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[edit] Motivation
You want to send an e-mail message from within an XQuery. This frequently done when a report has finished running or when a key event such as a task update has been done.
[edit] Method
eXist provides a simple interface to e-mail.
[edit] Format of the send-email function
mail:send-email($email as element()+, $server as xs:string?, $charset as xs:string?) xs:boolean+
where $email The email message in the following format:
<mail> <from/> <reply-to/> <to/> <cc/> <bcc/> <subject/> <message> <text/> <xhtml/> </message> <attachment filename="" mimetype="">xs:base64Binary</attachment> </mail>
$server The SMTP server. If empty, then it tries to use the local sendmail program. $charset The charset value used in the "Content-Type" message header (Defaults to UTF-8)
[edit] Sample Code
xquery version "1.0";
(: Demonstrates sending an email through Sendmail from eXist :)
declare namespace mail="http://exist-db.org/xquery/mail";
declare variable $message {
<mail>
<from>John Doe <sender@domain.com></from>
<to>recipient@otherdomain.com</to>
<cc>cc@otherdomain.com</cc>
<bcc>bcc@otherdomain.com</bcc>
<subject>A new task is waiting your approval</subject>
<message>
<text>A plain ASCII text message can be placed inside the text elements.</text>
<xhtml>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML in an e-mail in the body of the document.</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Testing</h1>
<p>Test Message 1, 2, 3</p>
</body>
</html>
</xhtml>
</message>
</mail>
};
if ( mail:send-email($message, 'mail server', ()) ) then
<h1>Sent Message OK :-)</h1>
else
<h1>Could not Send Message :-(</h1>
