How to send email using MailChimp API - javascript

I'm creating an app in nodejs to send an email using MailChimp. I've tried to use https://apidocs.mailchimp.com/sts/1.0/sendemail.func.php but changed it to use 3.0 api because 1.0 seems to no longer work (big surprise). I've setup my app with
var apiKey = '<<apiKey>>',
toEmail = '<<emailAddress>>',
toNames = '<<myName>>',
message = {
'html': 'Yo, this is the <b>html</b> portion',
'text': 'Yo, this is the *text* portion',
'subject': 'This is the subject',
'from_name': 'Me!',
'from_email': '',
'to_email': toEmail,
'to_name': toNames
},
tags = ['HelloWorld'],
params = {
'apikey': apiKey,
'message': message,
'track_opens': true,
'track_clicks': false,
'tags': tags
},
url = 'https://us13.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/SendEmail';
needle.post(url, params, function(err, headers) {
if (err) {
console.error(err);
}
console.log(headers);
}
});
I keep getting a 401 response (not authorized because I'm not sending the API key properly)
I have to use needle due to the constraints on the server.

There is no "SendEmail" endpoint in API v3.0. MailChimp's STS was a pre-cursor to its Mandrill transactional service and may only still work for user accounts that have existing STS campaigns. No new STS campaigns can be created. If you have a monthly, paid MailChimp account, you should look into Mandrill. If not, I've had good luck with Mailgun.

You should use HTTP Basic authentication in MailChimp API 3.0.
needle.get('https://<dc>.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/<endpoint>', { username: 'anystring', password: 'your_apikey' },
function(err, resp) {
// your code here...
});
EDIT
#TooMuchPete is right, the SendMail endpoint is not valid in MailChimp API v3.0. I didn't notice that and I've edited my answer.

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ADAL.js - acquire token for Graph API resources

I'm developing a SPA app in React that needs to integrate with AzureAD and the GraphAPI (implicit flow).
My question is very similar to: ADAL.js - Obtaining Microsoft Graph Access Token with id_token ... but the answer doesn't show me enough code to get me on my way.
So far, using just adal.js (v1.0.14), I can login & get an id_token, but I can't figure out how to use it to get access to make Graph API calls.
UPDATE: I know I'm correctly registered with the Azure portal, because I was able to login and get recent docs without adal.js or any lib ... just using home-made ajax calls.
Here's my code, which does the login/redirect, and then tries to get my recent docs:
// Initial setup
var adalCfg = {
instance : 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/',
tenant : 'common',
clientId : 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx',
postLogoutRedirectUri : window.location.origin,
extraQueryParameter : 'scope=Mail.ReadWrite+Files.Read+Files.ReadWrite+User.ReadBasic.All' // Is this the proper way to specify what resources I need access to?
};
var authContext = new Adal(adalCfg);
if(!authContext.getCachedUser()) {
authContext.login(); // redirects MS login page successfully
}
// Check For & Handle Redirect From AAD After Login
var isCallback = authContext.isCallback(window.location.hash); // Checks if the URL fragment contains access token, id token or error_description.
if(isCallback) {
authContext.handleWindowCallback(); // extracts the hash, processes the token or error, saves it in the cache and calls the registered callbacks with the result.
}
if (isCallback && !authContext.getLoginError()) {
window.location = authContext._getItem(authContext.CONSTANTS.STORAGE.LOGIN_REQUEST); // redirects back to /
}
// Try to get my recent docs - FAILS with InvalidAuthenticationToken error
// UDPATED authContext.acquireToken(authContext.config.clientId, function (error, token) {
authContext.acquireToken('https://graph.microsoft.com', function (error, token) {
$.ajax({
url: 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/recent',
headers:{'authorization':'Bearer '+ token},
type:'GET',
dataType:'json'
}).done(function(res) {
console.log(res['value']);
});
});
What have I got wrong?
Update 2: I changed acquireToken per Fei's answer, but now when adal silently gets an access token for my resource, it fails to pass it to my API call.
Updated code:
adalCfg.endpoints.graphApiUri = "https://graph.microsoft.com";
authContext.acquireToken(adalCfg.endpoints.graphApiUri, function (errorDesc, token, error) {
console.log('errorDesc = ' + errorDesc)
console.log('token = ' + token)
console.log('error = ' + error)
$.ajax({
url: adalCfg.endpoints.graphApiUri + '/v1.0/me/drive/recent',
headers:{'authorization':'Bearer '+ token},
type:'GET',
dataType:'json'
}).done(function(res) {
console.log(res['value']);
});
});
And console output:
Token not being captured
The image shows the req for a token, which appears to succeed, because the next GET contains the access_token in the hash. However, acquireToken passes a null token to my Graph API call.
However, if I manually grab the access token out of the hash, I can successfully make the Graph API call.
Why doesn't adal pass the access token to my API call? It came back and is valid.
To call the Microsoft Graph, we need to get the specific token for this resource. Based on the code you were acquire the token using the authContext.config.clientId.
If you register the app on Azure portal, to get the access token for the Microsoft Graph, you need to replace authContext.config.clientId with https://graph.microsoft.com.
And to call the REST sucessfully, we need to make sure having the enough permission. For example, to list recent files, one of the following scopes is required:Files.Read,Files.ReadWrite,Files.Read.All,Files.ReadWrite.All,Sites.Read.All,Sites.ReadWrite.All(refer here).
Update
<html>
<head>
<script src="\node_modules\jquery\dist\jquery.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules\adal-angular\lib\adal.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<button id="login"> login</button>
<button id="clickMe">click me</button>
<script>
$(function () {
var endpoints = {
"https://graph.microsoft.com": "https://graph.microsoft.com"
};
window.config = {
tenant: 'xxxx.onmicrosoft.com',
clientId: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
endpoints: endpoints
};
window.authContext = new AuthenticationContext(config);
$("#login").click(function () {
window.authContext.login();
});
$("#clickMe").click(function () {
var user = window.authContext.getCachedUser();
console.log(user);
window.authContext.acquireToken('https://graph.microsoft.com', function (error, token) {
console.log(error);
console.log(token);
$.ajax({
url: 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/',
headers:{'authorization':'Bearer '+ token},
type:'GET',
dataType:'json'
}).done(function(res) {
console.log(res['userPrincipalName']);
});
});
}
);
function init(){
if(window.location.hash!="")
window.authContext.handleWindowCallback(window.location.hash);
}
init();
});
</script>
</body>
</html>

