Sending Emails with Email Js

Sending Emails with Email Js in React.

This service allows us to connect our email service, build an email template and send it from JavaScript without any server code. Let’s check out the scope.

• Create an account and choose an email service to connect with. There are the popular transactional services options available, such as Amazon SES or Mailgun, as well as personal services like Gmail or Outlook. You can also add a custom SMTP server. That’s what we’re going to do since we use Mailtrap.

• Create an email template using the built-in editor. The editor provides plenty of options for content building and other useful features, such as auto-reply, reCAPTCHA verification, and more. It’s also necessary to understand the basics of coding your own HTML email template. For this, read our Guide on How to Build HTML Email. Once this is done, click Save.

One of the major benefits of EmailJS.com is that the typical email attributes are hidden. The template includes the recipient field and it cannot be overridden from JS, so you send the template you have configured previously.

• Now you need to install EmailJS SDK. This can be done with npm:

npm install emailjs-com --save

The actual email sending can be carried out via two methods: emailjs.send or emailjs.sendForm. Here are the code examples for both of them:

emailjs.send

var templateParams = {
    name: 'James',
    notes: 'Check this out!'
};

emailjs.send('YOUR_SERVICE_ID', 'YOUR_TEMPLATE_ID', templateParams) //use your Service ID and Template ID
    .then(function(response) {
       console.log('SUCCESS!', response.status, response.text);
    }, function(error) {
       console.log('FAILED...', error);
    });

emailjs.sendForm

var templateParams = {
    name: 'James',
    notes: 'Check this out!'
};

emailjs.sendForm('YOUR_SERVICE_ID', 'YOUR_TEMPLATE_ID', templateParams) //use your Service ID and Template ID
    .then(function(response) {
       console.log('SUCCESS!', response.status, response.text);
    }, function(error) {
       console.log('FAILED...', error);
    });

Run it in the browser and check out the Mailtrap Demo Inbox. It works!

Pricing

EmailJS offers a free subscription plan that allows you to send up to 200 emails per month using only two templates. In addition, you’ll have a limited list of contacts and email size (up to 50Kb). Higher quotas are available for paid subscriptions: Personal ($5/month), Professional ($15/month), and Business ($50/month).