Easily create beautiful emails using MJML right from Elixir!

• Installation
• Supporting MJML EEx
• Using MJML EEx
• Attribution

Available in Hex, the package can be installed by adding mjml_eex to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [
    {:mjml_eex, "~> 0.5.0"}
  ]
end

Documentation can be found at https://hexdocs.pm/mjml_eex.

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Add {:mjml_eex, "~> 0.5.0"} to your mix.exs file and run mix deps.get. After you have that in place, you can go ahead and create a template module like so:

defmodule BasicTemplate do
  use MjmlEEx, mjml_template: "basic_template.mjml.eex"
end

And the accompanying MJML EEx template basic_template.mjml.eex (note that the path is relative to the calling module path):

<mjml>
  <mj-body>
    <mj-section>
      <mj-column>
        <mj-divider border-color="#F45E43"></mj-divider>
        <mj-text font-size="20px" color="#F45E43">Hello <%= @first_name %> <%= @last_name %>!</mj-text>
      </mj-column>
    </mj-section>
  </mj-body>
</mjml>

With those two in place, you can now run BasicTemplate.render(first_name: "Alex", last_name: "Koutmos") and you will get back an HTML document that can be emailed to users.

You can also call functions from your template module if they exist in your MJML EEx template using the following module declaration:

defmodule FunctionTemplate do
  use MjmlEEx, mjml_template: "function_template.mjml.eex"

  defp generate_full_name(first_name, last_name) do
    "#{first_name} #{last_name}"
  end
end

In conjunction with the following template:

<mjml>
  <mj-body>
    <mj-section>
      <mj-column>
        <mj-divider border-color="#F45E43"></mj-divider>
        <mj-text font-size="20px" color="#F45E43">Hello <%= generate_full_name(@first_name, @last_name) %>!</mj-text>
      </mj-column>
    </mj-section>
  </mj-body>
</mjml>

In order to render the email you would then call: FunctionTemplate.render(first_name: "Alex", last_name: "Koutmos")

In addition to compiling single MJML EEx templates, you can also create MJML partials and include them in other MJML templates AND components using the special render_component function. With the following modules:

defmodule FunctionTemplate do
  use MjmlEEx, mjml_template: "component_template.mjml.eex"
end

defmodule HeadBlock do
  use MjmlEEx.Component

  @impl true
  def render(_opts) do
    """
    <mj-head>
      <mj-title>Hello world!</mj-title>
      <mj-font name="Roboto" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat:300,400,500"></mj-font>
    </mj-head>
    """
  end
end

And the following template:

<mjml>
  <%= render_component HeadBlock %>

  <mj-body>
    <mj-section>
      <mj-column>
        <mj-divider border-color="#F45E43"></mj-divider>
        <mj-text font-size="20px" color="#F45E43">Hello <%= generate_full_name(@first_name, @last_name) %>!</mj-text>
      </mj-column>
    </mj-section>
  </mj-body>
</mjml>

Be sure to look at the MjmlEEx.Component for additional usage information as you can also pass options to your template and use them when generating the partial string.

Often times, you'll want to create an Email skeleton or layout using MJML, and then inject your template into that layout. MJML EEx supports this functionality which makes it really easy to have business branded emails application wide without having to copy and paste the same boilerplate in every template.

To create a layout, define a layout module like so:

defmodule BaseLayout do
  use MjmlEEx.Layout, mjml_layout: "base_layout.mjml.eex"
end

And an accompanying layout like so:

<mjml>
  <mj-head>
    <mj-title>Say hello to card</mj-title>
    <mj-font name="Roboto" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat:300,400,500"></mj-font>
    <mj-attributes>
      <mj-all font-family="Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"></mj-all>
      <mj-text font-weight="400" font-size="16px" color="#000000" line-height="24px"></mj-text>
      <mj-section padding="<%= @padding %>"></mj-section>
    </mj-attributes>
  </mj-head>

  <%= @inner_content %>
</mjml>

As you can see, you can include assigns in your layout template (like @padding), but you also need to include a mandatory @inner_content expression. That way, MJML EEx knowns where to inject your template into the layout. With that in place, you just need to tell your template module what layout to use (if you are using a layout that is):

defmodule MyTemplate do
  use MjmlEEx,
    mjml_template: "my_template.mjml.eex",
    layout: BaseLayout
end

And your template file can contain merely the parts that you need for that particular template:

<mj-body> ... </mj-body>

• The logo for the project is an edited version of an SVG image from the unDraw project
• The Elixir MJML library that this library builds on top of MJML
• The Rust MRML library that provides the MJML compilation functionality MRML