sendgrid-nodejs v0.1.0-2

sendgrid-nodejs

This nodejs module allows you to quickly and easily send emails through SendGrid using nodejs.

Install

npm install sendgrid-nodejs

Usage

It can be this easy

var SendGrid = require('sendgrid-nodejs').SendGrid;
var sendgrid = new SendGrid(user, key);
sendgrid.send({
  to: 'example@example.com',
  from: 'other@example.com',
  subject: 'Hello World',
  text: 'My first email through SendGrid'
});

And you're done!

Digging in

There are two objects that you really need to know to get started:

• SendGrid
• Email

Email

Email is the object that will help you easily perpare your message to be sent. To get started create an Email object

var email = new Email(optionalParams);

You can pass in as much or as litle to optionalParams as you want, as the email object has methods for manipulating all of the data.

params structure

var default_mail_params = {
  to: [],
  from: '',
  smtpapi: new SmtpapiHeaders(),
  subject: '',
  text: '',
  html: '',
  bcc: [],
  replyto: '',
  date: new Date(),
  files: {},
  file_data: {},
  headers: {}
};

Sample for using it:

var email = new Email({
  to: 'sample@sample.com',
  from: 'sample@sample.com',
  subject: 'Hey',
  text: 'Did you see that ludicrous display last night?'
});

Setting data

In general setting a value will override it while adding that value will add it to the existing values but will override existing keys with the new value.

var email = new Email({
  to: 'sample@sample.com',
  from: 'sample@sample.com',
  subject: 'Listen',
  text: 'Haved you tried turning it off and on again'
});

// Add other to addresses
email.addTo('moo@cow.com');
// addTo also takes an array
email.addTo(['solid@snake.com', 'liquid@snake.com']);

// setHeaders will override any header values already set
email.setHeaders({customHeader: 'some-value'});
// addHeaders will add to existing headers, overriding existing keys
email.addHeaders({customHeaderTwo: 'Another value'});

// Adding substitution values
email.addSubVal('key', value);

// Setting unique args will override any values already set
email.setUniqueArgs({cow: 'chicken'});
// Adding unique args will add to existing values, overriding existing
keys
email.addUniqueArgs({cat: 'dog'});

// Setting/Adding a category
email.setCategory('tactics');
email.setCategory('advanced');

// Setting/Adding a Section
email.setSection({'-section-': 'text name'});
email.addSection({'-other-': 'person name'});

// Setting a Filter, takes an object literal
email.setFilterSetting({
  'footer': {
    'setting': {
      'enable': 1,
      'text/plain': 'You can haz footers!'
    }
  }
});
// Adding a filter via addFilterSetting
email.addFilterSetting('footer', 'enable', 1);
email.addFilterSetting('footer', 'text/hmtl', '<strong>boo</strong>');


// Adding a file
email.addFile('secret.txt', '/path/to/file');

More examples can be find in the test 

Tests

If you're interested in seeing some sample code or just want to run the test then here's what you need to know. Test written in the test/lib folder can be ran as in and should all pass. Test written in test/intergration need the values in test/test.setup to be set in order to run and will require a SendGrid account, as these test will send actual emails.

Running

make test

will run all tests, otherwise you can run individual tests by running

mocha /path/to/test.test.js

For information on how to use Sendgrid see: SendGrid API Docs