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Method 3) Custom method

This method allows you provide a callback using which you can send emails however you like. The input to the callback will be email template variables, so you can freely design the email as well. Use this method if you are:

• Using a third party email service like Mailchimp.
• You want to do some custom spam protection before sending the email.
• You already have an email sending infrastructure and want to use that.

NodeJS

Important

For other backend frameworks, you can follow our guide on how to spin up a separate server configured with the SuperTokens backend SDK to authenticate requests and issue session tokens.

GoLang

import supertokens from "supertokens-node";
import EmailPassword from "supertokens-node/recipe/emailpassword";
import Session from "supertokens-node/recipe/session";
import EmailVerification from "supertokens-node/recipe/emailverification"

supertokens.init({
    appInfo: {
        apiDomain: "...",
        appName: "...",
        websiteDomain: "..."
    },
    recipeList: [
        EmailPassword.init({
            emailDelivery: {
                override: (originalImplementation) => {
                    return {
                        ...originalImplementation,
                        sendEmail: async function (input) {
                            // TODO: create and send password reset email

                            // Or use the original implementation which calls the default service,
                            // or a service that you may have specified in the emailDelivery object.
                            return originalImplementation.sendEmail(input);
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
        }),

        // if email verification is enabled
        EmailVerification.init({
            emailDelivery: {
                override: (originalImplementation) => {
                    return {
                        ...originalImplementation,
                        sendEmail: async function (input) {
                            // TODO: create and send email verification email

                            // Or use the original implementation which calls the default service,
                            // or a service that you may have specified in the emailDelivery object.
                            return originalImplementation.sendEmail(input);
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
        }),
        Session.init()
    ]
});

Python

import (
    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/ingredients/emaildelivery"
    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/emailpassword"
    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/emailpassword/epmodels"
    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/emailverification"
    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/emailverification/evmodels"
    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/supertokens"
)

func main() {
    supertokens.Init(supertokens.TypeInput{
        RecipeList: []supertokens.Recipe{
            emailpassword.Init(&epmodels.TypeInput{
                EmailDelivery: &emaildelivery.TypeInput{
                    Override: func(originalImplementation emaildelivery.EmailDeliveryInterface) emaildelivery.EmailDeliveryInterface {
                        originalSendEmail := *originalImplementation.SendEmail

                        (*originalImplementation.SendEmail) = func(input emaildelivery.EmailType, userContext supertokens.UserContext) error {
                            // TODO: create and send password reset email

                            // Or use the original implementation which calls the default service,
                            // or a service that you may have specified in the EmailDelivery object.
                            return originalSendEmail(input, userContext)
                        }

                        return originalImplementation
                    },
                },
            }),

            // if email verification is enabled
            emailverification.Init(evmodels.TypeInput{
                Mode: evmodels.ModeRequired,
                EmailDelivery: &emaildelivery.TypeInput{
                    Override: func(originalImplementation emaildelivery.EmailDeliveryInterface) emaildelivery.EmailDeliveryInterface {
                        originalSendEmail := *originalImplementation.SendEmail

                        (*originalImplementation.SendEmail) = func(input emaildelivery.EmailType, userContext supertokens.UserContext) error {
                            // TODO: create and email verification email

                            // Or use the original implementation which calls the default service,
                            // or a service that you may have specified in the EmailDelivery object.
                            return originalSendEmail(input, userContext)
                        }

                        return originalImplementation
                    },
                },
            }),
        },
    })
}

Other Frameworks

from supertokens_python import init, InputAppInfo
from supertokens_python.recipe.emailpassword.types import EmailDeliveryOverrideInput, EmailTemplateVars
from supertokens_python.recipe import emailpassword
from typing import Dict, Any
from supertokens_python.ingredients.emaildelivery.types import EmailDeliveryConfig
from supertokens_python.recipe.emailverification.types import EmailDeliveryOverrideInput as EVEmailDeliveryOverrideInput, EmailTemplateVars as EVEmailTemplateVars
from supertokens_python.recipe import emailverification

def custom_email_deliver(original_implementation: EmailDeliveryOverrideInput) -> EmailDeliveryOverrideInput:
    original_send_email = original_implementation.send_email

    async def send_email(template_vars: EmailTemplateVars, user_context: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
        # TODO: create and send password reset email

        # Or use the original implementation which calls the default service,
        # or a service that you may have specified in the email_delivery object.
        return await original_send_email(template_vars, user_context)
    
    original_implementation.send_email = send_email
    return original_implementation

def custom_emailverification_delivery(original_implementation: EVEmailDeliveryOverrideInput) -> EVEmailDeliveryOverrideInput:
    original_send_email = original_implementation.send_email

    async def send_email(template_vars: EVEmailTemplateVars, user_context: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
        # TODO: create and send email verification email

        # Or use the original implementation which calls the default service,
        # or a service that you may have specified in the email_delivery object.
        return await original_send_email(template_vars, user_context)

    original_implementation.send_email = send_email
    return original_implementation

init(
    app_info=InputAppInfo(
        api_domain="...", app_name="...", website_domain="..."),
    framework='...',  
    recipe_list=[
         emailpassword.init(
            email_delivery=EmailDeliveryConfig(override=custom_email_deliver)
        ),

        # If email verification is enabled
        emailverification.init(
            mode="OPTIONAL",
            email_delivery=EmailDeliveryConfig(override=custom_emailverification_delivery))
    ]
)

If you call the original implementation function for sendEmail, it will use the service that you have configured. If you have not configured any service, it will use the default service.

So using this method, you can for example, have your custom way of sending email verification emails, but use the default or SMTP service to send the reset password emails.

important

When using this callback, you must manage sending the email yourself.