Sending email with SharePoint and jQuery

July 3, 2014 · 1 min read

Want to send email from SharePoint using jQuery? No problem!

No need to create workflows or set up SMTP servers, just use this simple function:

function sendEmail(from, to, body, subject) {

var siteurl = _spPageContextInfo.webServerRelativeUrl;

var urlTemplate = siteurl + "/_api/SP.Utilities.Utility.SendEmail";

$.ajax({

   contentType: 'application/json',

   url: urlTemplate,

   type: "POST",

   data: JSON.stringify({

       'properties': {

           '__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.Utilities.EmailProperties' },

           'From': from,

           'To': { 'results': [to] },

           'Body': body,

           'Subject': subject

       }

   }

 ),

   headers: {

       "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",

       "content-type": "application/json;odata=verbose",

       "X-RequestDigest": $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val()

   },

   success: function (data) {

      alert("Eposten ble sendt");

   },

   error: function (err) {

       alert(err.responseText);

       debugger;

   }

});

}

This works nicely on SharePoint online, apparently it works on OnPremise as well. Just note that the recipient is limited to a valid SharePoint user for security reasons.

This article is part of the GWB Archives. Original Author: Thorvald Bøe

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