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Version: 0.2

Templates

Templates use Go's text/template and html/template packages, so you get the same syntax and HTML-context auto-escaping you're used to. A single Template bundles a subject, an optional plain-text body, and an optional HTML body. Register templates by name with Mailer.RegisterTemplate and render them with Mailer.SendTemplate.

Creating Templates​

tmpl := email.NewTemplate("welcome")
tmpl.SetSubject("Welcome {{.Name}}!")

tmpl.SetTextTemplate(`Hello {{.Name}},

Thanks for signing up. Confirm your address: {{.VerifyLink}}

— The Team
`)

tmpl.SetHTMLTemplate(`<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <body>
    <h1>Hello {{.Name}}!</h1>
    <p>Thanks for signing up. Click below to verify:</p>
    <a href="{{.VerifyLink}}">Verify Email</a>
  </body>
</html>`)

mailer.RegisterTemplate("welcome", tmpl)

Loading from Files​

For non-trivial layouts, keep templates in their own files and load them at startup.

tmpl, err := email.LoadTemplateFromFile("welcome", "templates/welcome.html")
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

mailer.RegisterTemplate("welcome", tmpl)

Rendering​

Pass any value as data — a struct, a map, or a primitive. Use a struct for compile-time safety and IDE completion in real applications:

type WelcomeData struct {
    Name       string
    VerifyLink string
}

err := mailer.SendTemplate(ctx,
    []string{"alice@example.com"},
    "welcome",
    WelcomeData{
        Name:       "Alice",
        VerifyLink: "https://example.com/verify/abc123",
    },
)

Note: the HTML template is rendered through html/template, which auto-escapes {{.UserInput}} as text in HTML, attribute, and URL contexts. Don't sidestep this with template.HTML on untrusted input — it's an XSS vector.