Imagine you could send emails with JavaScript, multipart, and with attachments?! How would the code look like? This is what I came up with. Forks & comments much appreciated! #nobackend #dreamcode

email_dreamcode.js

// send text email
sendEmail({
  subject: "Hello, World!",
  text: "This mail has been sent from the frontend",
  to: "joe@exam.pl"
})

// send multipart text / html email
sendEmail({
  subject: "Hello, World!",
  text: "This mail has been sent from the frontend",
  html: "<p>This mail has been sent from the frontend</p>",
  to: "joe@exam.pl"
})

// send multipart with attachment
sendEmail({
  subject: "Hello, World!",
  text: "This mail has been sent from the frontend",
  html: "<p>This mail has been sent from the frontend</p>",
  to: "gregor@martynus.net",
  attachments: [ 
    convert( document.body ).to("screenshot.png"),
    { filename: "info.text", data: "Some info about the page"}
  ]
})

This might be slightly offtopic, since I stubled upon this discussion from the noBackend website while searching for resources on offline applications, but services like Mailgun ( http://www.mailgun.com/ , no affiliation) offer more or less this exact API already. API usage is through HTTP requests, which easily could be wrapped for example with Angular to something that can be used as you discuss above.

I understand the security concerns, but please understand that this is out of scope here. Think of it as a wrapper to what ever is used behind the curtain to securely send multipart emails. If http requests to a backend are used, then it's the back-end's job to make this secure. The front-end just expresses the intent to do so, and if the server denies is, the error will be transparently passed to the returned promise.

Using CORS it will prevent sending emails from not allowed pages. But it's difficult to find a way that solves everything. 😢

Can I deliver OBIEE report as Email attachment to all Users belong to particular Role instead of individual User ? using OBIEE 11.1.7.x. Any help appreciated.

How can i use this,Will u please help me out here

@sudharsan203, It says #dreamcode at the top. Based upon this and other research I've completed, I don't believe this is possible.