cantina-email v4.2.0

cantina-email

Email sending and templating for Cantina applications.

Provides

• app.email.send (name, vars, cb) - Send an email using a named template.
• app.email.loadTemplates (templateDir, weight) - Add a loader to the hook email:load:templates which will load email templates from an additional directory, with an optional weight.

Hooks

• email:load:templates (cb) - The templates are being loaded onto app.email.templates. Plugins can hook in here to add their own directory in addition to the app root dir.
• email:send:before (name, vars, cb) - An email is about to be sent. you can modify the variables by reference.
• email:send:after (name, vars, email, response, cb) - An email was just sent.

Configuration

Defaults

email: {
  transport: 'Stub',
  templates: {
    root: './email/templates'
  }
}

Templates

Templates are markdown files with yaml front-matter.

Example:

---
to: '{{{to.name}}} <{{{to.email}}}>'
from: '{{{from.name}}} <{{{from.email}}}>'
subject: 'Cantina Email: Example'
---
Hey {{to.name}},

This is an example of cantina-email. It is the most {{adjective}} email sending
module out there.

Regards,
{{from.name}}

--
Sent by Cantina

Note: The variables can be whatever you want. In the example above we've used vars.to and vars.from to store the sender and recipient info, but it could have just as easily been fetched from vars.user.username etc.

Developed by Terra Eclipse

Terra Eclipse, Inc. is a nationally recognized political technology and strategy firm located in Santa Cruz, CA and Washington, D.C.