Animal Control Maintenance

The Dog Licenses app is a tool for applying for, renewing and looking up a dog license in the City of Boston. The app is owned by Animal Care/Control.

Overview

App is currently located here: https://www.cityofboston.gov/animals/licenseapp/

See the project page at Animal Control

Codebase

The asp.net (C#) codebase is found on ZPCOBWEB01 (IIS server) in the folder /wwwcob/animals/licenseapp.

Databases

• Connects to the AnimalControl database on vsql01.web.cob to cache in-process license applications.

• Connects to the Animal database on vsql71.cityhall.boston.cob to search for licenses and to update the Chameleon database used by Animal Control Dept.

Usernames and passwords contained in web.config in /animals/licenseapp

Payments

There is payments processing: the app passes off to InvoiceCloud portal (https://www.invoicecloud.com/portal/cloudpayment.aspx) when the application form (form.aspx) is submitted (viaProcessPay.aspx).

Payment results are handled by a callback/webhook page Final.aspx.

Annual Maintenance

January Maintenance

The year dropdown on the search form needs to be updated with the last calendar year (20YY) so that people can search a previous license number for that year.

• Add the Current year (20YY) to the dropdown on the search page around line 86 in /wwwcob/animals/licenseapp/default.aspx. Save the file and commit the change to git with its Jira ticket number as a reference.

March Maintenance