There is a scenario where I need to send event meeting invites to end users. I am able to generate the ICS file and send it as attachment. But the ICS files are not readable or added in User Calander.
Code to generate and send email is as below:
var transport = require('nodemailer-smtp-transport'),
transporter = nodemailer.createTransport(transport(config.mailer)),
sendMail = function(mailOptions) {
transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function(err, response) {
if (err) return err;
return response;
});
},
eventEmailToUser = function(user, events, createdBy, mailOptions) {
var ical = require('ical-generator');
var cal = ical();
var username = user.username ? user.username : ' ';
var eventName = events.title ? events.title : ' ';
var eventDate = moment.tz(events.date, 'Asia/Kolkata');
eventDate = eventDate.format('YYYY-MM-DD h:mm a');
cal.addEvent({
start: new Date(),
end: new Date(new Date().getTime() + 3600000),
summary: events.title,
uid: events._id, // Some unique identifier
sequence: 0,
description: events.description,
location: events.location,
organizer: {
name: createdBy.username,
email: createdBy.email
},
method: 'request'
});
var path = '/files/' + events._id + '.ics';
cal.save(path, function(err, file) {
if (err) return err;
});
mailOptions.alternatives = [{
contentType: "text/calendar",
contents: new Buffer(cal).toString()
}];
mailOptions.attachments = [{
filename: events.title + '.ics',
filePath: path
}];
mailOptions.html = [
'<div>',
'<div>Hi <b>' + username + '</b><br/<br/>',
' You have just confirmed to attend <b>' + eventName + '</b> on <b>' + eventDate + '</b>',
' <br/><br/>',
'Thanks',
' <br/>',
'</div>',
'<br/>',
'</div>'
].join('\n\n');
mailOptions.subject = 'Invitation for' + eventName;
return mailOptions;
};
exports.sendInvite = function(req, res) {
var userMailOptions = {
to: 'abc@gmail.com',
from: 'xyz@gmail.com',
};
userMailOptions = eventEmailToUser(user, events, eventCreator, userMailOptions);
var userEmailresult = sendMail(userMailOptions);
};
