On Login, do something.

[nniinima]

I wanted to add a simple functionality where on each login, a http request is sent. This is to start up a service that would be prohibitively expensive to run all the time, but with the low number of visitors to our portal, I would expect it to be running an hour or two a day at most.

Turns out it's not super simple to design a system that allows for this. The Login event does not appear to be easily accessible, and the login page itself can't be accessed, where I could add a script to a button press there.

Currently I simply start the service on each page load, if its not already started, but starting the service on login would save a few more milliseconds to speed up the load times of the page.

TL:DR, I need to figure out how to build an automation flow that happens every time an user logs in to Power Pages portal.

[Inogic · Accepted solution]

Hi,

As per our understanding, you want to add functionality to the portal when a user logs in(On the click of Sign In button). 

Based on this you can follow the below steps: 

In Power Pages Management App:

1. Navigate to Content > Content Snippet and check for "Account/SignIn/PageCopy". If it does not found, create a new record of Content Snippet table and add "Account/SignIn/PageCopy".

1. To trigger Http request on click of Sign In button you have to add a script in the same record within "Value" section. 

You can refer below example,

<script>

$(document).ready(function () {

 $("#submit-signin-local").click(function() {

          alert("Sign In button clicked");

          //Add your functionality

});

});

</script>

Note : "submit-signin-local" is the Id of Sign In button.

Regarding your need to build an automation flow that triggers every time a user logs into the Power Pages portal,

You can create a "When an HTTP request is received" Power Automate flow and add your desired functionality within this flow, which can then be triggered by a button click.

Hope this helps.

Thanks!

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