GetMessagingPreferences( { borrowernumber => $upcoming->{'borrowernumber'},
273 message_name => 'advance_notice' } );
274 # warn( Data::Dumper->Dump( [ $borrower_preferences ], [ 'borrower_preferences' ] ) );
275 next UPCOMINGITEM unless $borrower_preferences && exists $borrower_preferences->{'days_in_advance'};
276 next UPCOMINGITEM unless $borrower_preferences->{'days_in_advance'} == $upcoming->{'days_until_due'};
278 if ( $borrower_preferences->{'wants_digest'} ) {
279 # cache this one to process after we've run through all of the items.
280 my $digest = $upcoming_digest->{$upcoming->{'borrowernumber'}} ||= {};
281 $digest->{email} ||= $from_address;
284 my $biblio = C4::Biblio::GetBiblioFromItemNumber( $upcoming->{'itemnumber'} );
285 my $letter_type = 'PREDUE';
286 $sth->execute($upcoming->{'borrowernumber'},$upcoming->{'itemnumber'},$borrower_preferences->{'days_in_advance'});
288 while ( my $item_info = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) {
289 my @item_info = map { $_ =~ /^date|date$/ ? format_date($item_info->{$_}) : $item_info->{$_} || '' } @item_content_fields;
290 $titles .= join("\t",@item_info) . "\n";
293 ## Get branch info for borrowers home library.
294 foreach my $transport ( keys %{$borrower_preferences->{'transports'}} ) {
295 my $letter = parse_letter( { letter_code => $letter_type,
296 borrowernumber => $upcoming->{'borrowernumber'},
297 branchcode => $upcoming->{'branchcode'},
298 biblionumber => $biblio->{'biblionumber'},
299 itemnumber => $upcoming->{'itemnumber'},
300 substitute => { 'items.content' => $titles },
301 message_transport_type => $transport,
303 or warn "no letter of type '$letter_type' found. Please see sample_notices.sql";
304 push @letters, $letter;
309 # If we have prepared a letter, send it.
312 for my $letter ( @letters ) {
314 print $letter->{'content'};
318 for my $letter ( @letters ) {
319 C4::Letters::EnqueueLetter( { letter => $letter,
320 borrowernumber => $upcoming->{'borrowernumber'},
321 from_address => $from_address,
322 message_transport_type => $letter->{message_transport_type} } );
329 # warn( Data::Dumper->Dump( [ $upcoming_digest ], [ 'upcoming_digest' ] ) );
331 # Now, run through all the people that want digests and send them
333 $sth = $dbh->prepare(<<'END_SQL');
334 SELECT biblio.*, items.*, issues.*
335 FROM issues,items,biblio
336 WHERE items.itemnumber=issues.itemnumber
337 AND biblio.biblionumber=items.biblionumber
338 AND issues.borrowernumber = ?
339 AND (TO_DAYS(date_due)-TO_DAYS(NOW()) = ?)
342 PATRON: while ( my ( $borrowernumber, $digest ) = each %$upcoming_digest ) {
343 my $count = $digest->{count};
344 my $from_address = $digest->{email};
346 my $borrower_preferences = C4::Members::Messaging::GetMessagingPreferences( { borrowernumber => $borrowernumber,
347 message_name => 'advance_notice' } );
348 # warn( Data::Dumper->Dump( [ $borrower_preferences ], [ 'borrower_preferences' ] ) );
349 next PATRON unless $borrower_preferences; # how could this happen?
352 my $letter_type = 'PREDUEDGST';
354 $sth->execute($borrowernumber,$borrower_preferences->{'days_in_advance'});
356 while ( my $item_info = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) {
357 my @item_info = map { $_ =~ /^date|date$/ ? format_date($item_info->{$_}) : $item_info->{$_} || '' } @item_content_fields;
358 $titles .= join("\t",@item_info) . "\n";
361 ## Get branch info for borrowers home library.
