This post shows how to send an email using aura component in salesforce lightning.
EmailParticipants.cmp
<aura:component description="EmailParticipants" implements="flexipage:availableForAllPageTypes" controller="EmailParticipantController">
<ltng:require styles="{!join(',', $Resource.YA_Styles + '/LT_YA_Global_Css.css', $Resource.YA_Styles + '/LT_External_Typography.css', $Resource.Y_Styles + '/psStyles.css', $Resource.Y_Styles + '/popupCSS.css')}"/>
<aura:attribute name="Spinner" type="boolean" default="false"/>
<aura:handler name="init" action="{!c.doInit}" value="{!this}"/>
<lightning:layoutItem size="12" smallDeviceSize="12" mediumDeviceSize="6" largeDeviceSize="12" padding="around-small">
<lightning:card>
<div class="slds-grid slds-wrap">
<div class="slds-size_2-of-2">
<div class="slds-p-bottom_medium slds-p-left_medium slds-border_bottom">
<div class="slds-media">
<div class="slds-media__figure slds-p-right_medium">
<div class="slds-icon slds-page-header__icon ">
<lightning:icon iconName="action:email" size="small"/>
</div>
</div>
<div class="slds-media__body">
<div class="slds-p-top_small">
<h1>
<span class="slds-page-header__title" title="Email Participants">Email Participants</span>
</h1>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="slds-grid slds-gutters slds-text-align_center slds-p-top--small">
<div class="slds-col">
<button class="slds-button slds-button_neutral" onclick="{!c.Send}">Send Email</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="slds-p-around_medium">
<div class="slds-box">
<label class="slds-form-element__label" for="form-element-01">Email Address</label>
<div class="slds-form-element__control">
<input type="text" id="txtEmail" class="slds-input" />
</div>
<label class="slds-form-element__label" for="form-element-01">Subject</label>
<div class="slds-form-element__control">
<input type="text" id="txtSubject" class="slds-input" />
</div>
<label class="slds-form-element__label" for="form-element-01">Message</label>
<div class="slds-form-element__control">
<lightning:inputRichText value="{!v.myMessage}" placeholder="Content for Participants"/>
</div>
<aura:if isTrue="{!v.showData}">
<label class="slds-form-element__label" for="form-element-01">Include Skills and Competency Report</label>
<div class="slds-form-element__control">
<ui:inputCheckbox aura:id="checkboxSkills" label="" change="{!c.showDatatable}"/>
</div>
<label class="slds-form-element__label" for="form-element-01">Skills and Competency Table</label>
<div class="slds-form-element__control">
Nested Data Table!!
</div>
</aura:if>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</lightning:card>
</lightning:layoutItem>
</aura:component>EmailParticipantsController.js
({
doInit : function(component, event, helper) {
},
Send : function(component, event, helper) {
var email=helper._e('txtEmail').value;
var Subject=helper._e('txtSubject').value;
var Message=component.get("v.myMessage");
var regExpEmailformat = /^(([^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/;
if(email==''){
alert('Email-Id is required');
}
else if(Subject==''){
alert('Subject is required');
}
else if(Message==''){
alert('Message is required');
}
else{
if(!email.match(regExpEmailformat)){
alert("Invalid Email Id");
}
else{
helper.SendEmail(component);
}
}
},
showSpinner: function(component, event, helper) {
component.set("v.Spinner", true);
},
hideSpinner : function(component,event,helper){
component.set("v.Spinner", false);
},
})EmailParticipantsHelper.js
({
SendEmail : function(component) {
var email=this._e('txtEmail').value;
var Subject=this._e('txtSubject').value;
var Message=component.get("v.myMessage");
var action=component.get("c.processEmail");
action.setParams({
email:email,
Subject:Subject,
Message:Message
})
action.setCallback(this,function(e){
if(e.getState()=='SUCCESS'){
var result=e.getReturnValue();
if(result=='Success'){
alert('Email Send Successfully!');
}
else{
alert(result);
}
}
else{
alert(JSON.stringify(e.getError()));
}
});
$A.enqueueAction(action);
},
_e:function(ele){
return document.getElementById(ele);
},
})EmailParticipantController.cls
public with sharing class EmailParticipantController {
@AuraEnabled
public static string processEmail(String email, String Subject, String Message){
String sMessage='';
try{
Messaging.SingleEmailMessage mail = new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();
String[] toAddresses = new String[] {email};
mail.setToAddresses(toAddresses);
mail.setSubject(Subject);
mail.setHtmlBody(Message);
Messaging.SendEmailResult [] results = Messaging.sendEmail(new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage[] {mail});
sMessage='Success';
}
catch(Exception ex){
sMessage=ex.getLineNumber()+'\n'+ex.getCause()+'\n'+ex.getMessage()+'\n'+ex.getStackTraceString();
}
return sMessage;
}
}