Special Variables

A collection of special variables are automatically set within the message template. Some of these variables are always available, while others depend on the event type which triggered the notification.

They can also be used to determine dynamic recipients, with one notable exception... For obvious reasons, the recipient variable cannot be available while determining the recipient.

Event Type Variables

Available based on which event type triggered the notification.

Event type	Variables
Element Events	original, object, element, element alias (entry, asset, user, etc.)
RSS/JSON Feed	feed, item
System Snapshot	report
Dynamic Data	data

Event and People Variables

Available to all event types.

Current User Availability

currentUser is only available when the notification was triggered by a real, logged-in user. It won't be available if the notification was triggered via command line or a cron job (since there's no logged-in user in that scenario).

If the message is being sent to multiple recipients, Notifier will loop over each recipient individually. Each recipient will receive a unique copy of the templated message.

The recipient variable will be unique for each recipient, per their copy of the outbound message.

Variable	Description
event	The underlying triggered Event.
currentUser	The logged-in User who triggered the notification.
recipient	Individual recipient of each message.
recipient.user	User model of recipient.
recipient.name	Name of recipient.
recipient.emailAddress	Email address of recipient.
recipient.phoneNumber	Phone number of recipient.
recipient.emailField	Field from which the email address was retrieved.
recipient.smsField	Field from which the phone number was retrieved.

Examples

Greet the recipient by name

Hi {{ recipient.name }},

We'll keep you posted at {{ recipient.emailAddress }}.

Identify who triggered the notification

{% if currentUser %}
    {{ currentUser.fullName }} just triggered this notification.
{% else %}
    This notification was triggered by an automated process.
{% endif %}

Skip the message when the recipient is the user who triggered it

{% if currentUser and currentUser.id == recipient.user.id %}
    {% skipMessage "Don't notify the user who triggered the event." %}
{% endif %}