Using the sendgrid node-module, how do I send a SendGrid Template Engine email?

Question

I have created a "Thanks for subscribing" email template via SendGrid's Template Engine.

Now, when someone subscribes to my site, I want to send that person that template. Can I do this using the sendgrid-nodejs package?

I don't see anything regarding this in the docs.

Martyn Davies Martyn Davies · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-13T16:15:39

Yep, it's really easy, you just need to add it in as a filter. Here's how it should look:

var cardEmail = new sendgrid.Email({
  to: "[email protected]",
  from: "[email protected]",
  subject: process.env.SUBJECT,
  html: '<h2>Thanks for requesting a business card!</h2>', // This fills out the <%body%> tag inside your SendGrid template
});

// Tell SendGrid which template to use, and what to substitute. You can use as many substitutions as you want.
cardEmail.setFilters({"templates": {"settings": {"enabled": 1, "template_id": "325ae5e7-69dd-4b95-b003-b0109f750cfa"}}}); // Just replace this with the ID of the template you want to use
cardEmail.addSubstitution('-greeting-', "Happy Friday!"); // You don't need to have a substitution, but if you want it, here's how you do that :)

// Everything is set up, let's send the email!
sendgrid.send(cardEmail, function(err, json){
  if (err) {
    console.log(err);
  } else {
    console.log('Email sent!');
  }
});

I hope that helps you out. If you need more insight into it, please check out the blog post I wrote about using Template Engine with sendgrid-nodejs.

Using the sendgrid node-module, how do I send a SendGrid Template Engine email?

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