Configuration parameters

Discover the configuration parameters within Beefree SDK.

Passing Configurations to Beefree SDK

Once you have initialized your Beefree SDK application, you can pass a series of configuration parameters to it.

The following code displays an example of a default configuration:

var beeConfig = {
    uid: 'CmsUserName', // [mandatory]
    container: 'bee-plugin-container', // [mandatory]
    autosave: 30, // [optional, default:false]
    language: 'en-US', // [optional, default:'en-US']
    trackChanges: true, // [optional, default: false] 
    specialLinks: specialLinks, // [optional, default:[]] 
    mergeTags: mergeTags, // [optional, default:[]]
    mergeContents: mergeContents, // [optional, default:[]]
    preventClose: false, // [optional, default:false]
    editorFonts : {}, // [optional, default: see description]
    contentDialog : {}, // [optional, default: see description]
    defaultForm : {}, // [optional, default: {}]
    roleHash : "", // [optional, default: ""]
    rowDisplayConditions : {}, // [optional, default: {}]
    rowsConfiguration: {},
    workspace: { // [optional, default: {type : 'default'}]
        editSingleRow: false // [optional, default: false]},
    },
    commenting: false, // [optional, default: false]}
    commentingThreadPreview: true, // [optional, default: true]}
    commentingNotifications: true, // [optional, default: true]}
    disableLinkSanitize: true, // [optional, default: false]}
    loadingSpinnerDisableOnSave: false, // [optional, default: false]}
    loadingSpinnerDisableOnDialog: true, // [optional, default: false]}
    maxRowsDisplayed: 35, // // [optional, set this to any number to define the maximum number of rows that a category should display]}
    onSave: function(jsonFile, htmlFile) { /* Implements function for save */ }, // [optional]
    onChange: function(jsonFile, response) { /* Implements function for change */ }, // [optional]
    onSaveAsTemplate: function(jsonFile) { /* Implements function for save as template (only JSON file) */ }, // [optional]
    onAutoSave: function(jsonFile) { /* Implements function for auto save */ }, // [optional]
    onSend: function(htmlFile) { /* Implements function to send the message */ }, // [optional]
    onLoad: function(jsonFile) { /* Implements function to perform an action once the template is loaded */}, // [optional]
    onError: function(errorMessage) { /* Implements function to handle error messages */ }, // [optional]
    onWarning: function(alertMessage) { /* Implements function to handle error messages */ }, // [optional]
    translations: {
        'bee-common-widget-bar': {
            content: 'MODULES',
        },
        // additional translations...
    },
    // other properties...
};

Parameters

The following table provides a list of the required parameters.

Parameter	Description	Default
uid	An alphanumeric string that identifies the user and allows the SDK to load resources for that user (e.g. images). Min length: 3 characters Can contain letters from a to z (uppercase or lowercase), numbers and the special characters _ (underscore) and – (dash) It is a string and not a numeric value It uniquely identifies a user of Beefree SDK. When we say “uniquely”, we mean that: It will be counted as a unique user for monthly billing purposes. Images (and other files) used by the user when creating and editing messages will be associated with it and not visible to other users (when using the default storage).
container	Identifies the id of div element that contains Beefree SDK.

Language Parameter

The following table provides a list of the language options for the language parameter. The language parameter is not required and has a default value of en-US.

Available Languages

Language	4-letter language identifier (e.g. “en-US”, ISO 639-1 format)
English:	en-US
Spanish:	es-ES
French:	fr-FR
Italian:	it-IT
Portuguese:	pt-BR
Indonesian:	id-ID
Japanese:	ja-JP
Chinese:	zh-CN
Traditional Chinese:	zh-HK
German:	de-DE
Danish:	da-DK
Swedish:	sv-SE
Polish:	pl-PL
Hungarian:	hu-HU
Russian:	ru-RU
Korean:	ko-KR
Dutch:	nl-NL
Finnish:	fi-FI
Czech:	cs-CZ
Romanian:	ro-RO
Norwegian (Bokmål):	nb-NO
Slovenian:	sl-SI

Parameters

The following table provides a list of the optional parameters and their corresponding descriptions.

Parameter	Description	Default
trackChanges	Track message changes in the editor via the “onChange” callback. See “Tracking message changes” for further details.	false
specialLinks	An array of custom links that may be used in the message (e.g. unsubscribe). See “extending the editor” for further details.	[]
mergeTags	An array of merge tags that may be used in the message (e.g. first name of the recipient). See “extending the editor” for further details.	[]
mergeContents	An array of content elements that may be used in the message (e.g. small blocks of HTML). See “extending the editor” for further details.	[]
preventClose	Whether an alert should be shown when the user attempts to leave the page before saving.	false
editorFonts	Customize the list of available fonts in the editor’s text toolbar and the BODY settings panel. See “Font management” for further details.	See “Font management” for the default object.
roleHash	Identifies the user role: Minimum length is 8, maximum is 30 Alphanumerical string only: No whitespaces, no special characters such as “_” and “-“ See “Roles and permissions” for further details.	""
rowDisplayConditions	Allows for conditional statements in email messages. See “Display Conditions” for further details.	{}
workspace	Configure the initial workspace for loading the editor. Currently used for AMP content visibility. See “Workspaces” for further details.	{type : 'default'}
contentDialog	Allows to exchange data with Beefree SDK using a UI layer you control. See the “Content Dialog” page for the complete reference.	{}
defaultForm	This should contain a structure object with the form data. See “Passing forms to the builder” for further details.	{}
commenting	Enables commenting on content blocks and rows. See Commenting for further details.	false
commentingThreadPreview	Enables a pop-over preview on the stage for comments.	true
commentingNotifications	Enables notifications of new comments in co-editing.	true
disableLinkSanitize	Disables link validation for URLs, including telephone number or SMS to enable merge content use.	false
loadingSpinnerDisableOnSave	Controls the visibility of the builder in a loading state.	false
loadingSpinnerDisableOnDialog	Controls the visibility of the builder in a loading state.	false