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Crystal Vesely
Crystal Vesely
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Posted by Crystal Vesely
Crystal Vesely
14,500 Points

Help please! What do I need to learn in order to create a data form that’ll submit to the clients email?

I have completed front end and am still working on completing my full stack. I want to create a form to gather info from the user and send it to an email. I know how to create the form using html/css. And I do understand a little of how the name property is used when it sends it to a database. But I didn’t know if all I’m wanting to do with the data was send it to an email if it would even require a database? Where should I start? I currently am learning JavaScript, Node, Express, and SQL. I just can’t figure my next step. I appreciate any advice.

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Travis Alstrand
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Travis Alstrand
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Travis Alstrand
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Travis Alstrand
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Unfortunately, Express alone can't send emails directly because it's a web server framework designed to handle HTTP requests and responses. However, it can handle the form data submission, while an additional tool is needed to actually send the email.

I've used EmailJS for two projects in the past and haven't had any issues. There's also Nodemailer and others available as well. 👍

Crystal Vesely
Crystal Vesely
14,500 Points
Crystal Vesely
Crystal Vesely
14,500 Points

Thanks so much for the information. It’s been difficult for me to figure out what to research when I’m so uncertain what is required to get the job done! This is tremendous help!!!