var sparkpost = require('sparkpost')({key: 'YOUR API KEY'});

var trans = {};

// Set some metadata for your email
trans.campaign = 'first-mailing';
trans.from = 'you@your-company.com';
trans.subject = 'First SDK Mailing';

// Add some content to your email
trans.html = '<html><body><h1>Congratulations, {{name}}!</h1><p>You just sent your very first mailing!</p></body></html>';
trans.text = 'Congratulations, {{name}}!! You just sent your very first mailing!';
trans.substitutionData = {name: 'YOUR FIRST NAME'};

// Pick someone to receive your email
trans.recipients = [{ address: { name: 'YOUR FULL NAME', email: 'YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS' } }];

// Send it off into the world!
sparkpost.transmission.send(trans, function(err, res) {
  if (err) {
    console.log('Whoops! Something went wrong');
    console.log(err);
  } else {
    console.log('Woohoo! You just sent your first mailing!');
  }
});

Learn More

For more detailed examples, check our examples:
- Transmissions
Read our REST API documentation - http://www.sparkpost.com/docs

Field Descriptions

Transmissions

Field Name	Required?	Description	Data Type
description	no	Field for describing what this transmission is for the user	String
campaign	no	Field for assigning a given transmission to a specific campaign, which is a logical container for similar transmissions	String
metadata	no	Field for adding arbitrary key/value pairs which will be included in open/click tracking	Object (Simple)
substitutionData	no	Field for adding transmission level substitution data, which can be used in a variety of fields and in content	Object (Complex)
trackOpens	no	Field for enabling/disabling transmission level open tracking (default: true)	Boolean
trackClicks	no	Field for enabling/disabling transmission level click tracking (default: true)	Boolean
useDraftTemplate	no	Field for allowing the sending of a transmission using a draft of a stored template (default: false)	Boolean
replyTo	no	Field for specifying the email address that should be used when a recipient hits the reply button	String
subject	yes	Field for setting the subject line of a given transmission	String
from	yes	Field for setting the from line of a given transmission	String or Object
html	yes**	Field for setting the HTML content of a given transmission	String
text	yes**	Field for setting the Plain Text content of a given transmission	String
rfc822	no**	Field for setting the RFC-822 encoded content of a given transmission	String
template	no**	Field for specifying the Template ID of a stored template to be used when sending a given transmission	String
customHeaders	no	Field for specifying additional headers to be applied to a given transmission (other than Subject, From, To, and Reply-To)	Object (Simple)
recipients	yes**	Field for specifying who a given transmission should be sent to	Array of Objects
recipientList	no**	Field for specifying a stored recipient list ID to be used for a given transmission	String

** - If using inline content then html or text are required. If using RFC-822 Inline Content, then rfc822 is required. If using a stored recipient list, then recipientList is required. If using a stored template, then template is required.

Tips and Tricks

General

You must provide at least an API key when instantiating the SparkPost Library - { key: '184ac5480cfdd2bb2859e4476d2e5b1d2bad079bf' }
The SDK's features are namespaced under the various SparkPost API names.

Transmissions

If you specify a stored recipient list and inline recipients in a Transmission, you will receive an error.
If you specify HTML and/or Plain Text content and then provide RFC-822 encoded content, you will receive an error.
- RFC-822 content is not valid with any other content type.
If you specify a stored template and also provide inline content, you will receive an error.
By default, open and click tracking are enabled for a transmission.
By default, a transmission will use the published version of a stored template.

Development

Setup

We use Grunt for our task runner, so you will also have to install Grunt globally npm install -g grunt-cli

Run npm install inside the repository to install all the dev dependencies.

Testing

Once all the dependencies are installed, you can execute the unit tests using grunt test

Contributing

Guidelines for adding issues

Submitting pull requests

Signing our CLA

Our coding standards

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Package last updated on 10 Dec 2014

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