Dynamic URL in Meteor Email Template

Question

I'm a beginner in Meteor and i would like to send an invitation link to a dynamic generated page in my app with iron:router.

Meteor.methods({
  'sendEmail': function(to) {
    this.unblock();

SSR.compileTemplate( 'emailText', Assets.getText( 'html-email.html' ) );

Template.emailText.helpers({
  link:  function () { 
    return Router.current().route.path(this);;
}
});


    Email.send({
      to:to,
      from: 'no-reply@whatever.xyz',
      subject:'xyz wants to invite you ',
      html: SSR.render('emailText')
    });
}})
}

The Problem is that i dont get the url of the site in my html-email.html. There i got

<a href="{{link}}">Link to invitation</a>

What am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

Your method is a server method (SSR). Router.current() is a client method and cannot return anything server side. The solution is to pass the url as a parameter. Call your method that way :

Meteor.call( 'sendEmail', email, url, ... )

Then your method will be :

'sendEmail': function( to, url ) {...