"Error no label add or removes specified" when trying to modify labels using Gmail's Node.js API

I'm trying to modify the labels of emails in my inbox using gmail's Node.js API. My function to mark an email as read and star it is:
function markAsRead(auth, req, res)
{
var gmail = google.gmail('v1');
console.log(req.body.id);
gmail.users.messages.modify({
auth: auth,
id: req.body.id,
userId: 'me',
resouce:
{
"addLabelIds": [
"STARRED"
],
"removeLabelIds": [
"UNREAD"
]
}
}, function(err, response) {
if (err)
{
console.log('...The API returned an error: ' + err);
return;
}
console.log("Success???");
});
}
It gives an error saying No label add or removes specified. I've checked the email objects coming in and in their labelIds attributes "UNREAD" and "STARRED" appear so they're valid labelIds.
I seem to be doing what the docs for the API say is correct but it keeps giving that same error.
It looks good. I think it's just a typo. resouce should be resource.

Is it possible to create a meeting request for outlook with nodeJS?

I am developing a very basic calendar with Angular and Node and I haven't found any code on this.
Workflow is the following : create an event, input the recipient's e-mail address, validate the event.
This triggers an e-mail sent to the recipient. The mail should be in the outlook meeting request format (not an attached object).
This means that when received in outlook the meeting is automatically added in the calendar.
Is this possible? If yes is it possible with only javascript on Node side?
For those still looking for an answer, here's how I managed to get the perfect solution for me.
I used iCalToolkit to create a calendar object.
It's important to make sure all the relevant fields are set up (organizer and attendees with RSVP).
Initially I was using the Postmark API service to send my emails but this solution was only working by sending an ics.file attachment.
I switched to the Postmark SMTP service where you can embed the iCal data inside the message and for that I used nodemailer.
This is what it looks like :
var icalToolkit = require('ical-toolkit');
var postmark = require('postmark');
var client = new postmark.Client('xxxxxxxKeyxxxxxxxxxxxx');
var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
var smtpTransport = require('nodemailer-smtp-transport');
//Create a iCal object
var builder = icalToolkit.createIcsFileBuilder();
builder.method = meeting.method;
//Add the event data
var icsFileContent = builder.toString();
var smtpOptions = {
host:'smtp.postmarkapp.com',
port: 2525,
secureConnection: true,
auth:{
user:'xxxxxxxKeyxxxxxxxxxxxx',
pass:'xxxxxxxPassxxxxxxxxxxx'
}
};
var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport(smtpTransport(smtpOptions));
var mailOptions = {
from: 'message#domain.com',
to: meeting.events[0].attendees[i].email,
subject: 'Meeting to attend',
html: "Anything here",
text: "Anything here",
alternatives: [{
contentType: 'text/calendar; charset="utf-8"; method=REQUEST',
content: icsFileContent.toString()
}]
};
//send mail with defined transport object
transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function(error, info){
if(error){
console.log(error);
}
else{
console.log('Message sent: ' + info.response);
}
});
This sends a real meeting request with the Accept, decline and Reject button.
It's really unbelievable the amount of work you need to go through for such a trivial functionality and how all of this not well documented.
Hope this helps.
If you do not want to use smtp server approach in earlier accepted solution, you have Exchange focused solution available. Whats wrong in current accepted answer? it does not create a meeting in sender's Calendar, you do not have ownership of the meeting item for further modification by the sender Outlook/OWA.
