# mailgen [![npm version](https://badge.fury.io/js/mailgen.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mailgen) A Node.js package that generates clean, responsive HTML e-mails for sending transactional mail. > Programmatically create beautiful e-mails using plain old JavaScript. ## Demo

> These e-mails were generated using the built-in `salted` theme. ## Usage First, install the package using npm: ```shell npm install mailgen --save ``` Then, start using the package by importing and configuring it: ```js var Mailgen = require('mailgen'); // Configure mailgen by setting a theme and your product info var mailGenerator = new Mailgen({ theme: 'default', product: { // Appears in header & footer of e-mails name: 'Mailgen', link: 'https://mailgen.js/' // Optional product logo // logo: 'https://mailgen.js/img/logo.png' } }); ``` Next, generate an e-mail using the following code: ```js var email = { body: { name: 'John Appleseed', intro: 'Welcome to Mailgen! We\'re very excited to have you on board.', action: { instructions: 'To get started with Mailgen, please click here:', button: { color: '#22BC66', // Optional action button color text: 'Confirm your account', link: 'https://mailgen.js/confirm?s=d9729feb74992cc3482b350163a1a010' } }, outro: 'Need help, or have questions? Just reply to this email, we\'d love to help.' } }; // Generate an HTML email with the provided contents var emailBody = mailGenerator.generate(email); // Generate the plaintext version of the e-mail (for clients that do not support HTML) var emailText = mailGenerator.generatePlaintext(email); // Optionally, preview the generated HTML e-mail by writing it to a local file require('fs').writeFileSync('preview.html', emailBody, 'utf8'); // `emailBody` now contains the HTML body, // and `emailText` contains the textual version. // // It's up to you to send the e-mail. // Check out nodemailer to accomplish this: // https://nodemailer.com/ ``` This code would output the following HTML template:

## More Examples * [Receipt](examples/receipt.js) * [Password Reset](examples/reset.js) ## Plaintext E-mails To generate a [plaintext version of the e-mail](https://litmus.com/blog/best-practices-for-plain-text-emails-a-look-at-why-theyre-important), simply call `generatePlaintext()`: ```js // Generate plaintext email using mailgen var emailText = mailGenerator.generatePlaintext(email); ``` ## Supported Themes The following open-source themes are bundled with this package: * `default` by [Postmark Transactional Email Templates](https://github.com/wildbit/postmark-templates)

* `neopolitan` by [Send With Us](https://github.com/sendwithus/templates/tree/master/templates/neopolitan)

* `salted` by [Jason Rodriguez](https://github.com/rodriguezcommaj/salted)

* `cerberus` by [Ted Goas](http://tedgoas.github.io/Cerberus/)

