Question

I have an HTML document that I get with

 document.body.innerHTML

How to attach this HTML to an email? I want to send this HTML file as an attachment in java/Spring

Answer 1

Method 1: with a server

If you want to send it to the same server that hosts the HTML file, it is very easy using an ajax call.

For example if you use JQuery, it can be done with:

$.ajax({
  type: 'POST',//or 'GET' depending on how your server is listening
  url: 'the url to your server page',
  data: data
  dataType: 'html'
});

If the HTML was loaded from local hard disk in the browser or if you want to send the HTML to a host, you should be looking for cross-domain ajax requests.

Depending on your application, you might want to sanitize the HTML and send it with an Ajax request.

Method 2: Without a server

If you want to make a link on the screen which allows the user to send an email with the body that you specify, you can use an anchor tag with mailto. Please remember to encode the text:

$('<a href="mailto:[e-mail]?subject=This+is+the+data&body='
+ encodeURI($( '#some-text' ).text())
+ '">Send</a>' );

Here is a JSfiddle for you to try.