here is code snippet in javascript using npm package ews-javascript-api
var ews = require("ews-javascript-api");
var credentials = require("../credentials");
ews.EwsLogging.DebugLogEnabled = false;
var exch = new ews.ExchangeService(ews.ExchangeVersion.Exchange2013);
exch.Credentials = new ews.ExchangeCredentials(credentials.userName, credentials.password);
exch.Url = new ews.Uri("https://outlook.office365.com/Ews/Exchange.asmx");
var appointment = new ews.Appointment(exch);
appointment.Subject = "Dentist Appointment";
appointment.Body = new ews.TextBody("The appointment is with Dr. Smith.");
appointment.Start = new ews.DateTime("20170502T130000");
appointment.End = appointment.Start.Add(1, "h");
appointment.Location = "Conf Room";
appointment.RequiredAttendees.Add("user1#constoso.com");
appointment.RequiredAttendees.Add("user2#constoso.com");
appointment.OptionalAttendees.Add("user3#constoso.com");
appointment.Save(ews.SendInvitationsMode.SendToAllAndSaveCopy).then(function () {
console.log("done - check email");
}, function (error) {
console.log(error);
});
Instead of using 'ical-generator', I used 'ical-toolkit' to build a calender invite event.
Using this, the invite directly gets appended in the email instead of the attached .ics file object.
Here is a sample code:
const icalToolkit = require("ical-toolkit");
//Create a builder
var builder = icalToolkit.createIcsFileBuilder();
builder.method = "REQUEST"; // The method of the request that you want, could be REQUEST, PUBLISH, etc
//Add events
builder.events.push({
start: new Date(2020, 09, 28, 10, 30),
end: new Date(2020, 09, 28, 12, 30),
timestamp: new Date(),
summary: "My Event",
uid: uuidv4(), // a random UUID
categories: [{ name: "MEETING" }],
attendees: [
{
rsvp: true,
name: "Akarsh ****",
email: "Akarsh **** <akarsh.***#abc.com>"
},
{
rsvp: true,
name: "**** RANA",
email: "**** RANA <****.rana1#abc.com>"
}
],
organizer: {
name: "A****a N****i",
email: "A****a N****i <a****a.r.n****i#abc.com>"
}
});
//Try to build
var icsFileContent = builder.toString();
//Check if there was an error (Only required if yu configured to return error, else error will be thrown.)
if (icsFileContent instanceof Error) {
console.log("Returned Error, you can also configure to throw errors!");
//handle error
}
var mailOptions = { // Set the values you want. In the alternative section, set the calender file
from: obj.from,
to: obj.to,
cc: obj.cc,
subject: result.email.subject,
html: result.email.html,
text: result.email.text,
alternatives: [
{
contentType: 'text/calendar; charset="utf-8"; method=REQUEST',
content: icsFileContent.toString()
}
]
}
//send mail with defined transport object
transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function(error, info){
if(error){
console.log(error);
}
else{
console.log('Message sent: ' + info.response);
}
});
It should be possible as long as you can use SOAP in Node and also if you can use NTLM authentication for Exchange with Node. I believe there are modules for each.
I found this blog very helpful when designing a similar system using PHP
Please check the following sample:
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
const onlineMeeting = {
startDateTime: '2019-07-12T14:30:34.2444915-07:00',
endDateTime: '2019-07-12T15:00:34.2464912-07:00',
subject: 'User Token Meeting'
};
await client.api('/me/onlineMeetings')
.post(onlineMeeting);
More Information: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/application-post-onlinemeetings?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http

