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Transport Options

EmailTransportOptions​

@vendure/email-plugintypes.ts

A union of all the possible transport options for sending emails.

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type EmailTransportOptions = | SMTPTransportOptions
    | SendmailTransportOptions
    | FileTransportOptions
    | NoopTransportOptions
    | SESTransportOptions
    | TestingTransportOptions

SMTPTransportOptions​

@vendure/email-plugintypes.ts

The SMTP transport options of Nodemailer

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interface SMTPTransportOptions extends SMTPTransport.Options {
    type: 'smtp';
    logging?: boolean;
}
  • Extends: SMTPTransport.Options

type​

property
'smtp'

logging​

property
boolean
default:
false

If true, uses the configured VendureLogger to log messages from Nodemailer as it interacts with the SMTP server.

SESTransportOptions​

@vendure/email-plugintypes.ts

The SES transport options of Nodemailer

See Nodemailers's SES docs for more details

Example

 import { SES, SendRawEmailCommand } from '@aws-sdk/client-ses'

 const ses = new SES({
    apiVersion: '2010-12-01',
    region: 'eu-central-1',
    credentials: {
        accessKeyId: process.env.SES_ACCESS_KEY || '',
        secretAccessKey: process.env.SES_SECRET_KEY || '',
    },
 })

 const config: VendureConfig = {
  // Add an instance of the plugin to the plugins array
  plugins: [
    EmailPlugin.init({
      handler: defaultEmailHandlers,
      templatePath: path.join(__dirname, 'static/email/templates'),
      transport: {
        type: 'ses',
        SES: { ses, aws: { SendRawEmailCommand } },
        sendingRate: 10, // optional messages per second sending rate
      },
    }),
  ],
};
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interface SESTransportOptions extends SESTransport.Options {
    type: 'ses';
}
  • Extends: SESTransport.Options

type​

property
'ses'

SendmailTransportOptions​

@vendure/email-plugintypes.ts

Uses the local Sendmail program to send the email.

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interface SendmailTransportOptions {
    type: 'sendmail';
    path?: string;
    newline?: string;
}

type​

property
'sendmail'

path​

property
string

newline​

property
string

FileTransportOptions​

@vendure/email-plugintypes.ts

Outputs the email as an HTML file for development purposes.

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interface FileTransportOptions {
    type: 'file';
    outputPath: string;
    raw?: boolean;
}

type​

property
'file'

outputPath​

property
string

raw​

property
boolean

NoopTransportOptions​

@vendure/email-plugintypes.ts

Does nothing with the generated email. Intended for use in testing where we don't care about the email transport, or when using a custom EmailSender which does not require transport options.

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interface NoopTransportOptions {
    type: 'none';
}

type​

property
'none'

TestingTransportOptions​

@vendure/email-plugintypes.ts

Forwards the raw GeneratedEmailContext object to a provided callback, for use in testing.

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interface TestingTransportOptions {
    type: 'testing';
    onSend: (details: EmailDetails) => void;
}

type​

property
'testing'

onSend​

property
(details: EmailDetails) => void

Callback to be invoked when an email would be sent.