Email component

In this case it is not about a particular application but the email function in general.

General information
- Description
- Environment variables
Actions
- Send Email

General information

Description

Email component using Mandrill REST API.

Environment variables

The component can be configured using the following environmental variables

Name	Mandatory	Description	Values
`MANDRILL_API_KEY`	true	You can use API key provided by platform or generate it by yourself (required for custom component/installation)	any `string`
`MANDRILL_FROM_EMAIL`	false	Sender email address	any `string`
`MANDRILL_FROM_NAME`	false	Sender name	any `string`
`MANDRILL_URL`	false	Base path and version of mandrill installation, `https://mandrillapp.com/api/1.0` by default	any `string`
`MAX_BODY_LENGTH`	false	Maximum email message size (including attachments), `10485760` (10MB) by default	any `number`

Please note: that you must verify your domain before using this component and configuring it with your environmental variables.

Technical Notes

The technical notes page gives some technical details about Email component like changelog.

Triggers

This component has no trigger functions. This means it will not be accessible to select as a first component during the integration flow design.

Actions

Send Email

For each incoming message the component send a new transactional message through Mandrill using the Send new message API resource.

Send

Configuration Fields

Do not throw an error when e-mail send failed - (checkbox, required): If checked, component will not throw an error when sending failed, details will be provided in output message.

Input Metadata

To - (string, required): The email address(es) for primary recipients, you can fill comma separated list
Cc - (string, optional): Comma separated list of E-mail addresses to receive a copy of the mail
Bcc - (string, optional): Comma separated list of E-mail addresses to receive a blind copy of the mail
Subject - (string, required): Subject of the E-mail
Body - (string, required): The content of the E-mail to be sent. If body is a JSON object/array, then it will be stringified
HTML Body - (string, optional): The HTML content of the E-mail to be sent. Either the ‘Text Body’ or ‘HTML Body’ field must be filled in. If both are filled in, the ‘HTML Body’ will be used.
Attachments (array, optional): Series of objects with the following format:
- Attachment URL (string, required): URL to file (platform storage or external)
- Filename (string, required): Name of the attached file that will appear in the received email

An HTML body example:

{
  "to": "email@example.com",
  "subject": "HTML content",
  "textBody": "Poor text content",
  "htmlBody": " <head>
                  <meta charset=\"UTF-8\">
                  <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\">
                  <title>Sample Email</title>
                  <style>
                    body {
                        font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
                        background-color: #f4f4f4;
                        margin: 0;
                        padding: 20px;
                    }
                    .container {
                      background-color: #ffffff;
                      padding: 20px;
                      border-radius: 5px;
                      box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
                    }
                    .btn {
                      display: inline-block;
                      padding: 10px 15px;
                      font-size: 16px;
                      color: white;
                      background-color: #007BFF;
                      text-decoration: none;
                      border-radius: 5px;
                    }
                    .btn:hover {
                      background-color: #0056b3;
                    }
                  </style>
                </head>
                <body>
                  <div class=\"container\">
                    <h1>Hello, [Recipient's Name]!</h1>
                    <p>Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. We're excited to have you on board!</p>
                    <p>Stay tuned for updates, tips, and exclusive offers just for you.</p>
                    <p>To get started, click the button below:</p>
                    <a href=\"https://www.example.com\" class=\"btn\">Get Started</a>
                    <p>Best regards,<br>Your Company Name</p>
                  </div>
                </body>
              </html>"
}

Output Metadata

As a result of sending you will get object “results” which contain result entities of sending messages for each recipient, consists of:

To - (string): the email address of the recipient
RecipientType - (string): Type of recipient, possible values: to, cc, bcc
Message - (string): The sending status of the recipient, possible values: OK or QUEUED - if successful, REJECTED or INVALID on fail
MessageID - (string): The message’s unique id
SubmittedAt - (string): Date, when message was submitted in format - YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSSSSSSZ
ErrorCode - (number): deprecated parameter, always 0

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