Dynamic URL in Meteor Email Template - email

Question

I'm a beginner in Meteor and i would like to send an invitation link to a dynamic generated page in my app with iron:router.
Meteor.methods({
'sendEmail': function(to) {
this.unblock();
SSR.compileTemplate( 'emailText', Assets.getText( 'html-email.html' ) );
Template.emailText.helpers({
link: function () {
return Router.current().route.path(this);;
}
});
Email.send({
to:to,
from: 'no-reply#whatever.xyz',
subject:'xyz wants to invite you ',
html: SSR.render('emailText')
});
}})
}
The Problem is that i dont get the url of the site in my html-email.html. There i got
Link to invitation
What am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

Your method is a server method (SSR). Router.current() is a client method and cannot return anything server side. The solution is to pass the url as a parameter. Call your method that way :
Meteor.call( 'sendEmail', email, url, ... )
Then your method will be :
'sendEmail': function( to, url ) {...

Answer 2

Looking at your code I would say you mix up server side methods and client side template helpers.
What do you want to achieve? Want the current route where the user is located in your site to be included in the mail? Then, send the url as an extra parameter in your sendEmail method like fabien suggested.
If the link is a static path that you use as a link to some landing page, I suggest to get that path from settings.json.
Either way, your problem is rendering an email with some link in it. You can pass an object as second parameter to SSR.render.
Here is how you could solve this:
Meteor.methods({
'sendEmail': function(to) {
this.unblock();
var linkInMail = 'htpp://some_url/etc?etc'; // Fill this value, see my remark above
var templateName = 'emailText';
SSR.compileTemplate(templateName, Assets.getText( 'html-email.html' ) );
var renderedContent = SSR.render(templateName, {link: linkInMail}); // This your missing part
Email.send({
to:to,
from: 'no-reply#whatever.xyz',
subject:'xyz wants to invite you ',
html: renderedContent
});
}})
}