Send html in email with Catalyst and Catalyst::Plugin::Email - plugins

Question

I have been reading about Catalyst framework and I am trying to send an email with HTML content without success.
I tried to use Catalyst::Plugin::Email, just as the example here. The email is sent, but all the content is showed in plain text.
sub send_email : Local {
my ($self, $c) = #_;
$c->email(
header => [
To => 'me#localhost',
Subject => 'A TT Email',
],
body => $c->view('Web')->render($c, 'email.tt', {
additional_template_paths => [ $c->config->{root} . '/email_templates'],
email_tmpl_param1 => 'foo'
}
),
);
# Redirect or display a message
}
I also read about Catalyst::View::Email::Template, but I chouldn't install it.
Any idea?

Answer 1

I am now available to send HTML emails with Catalyst::Plugin::Email. From documentation:
"email() accepts the same arguments as Email::MIME::Creator's create()."
Looking into Email::MIME::Creator, the create method structure is:
my $single = Email::MIME->create(
header_str => [ ... ],
body_str => '...',
attributes => { ... },
);
my $multi = Email::MIME->create(
header_str => [ ... ],
parts => [ ... ],
attributes => { ... },
);
"Back to attributes. The hash keys correspond directly to methods or modifying a message from Email::MIME::Modifier. The allowed keys are: content_type, charset, name, format, boundary, encoding, disposition, and filename. They will be mapped to "$attr_set" for message modification."
This is the code it is working:
sub send_email : Local {
my ($self, $c) = #_;
$c->email(
header => [
To => 'me#localhost',
Subject => 'A TT Email',
],
body => $c->view('Web')->render($c, 'email.tt', {
additional_template_paths => [ $c->config->{root} . '/email_templates'],
email_tmpl_param1 => 'foo'
}
),
attributes => {
content_type => 'text/html',
charset => 'utf-8'
},
);
# Redirect or display a message
}