We thank the contributing authors for creating these themes. ## Custom Themes If you want to supply your own custom theme or add a new built-in theme, check out [THEME.md](THEME.md) for instructions. ## RTL Support To change the default text direction (left-to-right), simply override it as follows: ```js var mailGenerator = new Mailgen({ theme: 'salted', // Custom text direction textDirection: 'rtl', }); ``` ## Custom Logo Height To change the default product logo height, set it as follows: ```js var mailGenerator = new Mailgen({ product: { // Custom product logo URL logo: 'https://mailgen.js/img/logo.png', // Custom logo height logoHeight: '30px' } }); ``` ## Language Customizations To customize the e-mail greeting (Hi) or signature (Yours truly), supply custom strings within the e-mail `body`: ```js var email = { body: { greeting: 'Dear', signature: 'Sincerely' } }; ``` To not include the signature or greeting at all, set the signature or greeting fields to `false`: ```js var email = { body: { signature: false, greeting: false // This will override and disable name & title options } }; ``` To use a custom title string rather than a greeting/name introduction, provide it instead of `name`: ```js var email = { body: { // Title will override `name` title: 'Welcome to Mailgen!' } }; ``` To customize the `copyright`, override it when initializing `Mailgen` within your `product` as follows: ```js // Configure mailgen var mailGenerator = new Mailgen({ theme: 'salted', product: { name: 'Mailgen', link: 'https://mailgen.js/', // Custom copyright notice copyright: 'Copyright © 2016 Mailgen. All rights reserved.', } }); ``` ## Multiline Support To inject multiple lines of text for the `intro` or `outro`, simply supply an array of strings: ```js var email = { body: { intro: ['Welcome to Mailgen!', 'We\'re very excited to have you on board.'], outro: ['Need help, or have questions?', 'Just reply to this email, we\'d love to help.'], } }; ``` ## Elements Mailgen supports injecting custom elements such as dictionaries, tables and action buttons into e-mails. ### Action To inject an action button in to the e-mail, supply the `action` object as follows: ```js var email = { body: { action: { instructions: 'To get started with Mailgen, please click here:', button: { color: '#48cfad', // Optional action button color text: 'Confirm your account', link: 'https://mailgen.js/confirm?s=d9729feb74992cc3482b350163a1a010' } } } }; ``` To inject multiple action buttons in to the e-mail, supply the `action` object as follows: ```js var email = { body: { action: [ { instructions: 'To get started with Mailgen, please click here:', button: { color: '#22BC66', text: 'Confirm your account', link: 'https://mailgen.js/confirm?s=d9729feb74992cc3482b350163a1a010' } }, { instructions: 'To read our frequently asked questions, please click here:', button: { text: 'Read our FAQ', link: 'https://mailgen.js/faq' } } ] } }; ``` You can enable a fallback link and instructions for action buttons in case e-mail clients don't render them properly. This can be achieved by setting `button.fallback` to `true`, or by specifying custom fallback text as follows: ```js var email = { body: { action: [ { instructions: 'To get started with Mailgen, please click here:', button: { color: '#22BC66', text: 'Confirm your account', link: 'https://mailgen.js/confirm?s=d9729feb74992cc3482b350163a1a010', fallback: true } }, { instructions: 'To read our frequently asked questions, please click here:', button: { text: 'Read our FAQ', link: 'https://mailgen.js/faq', fallback: { text: 'This is my custom text for fallback' } } } ] } }; ``` ### Table To inject a table into the e-mail, supply the `table` object as follows: ```js var email = { body: { table: { data: [ { item: 'Node.js', description: 'Event-driven I/O server-side JavaScript environment based on V8.', price: '$10.99' }, { item: 'Mailgen', description: 'Programmatically create beautiful e-mails using plain old JavaScript.', price: '$1.99' } ], columns: { // Optionally, customize the column widths customWidth: { item: '20%', price: '15%' }, // Optionally, change column text alignment customAlignment: { price: 'right' } } } } }; ``` To inject multiple tables into the e-mail, supply the `table` property with an array of objects as follows: ```js var email = { body: { table: [ { // Optionally, add a title to each table. title: 'Order 1', data: [ { item: 'Item 1', description: 'Item 1 description', price: '$1.99' }, { item: 'Item 2', description: 'Item 2 description', price: '$2.99' } ], columns: { // Optionally, customize the column widths customWidth: { item: '20%', price: '15%' }, // Optionally, change column text alignment customAlignment: { price: 'right' } } }, { // Optionally, add a title to each table. title: 'Order 2', data: [ { item: 'Item 1', description: 'Item 1 description', price: '$2.99' }, { item: 'Item 2', description: 'Item 2 description', price: '$1.99' } ], columns: { // Optionally, customize the column widths customWidth: { item: '20%', price: '15%' }, // Optionally, change column text alignment customAlignment: { price: 'right' } } } ] } }; ``` > Note: Tables are currently not supported in plaintext versions of e-mails. ### Dictionary To inject key-value pairs of data into the e-mail, supply the `dictionary` object as follows: ```js var email = { body: { dictionary: { date: 'June 11th, 2016', address: '123 Park Avenue, Miami, Florida' } } }; ``` ## Go-To Actions You can make use of Gmail's [Go-To Actions](https://developers.google.com/gmail/markup/reference/go-to-action) within your e-mails by suppling the `goToAction` object as follows: ```js var email = { body: { // Optionally configure a Go-To Action button goToAction: { text: 'Go to Dashboard', link: 'https://mailgen.com/confirm?s=d9729feb74992cc3482b350163a1a010', description: 'Check the status of your order in your dashboard' } } }; ``` > Note that you need to [get your sender address whitelisted](https://developers.google.com/gmail/markup/registering-with-google) before your Go-To Actions will show up in Gmail. ## Troubleshooting 1. After sending multiple e-mails to the same Gmail / Inbox address, they become grouped and truncated since they contain similar text, breaking the responsive e-mail layout. > Simply sending the `X-Entity-Ref-ID` header with your e-mails will prevent grouping / truncation. ## Contributing Thanks so much for wanting to help! We really appreciate it. * Have an idea for a new feature? * Want to add a new built-in theme? Excellent! You've come to the right place. 1. If you find a bug or wish to suggest a new feature, please create an issue first 2. Make sure your code & comment conventions are in-line with the project's style 3. Make your commits and PRs as tiny as possible - one feature or bugfix at a time 4. Write detailed commit messages, in-line with the project's commit naming conventions > Check out [THEME.md](THEME.md) if you want to add a new built-in theme to Mailgen. ## License Apache 2.0

	Stars	Issues	Version	Updated	Created
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nodemailer			6.9.13	2 months ago	13 years ago
nodemailer-express-handlebars	81	18	6.1.2	3 months ago	9 years ago
sendmail	552	25	1.6.1	5 years ago	12 years ago

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