362 my %branch_info = get_branch_info( $borrowernumber );
364 foreach my $transport ( keys %{ $borrower_preferences->{'transports'} } ) {
365 my $letter = parse_letter(
367 letter_code => $letter_type,
368 borrowernumber => $borrowernumber,
371 'items.content' => $titles,
374 branchcode => $branch_info{"branches.branchcode"},
375 message_transport_type => $transport,
378 or die "no letter of type '$letter_type' found. Please see sample_notices.sql";
379 push @letters, $letter;
384 for my $letter ( @letters ) {
386 print $letter->{'content'};
390 for my $letter ( @letters ) {
391 C4::Letters::EnqueueLetter( { letter => $letter,
392 borrowernumber => $borrowernumber,
393 from_address => $from_address,
394 message_transport_type => $letter->{message_transport_type} } );
400 # Now, run through all the people that want digests and send them
402 PATRON: while ( my ( $borrowernumber, $digest ) = each %$due_digest ) {
403 my $count = $digest->{count};
404 my $from_address = $digest->{email};
406 my $borrower_preferences = C4::Members::Messaging::GetMessagingPreferences( { borrowernumber => $borrowernumber,
407 message_name => 'item_due' } );
408 # warn( Data::Dumper->Dump( [ $borrower_preferences ], [ 'borrower_preferences' ] ) );
409 next PATRON unless $borrower_preferences; # how could this happen?
411 my $letter_type = 'DUEDGST';
412 $sth->execute($borrowernumber,'0');
414 while ( my $item_info = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) {
415 my @item_info = map { $_ =~ /^date|date$/ ? format_date($item_info->{$_}) : $item_info->{$_} || '' } @item_content_fields;
416 $titles .= join("\t",@item_info) . "\n";
419 ## Get branch info for borrowers home library.
420 my %branch_info = get_branch_info( $borrowernumber );
422 for my $transport ( keys %{ $borrower_preferences->{'transports'} } ) {
423 my $letter = parse_letter(
425 letter_code => $letter_type,
426 borrowernumber => $borrowernumber,
429 'items.content' => $titles,
432 branchcode => $branch_info{"branches.branchcode"},
433 message_transport_type => $transport,
436 or die "no letter of type '$letter_type' found. Please see sample_notices.sql";
437 push @letters, $letter;
442 for my $letter ( @letters ) {
444 print $letter->{'content'};
448 for my $letter ( @letters ) {
449 C4::Letters::EnqueueLetter( { letter => $letter,
450 borrowernumber => $borrowernumber,
451 from_address => $from_address,
452 message_transport_type => $letter->{message_transport_type} } );
467 foreach my $required ( qw( letter_code borrowernumber ) ) {
468 return unless exists $params->{$required};
471 my %table_params = ( 'borrowers' => $params->{'borrowernumber'} );
473 if ( my $p = $params->{'branchcode'} ) {
474 $table_params{'branches'} = $p;
476 if ( my $p = $params->{'itemnumber'} ) {
477 $table_params{'issues'} = $p;
478 $table_params{'items'} = $p;
480 if ( my $p = $params->{'biblionumber'} ) {
481 $table_params{'biblio'} = $p;
482 $table_params{'biblioitems'} = $p;
485 return C4::Letters::GetPreparedLetter (
486 module => 'circulation',
487 letter_code => $params->{'letter_code'},
488 branchcode => $table_params{'branches'},
489 substitute => $params->{'substitute'},
490 tables => \%table_params,
491 message_transport_type => $params->{message_transport_type},
496 my $date_string = shift;
497 my $dt=dt_from_string($date_string);
498 return output_pref($dt);
501 =head2 get_branch_info
505 sub get_branch_info {
506 my ( $borrowernumber ) = @_;
508 ## Get branch info for borrowers home library.
509 my $borrower_details = C4::Members::GetMember( borrowernumber => $borrowernumber );
510 my $borrower_branchcode = $borrower_details->{'branchcode'};
511 my $branch = C4::Branch::GetBranchDetail( $borrower_branchcode );
513 foreach my $key( keys %$branch ) {
514 $branch_info{"branches.$key"} = $branch->{$key};