A demo implementation of an app for sending emails from client-side javascript (Backend)
Features rate-limited requests to /mailto/{email} and /notify/{email} routes
Send a Get / POST request to /notify/{email} to send a notification to a preset email address
Send a GET / POST request to /mailto/{email} to send a predefined email to the address.
Send notification of a job application;
<script>
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
// sends a notification to a preset email a
window.getStep3 = function(email) {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: '/notify/'+email,
dataType: 'json',
success: function(json) {
if (json.error) {
// handle error
} else {
// handle success
// e.g. send an acknowledgement to applicant
getStep4(email);
}
}
});
}
// sends a canned response to the applicant
window.getStep4 = function(email) {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: '/email/'+email,
dataType: 'json',
success: function(json) {
if (json.error) {
// handle error
} else {
// handle success
}
}
});
}
});
</script>Success message
{"status":"success","message":"The email was sent successfuly"}
Error message
{"status":"error","message":"Something happened and we are unable to connect to the mail server. Please check your credentials."}