Updated example(using express and nodemailer) that includes getting index.jade template from the file system and sending it as an email:
var _jade = require('jade');
var fs = require('fs');
var nodemailer = require("nodemailer");
var FROM_ADDRESS = 'foo@bar.com';
var TO_ADDRESS = 'test@test.com';
// create reusable transport method (opens pool of SMTP connections)
var smtpTransport = nodemailer.createTransport("SMTP",{
service: "Gmail",
auth: {
user: "bar@foo.com",
pass: "PASSWORD"
}
});
var sendMail = function(toAddress, subject, content, next){
var mailOptions = {
from: "SENDERS NAME ",
to: toAddress,
replyTo: fromAddress,
subject: subject,
html: content
};
smtpTransport.sendMail(mailOptions, next);
};
exports.index = function(req, res){
// res.render('index', { title: 'Express' });
// specify jade template to load
var template = process.cwd() + '/views/index.jade';
// get template from file system
fs.readFile(template, 'utf8', function(err, file){
if(err){
//handle errors
console.log('ERROR!');
return res.send('ERROR!');
}
else {
//compile jade template into function
var compiledTmpl = _jade.compile(file, {filename: template});
// set context to be used in template
var context = {title: 'Express'};
// get html back as a string with the context applied;
var html = compiledTmpl(context);
sendMail(TO_ADDRESS, 'test', html, function(err, response){
if(err){
console.log('ERROR!');
return res.send('ERROR');
}
res.send("Email sent!");
});
}
});
};
I'd probably move the mailer part to its own module but I included everything here so you can see it all together.