gistfile1.txt

exports.test = function(req, res){

    var users = [
      {
        email: 'anthony@chovy.com',
        name: {
          first: 'Pappa',
          last: 'Pizza'
        }
      },
      {
        email: 'ettinger@ettinger.name',
        name: {
          first: 'Mister',
          last: 'Geppetto'
        }
      }
    ];

//test welcome email

		emails.email_batch(req, res, users, function(err, res){
			req.flash('info', 'Welcome to '+cfg.appname+', a welcome email has been sent to you.');
			res.redirect('/');
		});


	});
};




/*
 * Send batch email.
 */

exports.email_batch = function(res, req, users){
	emailTemplates(templatesDir, function(err, template) {
		if (err) {
			console.log(err);
			throw err;
		} else {
// ## Send a batch of emails and only load the template once

    // Prepare nodemailer transport object
			var transportBatch = nodemailer.createTransport("SMTP", {
				service: "Gmail",
				auth: {
					user: cfg.email.smtp_username,
					pass: cfg.email.smtp_password
				}
			});

			

			// Custom function for sending emails outside the loop
			//
			// NOTE:
			// We need to patch postmark.js module to support the API call
			// that will let us send a batch of up to 500 messages at once.
			// (e.g. <https://github.com/diy/trebuchet/blob/master/lib/index.js#L160>)
			var Render = function(locals) {
				this.locals = locals;
				this.send = function(err, html, text) {
					if (err) {
						console.log(err);
					} else {
						transportBatch.sendMail({
							from: 'Spicy Meatball <spicy.meatball@spaghetti.com>',
							to: locals.email,
							subject: 'Mangia gli spaghetti con polpette!',
							html: html,
							// generateTextFromHTML: true,
							text: text
						}, function(err, responseStatus) {
							if (err) {
								console.log(err);
							} else {
								console.log(responseStatus.message);
							}
						});
					}
				};
				this.batch = function(batch) {
					batch(this.locals, this.send);
				};
			};

			// Load the template and send the emails
			template('test', true, function(err, batch) {
				for(var user in users) {
					var render = new Render(users[user]);
					render.batch(batch);
				}
			});
		}
	});
};