How to send email from server/cPanel with angular?

Question

I have an angular application with a contact form. On user submitting the contact form I want to automatically send an email to myself with the users inputs.

Is it possible to send the email from the server or cPanel using only angular? How?

If not; what is the simplest way to achieve this?

Answer 1

ANSWER:

No, it is not possible to "send the email from the server or cPanel using only angular". Angular is limited to front-end only.

THE SOLUTION:

Implement a server-side application (in my case node js) on the shared server allowing me to write server-side code.

SENDING DATA FROM ANGULAR APPLICATION TO NODE JS:

Import HttpClientModule to angulars app.module.ts

Import HttpClient to the typescript file I wanted to send data from allowing me to "POST" the users contact data to the newly implemented node js application.

this.http.post('/send', f.value)
  .subscribe((res) => {
    console.log(res);
});

SENDING THE EMAIL:

Upon the node js application receiving the data I used nodemailer and some stock standard code to create and send an email using SMTP protocol.

RESULTS:

The code for both the angular and node js apps will be posted shortly on GitHub and the finished product can be found at JamesEllisDev.com.