google+ api login not returning email

I have implemented javascript based google+ login in my application using the following code:
var isGPInitialzed = false;
function render() {
gapi.signin.render('loginWithGoogle', {
'callback': 'onSignIn',
'clientid': 'the client id',
'cookiepolicy': 'single_host_origin',
'requestvisibleactions': 'http://schema.org/AddAction',
'scope': 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login'
});
isGPInitialzed = true;
}
//Google
function onSignIn(authResult) {
if (!isGPInitialzed) {
if (authResult['status']['signed_in']) { //get some user info
gapi.client.load('oauth2', 'v2', function () {
gapi.client.oauth2.userinfo.get().execute(function (response) {
console.log(response.email);
$.ajax({
url: '/Account/GLogin',
type: 'POST',
data: {
email: response.email,
name: response.name,
profilePicture: response.picture
},
dataType: 'json',
success: function (isUserLoggedIn) {
if (isUserLoggedIn) {
window.location.reload();
}
}
});
});
});
}
}
else {
isGPInitialzed = false;
}
};
It was working fine until I created a new application from another account and replaced the client id. On successful authentication, the api is not returning the user email in the response. I have checked in the google+ account settings for the Apps and there is not setting to give acces to the email. What can be the issue?
change the scope with
'scope': 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email',
For anyone who still looking for the answer, try to use this:
scope: 'openid profile email'
based on latest update from google developers, please change the scope,
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.profile.emails.read
This scope requests that your app be given access to:
the user's Google account email address, as well as any public, verified email addresses in the user's Google+ profile. You access the email addresses by calling people.get, which returns the emails array.
the name of the Google Apps domain, if any, that the user belongs to.
If you're using Rails, the issue might be that you need to update omniauth-google-oauth2 to (0.6.0)
https://github.com/zquestz/omniauth-google-oauth2/issues/358
Google seems to have changed what gets returned by their API. The first comment in the above issue shows the structure of the hash has changed.

Failed sending mail through google api in nodejs

I'm trying to send an email through Google API.
I'm using googleapis for Google API access in node.js .
My issue is that when I try to send a simple mail with no attachments, I get the following error:
'raw' RFC822 payload message string or uploading message via /upload/* URL required
I didn't define in my request that there is an attachment and I don't see any error in the email addresses.
Please help.
My code:
var google = require('googleapis');
var gmailClass = google.gmail('v1');
var email_lines = [];
email_lines.push("From: \"Some Name Here\" <rootyadaim#gmail.com>");
email_lines.push("To: hanochg#gmail.com");
email_lines.push('Content-type: text/html;charset=iso-8859-1');
email_lines.push('MIME-Version: 1.0');
email_lines.push("Subject: New future subject here");
email_lines.push("");
email_lines.push("And the body text goes here");
email_lines.push("<b>And the bold text goes here</b>");
var email =email_lines.join("\r\n").trim();
var base64EncodedEmail = new Buffer(email).toString('base64');
gmailClass.users.messages.send({
auth: OAuth2Client,
userId: "me",
message:
{
raw: base64EncodedEmail
}
},
function(err, results){});
Changes were made to version 1.0.3 of the google api. Try using the following syntax:
gmailClass.users.messages.send({
auth: OAuth2Client,
userId: "me",
resource:
{
raw: base64EncodedEmail
}
}
Make sure that base64EncodedEmail is url safe. You can use the base64EncodedEmail.replace(/\+/g, '-').replace(/\//g, '_') code posted by mscdex. This syntax worked for v. 1.0.11

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