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PHP

Posted by Cheryl Jones
Cheryl Jones
13,405 Points

How do I set up PostmarkApp API to send emails?

Well, after working out that sites hosted on GoDaddy cannot use PostmarkApp to send smtp emails, I've attempted to use the PostmarkApp API to send emails.

This actually works, and the email is sent, but instead of redirecting to my 'thanks' page, it redirects to an ugly message ({"To":"cheryl@realsocial.com.au","SubmittedAt":"2015-06-11T20:49:47.4163661-04:00","MessageID":"4dbb201c-bfbb-4b99-9227-d7b647f3810c","ErrorCode":0,"Message":"OK"})

I don't understand any of the code I've used to get this to work, so I have no idea how to fix it (i.e. JSON and CURL)

Here is the website I've followed to get this code: http://www.abeautifulsite.net/sending-emails-with-postmark-and-php/

Here is my code:

define('POSTMARK_API_KEY','MY-KEY');
function send_email($mail) {
  $json = json_encode(array(
    'From' => $mail['from'],
    'To' => $mail['to'],
    'CC' => $mail['cc'],
    'Bcc' => $mail['bcc'],
    'Subject' => $mail['subject'],
    'Tag' => $mail['tag'],
    'HtmlBody' => $mail['html_body'],
    'TextBody' =>$mail['text_body'],
    'ReplyTo' => $mail['reply_to'],
    'Headers' => $mail['headers'],
    'Attachments' => $mail['attachments']
    ));
  $ch = curl_init();
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://api.postmarkapp.com/email');
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
    'Accept: application/json',
    'Content-Type: application/json',
    'X-Postmark-Server-Token: ' . POSTMARK_API_KEY
    ));
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $json);
  $response = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
  $http_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
  curl_close($ch);

  return $http_code === 200;
}

$sent = send_email(array(
  'to' => 'cheryl@myemail.com',
  'from' => 'Me <cheryl@myemail.com>',
  'subject' => "Free Market Report Form Submission | " . $name,
  'html_body' => $email_body
  ));
//Did it send successfully?
if(!$sent) {
  echo 'The email could not be sent';
} 

header("Location: index.php?status=thanks");
exit;

It would be so great if you could help me out! Thanks

Cheryl Jones
Cheryl Jones
13,405 Points

OK, I think I've managed to answer my own question! Would still love to hear if I've done this incorrectly or if there is a better way to do something. I've added line 2 so that curl isn't echoed out.

$ch = curl_init();
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://api.postmarkapp.com/email');
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
    'Accept: application/json',
    'Content-Type: application/json',
    'X-Postmark-Server-Token: ' . POSTMARK_API_KEY
    ));
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $json);
  $response = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
  $http_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
  curl_close($ch);

  return $http_code === 200;
}