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https://github.com/brianpursley/pg_smtp_client

PostgreSQL extension to send email using SMTP
https://github.com/brianpursley/pg_smtp_client

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PostgreSQL extension to send email using SMTP

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# pg_smtp_client

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A Postgres extension to send emails using SMTP.

## Installation

### Install using Trunk

```shell
trunk install pg_smtp_client
```

### Enabling the extension

Connect to postgres and run the following command.

```sql
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_smtp_client CASCADE;
```

## Usage

Use the `smtp_client.send_email()` function to send an email.

### Function Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description | System Configuration (Optional) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| subject | text | The subject of the email | |
| body | text | The body of the email | |
| html | boolean | Whether the body is HTML (true) or plain text (false) | |
| from_address | text | The from email address | `smtp_client.from_address` |
| recipients | text[] | The email addresses of the recipients | |
| ccs | text[] | The email addresses to CCs | |
| bccs | text[] | The email addresses to BCCs | |
| smtp_server | text | The SMTP server to use | `smtp_client.server` |
| smtp_port | integer | The port of the SMTP server | `smtp_client.port` |
| smtp_tls | boolean | Whether to use TLS | `smtp_client.tls` |
| smtp_username | text | The username for the SMTP server | `smtp_client.username` |
| smtp_password | text | The password for the SMTP server | `smtp_client.password` |

### Default Configuration

You can configure the following system-wide default values for some of the parameters (as indiciated in the table above) like this:

```
ALTER SYSTEM SET smtp_client.server TO 'smtp.example.com';
ALTER SYSTEM SET smtp_client.port TO 587;
ALTER SYSTEM SET smtp_client.tls TO true;
ALTER SYSTEM SET smtp_client.username TO 'MySmtpUsername';
ALTER SYSTEM SET smtp_client.password TO 'MySmtpPassword';
ALTER SYSTEM SET smtp_client.from_address TO '[email protected]';
SELECT pg_reload_conf();
```

### Usage Examples

Send an email:
```sql
SELECT smtp_client.send_email('test subject', 'test body', false, '[email protected]', array['[email protected]'], null, null, 'smtp.example.com', 587, true, 'username', 'password');
```

Send an email using configured default values:
```sql
SELECT smtp_client.send_email('test subject', 'test body', false, null, array['[email protected]']);
```

Or, using named arguments:
```sql
SELECT smtp_client.send_email('test subject', 'test body', recipients => array['[email protected]']);
```