Connect Express nodemailer with Angular - angularjs

Question

I'm trying to make a contact form, and the server side is working pretty well. But I don't know how to connect Angular to the html form and send it with Express. Any would appreciate any help.
My Express
router.get('/sendQuote', function(req, res) {
var data = req.query;
var mailOptions = {
from: 'planacte#gmail.com', // sender address
name: data.contactName,
email: data.contactEmail,
to: data.email, // list of receivers
subject: "Request for a Quote from " + data.contactName, // Subject line
text: data.contactMsg, // plaintext body
html: '<p> email: ' + data.contactEmail +
'</p><p> phone: ' + data.contactPhone + '</p><br>'
+data.contactMsg // html body
};
console.log(mailOptions)
// send mail with defined transport object
transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function(error, info){
if(error){
return console.log(error);
}
console.log('Message sent: ' + info.response);
});
});
So, my html:
<form id="contact" class="contact-form" ng-submit="sendMail()" novalidate>
<div class="message"></div>
<div class="col-md-5 col-sm-5 col-xs-12 animated hiding" data-animation="slideInLeft">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="name" class="nameform form-control input-lg" placeholder="name" ng-model="contactName" required>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="email" name="email" class="emailform form-control input-lg" placeholder="email" ng-model="message.contactEmail" required>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="phone" class="phoneform form-control input-lg" placeholder="phone" ng-model="message.contactPhone">
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-7 col-sm-7 col-xs-12">
<div class="form-group">
<textarea name="message" class="messageform form-control input-lg" placeholder="custom text" ng-model="message.contactMsg" required></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-7 col-sm-7 col-xs-12">
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-custom up form-button" value="Send Message">
And the main problem is here, how to glue Angular with HTML and Express. I can send emails, but get undefined in the fields of Name, Email and so on. :
app.controller('MainCtrl', ['$scope', '$interval', '$http', '$location', '$anchorScroll',
function($scope, $interval, $http, $location, $anchorScroll) {
$scope.sendMail = function () {
$scope.message = {};
$http.get('/send/sendQuote', $scope.message).
success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
// $scope.message = data.message;
console.log($scope.message)
});
}
}]);

Answer 1

I think you should start by making this request a POST and not a GET request.
router.post('/sendQuote', function(req, res) {
var data = req.body;
var mailOptions = {
from: 'planacte#gmail.com', // sender address
name: data.contactName,
email: data.contactEmail,
to: data.email, // list of receivers
subject: "Request for a Quote from " + data.contactName, // Subject line
text: data.contactMsg, // plaintext body
html: '<p> email: ' + data.contactEmail +
'</p><p> phone: ' + data.contactPhone + '</p><br>'
+data.contactMsg // html body
};
console.log(mailOptions)
// send mail with defined transport object
transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function(error, info){
if(error){
return console.log(error);
}
console.log('Message sent: ' + info.response);
res.send(200); // let the client know it sent ok.
});
Now, let's take a look at your Angular code. It seems you want the object $scope.message to hold your form fields data. You should define this as an object at the beginning of your controller.
app.controller('MainCtrl', ['$scope', '$interval', '$http', '$location', '$anchorScroll',
function($scope, $interval, $http, $location, $anchorScroll) {
$scope.message = {};
$scope.sendMail = function () {
//$scope.message = {}; -- this was clearing the object
$http.post('/send/sendQuote', $scope.message).
success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
// you can clear $scope.message if you want here
// $scope.message = data.message;
console.log($scope.message)
});
}
}]);
HTML had one ng-model not binding to the message object:
<form id="contact" class="contact-form" ng-submit="sendMail()" novalidate>
<div class="message"></div>
<div class="col-md-5 col-sm-5 col-xs-12 animated hiding" data-animation="slideInLeft">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="name" class="nameform form-control input-lg" placeholder="name" ng-model="message.contactName" required>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="email" name="email" class="emailform form-control input-lg" placeholder="email" ng-model="message.contactEmail" required>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="phone" class="phoneform form-control input-lg" placeholder="phone" ng-model="message.contactPhone">
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-7 col-sm-7 col-xs-12">
<div class="form-group">
<textarea name="message" class="messageform form-control input-lg" placeholder="custom text" ng-model="message.contactMsg" required></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-7 col-sm-7 col-xs-12">
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-custom up form-button" value="Send Message">