simple-php-oop-email-api

Enhancements of previous PHP email-api

Post formdata and send emails by using the built in mail function in PHP

Code License: MIT

My Links:
WebPage:	leemann.se/fredrik
LinkedIn:	linkedin.com/fredrik-leemann
GitHub:	github.com/freddan88

Tested with

• PHP
• Apache
• Insomnia
• Postman
• Fetch API
• Axios

OBS! Only tested with web servers like Apache and PHP:s built in

In order to send emails php.ini needs to be configured to use a mail-server or sendmail-program

Links

• How to Sendmail in PHP - Dibya Sahoo
• PHP.NET: .INI Configuration for emails
• Send email from Localhost - phpBasics
• Download sendmail for Windows

Installation

Code located in the "api" directory

1. Clone or download this repository
2. Rename config_example.ini to ./api/config.ini
3. Configure "allowed_origins" in ./api/config.ini
4. Configure valid "api_key" in ./api/config.ini
5. Upload the api-folder to your webserver

Command to clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/freddan88/simple-php-oop-email-api.git

Generate keys here

• Secure Password Generator
• Secure Password & Keygen Generator

Functionalities:

1. Security checks with api key and remote origin
2. Validation and sanitization of data sent from user
3. Error and success messages are sent back to client as json

API endpoints

Endpoint	Request Method	Description
/email	POST	Send email

Multipart form-fields (Post)

Field Name	Field Value	Required
apikey	Random string	Yes
emailTo	Email to send to	Yes
senderEmail	Email to send from	Yes
senderName	Name of the sender	No
emailSubject	Subject of the email	Yes
emailMessage	Message of the email	Yes

Example frontend-code

Post formData using javascript from bootstrap-form

• Frontend-code can be found in the client-directory