SAAS service Resend to send emails whenever a new form is created.

Rahul KumarRahul Kumar
3 min read

Overview

Portfolio website for a corporation which provides a contact us form along with the basic information about the company.

Technology Used:-

React, Node, Typescript, Tailwind CSS

Let's Quick Setup The Project

React:-

Use the following commands to setup the React Project

npm create vite@latest my-vite-app - - template react-ts

npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer

npx tailwindcss init -p

Install some basic react library like react-router-dom and react-hook-form.

Project Structure

Comming to important feature designing of contact.tsx page.

Contact.tsx page

import { useForm } from "react-hook-form";
import axios from "axios";

type FormValues = {
    name: string;
    email: string;
    companyName: string;
    feedback: string;
}

const Contact = () => {
    const {
        register,
        handleSubmit,
        formState: { errors },
        reset,
    } = useForm<FormValues>();

    const submitHandler = async (data: FormValues) => {
        try {
            await axios.post("http://localhost:8001/send", {
                from: "onboarding@resend.dev",
                to: data.email,
                subject: data.companyName,
                html: data.feedback
            })
            alert("message is sent");
            reset();
        } catch (error) {
            alert("message not sent");
        }
    };

    return (
        <section>
            <div className="flex justify-around mt-16 py-5">
                <div>
                    <h3 className="text-xl font-semibold">Contact us</h3>
                    <h1 className="text-6xl font-bold mt-5">Let's Talk!</h1>
                    <h4 className="text-xl text-slate-600 mt-5">We will reach out to you within 24 hours</h4>
                    <h4 className="text-lg text-slate-700 font-semibold mt-7">Don't like filling up forms? Email us directly at-</h4>
                    <div> <p className="text-slate-600 mt-1">hi@truedax.io</p></div>
                </div>
                <div className="">
                    <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(submitHandler)} className="w-[400px] max-w-md space-y-8">
                        <div>
                            <input
                                {...register('name',{ required: true })}
                                type="text"

                                className="w-full py-3 px-4 placeholder-gray-500 text-sm border-gray-300 rounded-md"
                                placeholder="Name"
                            />
                            {errors.name && <p className="text-red-600">Name is required</p>}
                        </div>
                        <div>
                            <input
                                {...register('email',{ required: true })}
                                type="email"

                                className="w-full py-3 px-4 placeholder-gray-500  text-sm border-gray-300 rounded-md"
                                placeholder="Email"
                            />
                            {errors.email && <p className="text-red-600">Please enter a valid email</p>}
                        </div>
                        <div>
                            <input
                                {...register('companyName',{ required: true })}
                                type="text"

                                className="w-full py-3 px-4 placeholder-gray-500 focus:ring-indigo-500 focus:border-indigo-500 text-sm border-gray-300 rounded-md"
                                placeholder="Company Name"
                            />
                            {errors.companyName && <p className="text-red-600">Company name is required</p>}
                        </div>
                        <div>
                            <input
                                {...register('feedback',{ required: true })}
                                type="text"

                                className="w-full py-3 px-4 placeholder-gray-500 focus:ring-indigo-500 focus:border-indigo-500 text-sm border-gray-300 rounded-md"
                                placeholder="How can we help you? Feel free to get in touch!"
                            />
                            {errors.feedback && <p className="text-red-600">Feedback is required</p>}
                        </div>
                        <div>
                            <button
                                type="submit"
                                className="group w-1/2 flex justify-center py-2 px-4 border border-transparent text-xl font-medium rounded-full text-white bg-green-600 hover:bg-green-900 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-offset-2 focus:ring-green-500"
                            >
                                Submit
                            </button>
                        </div>
                    </form>
                </div>
            </div>
        </section>
    );
};
export default Contact;

Setting up the backend Server form resend.

Create a backend server using the following command.

yarn init

yarn add typescript -D

yarn add tsc-watch -D
yarn add express

yarn add resend

Make sure that you create a api Key from resend to setup the backend.

server.ts file

import express from 'express';
import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
import { Resend } from 'resend';
import cors from 'cors';
const resend = new Resend('RESEND API KEY ENTER HERE');
const app = express();
app.use(cors());
app.use(bodyParser.json());

app.post("/send", async (req, res) => {
    const { from, to, subject, html } = req.body;

    try {
        const { data, error } = await resend.emails.send({ from, to, subject, html });
        console.log(data);
        if (error) {
            console.error('Error sending email:', error);
            res.status(500).json({ error: 'Error sending email' });
            return;
        }

        res.status(200).json({ message: 'Email sent successfully', data });
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
    }

})
app.get("/", (req, res) => {
    res.send({
        name: "get is working"
    })
})

app.listen(8001, () =>
    console.log('Example app listening on port 8001!'),
);

To Start the server command Yarn dev

now everything is setup the project is ready

Enjoy Happy Coding

0
Subscribe to my newsletter

Read articles from Rahul Kumar directly inside your inbox. Subscribe to the newsletter, and don't miss out.

Written by

Rahul Kumar
Rahul Kumar