prevent SMTP fallback for automations

packages/server/src/automations/steps/sendSmtpEmail.js

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ exports.run = async function ({ inputs }) {
     contents = "<h1>No content</h1>"
   }
   try {
-    let response = await sendSmtpEmail(to, from, subject, contents)
+    let response = await sendSmtpEmail(to, from, subject, contents, true)
     return {
       success: true,
       response,

packages/server/src/utilities/workerRequests.js

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function request(ctx, request) {
 exports.request = request
 
 // have to pass in the tenant ID as this could be coming from an automation
-exports.sendSmtpEmail = async (to, from, subject, contents) => {
+exports.sendSmtpEmail = async (to, from, subject, contents, automation) => {
   // tenant ID will be set in header
   const response = await fetch(
     checkSlashesInUrl(env.WORKER_URL + `/api/global/email/send`),
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ exports.sendSmtpEmail = async (to, from, subject, contents) => {
         contents,
         subject,
         purpose: "custom",
+        automation,
       },
     })
   )

packages/worker/src/api/controllers/global/email.js

@@ -2,8 +2,16 @@ const { sendEmail } = require("../../../utilities/email")
 const { getGlobalDB } = require("@budibase/auth/tenancy")
 
 exports.sendEmail = async ctx => {
-  let { workspaceId, email, userId, purpose, contents, from, subject } =
+  let {
-    ctx.request.body
+    workspaceId,
+    email,
+    userId,
+    purpose,
+    contents,
+    from,
+    subject,
+    automation,
+  } = ctx.request.body
   let user
   if (userId) {
     const db = getGlobalDB()
@@ -15,6 +23,7 @@ exports.sendEmail = async ctx => {
     contents,
     from,
     subject,
+    automation,
   })
   ctx.body = {
     ...response,

packages/worker/src/utilities/email.js

@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@ async function buildEmail(purpose, email, context, { user, contents } = {}) {
  * Utility function for finding most valid SMTP configuration.
  * @param {object} db The CouchDB database which is to be looked up within.
  * @param {string|null} workspaceId If using finer grain control of configs a workspace can be used.
+ * @param {boolean|null} automation Whether or not the configuration is being fetched for an email automation.
  * @return {Promise<object|null>} returns the SMTP configuration if it exists
  */
-async function getSmtpConfiguration(db, workspaceId = null) {
+async function getSmtpConfiguration(db, workspaceId = null, automation) {
   const params = {
     type: Configs.SMTP,
   }
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ async function getSmtpConfiguration(db, workspaceId = null) {
   }
 
   // Use an SMTP fallback configuration from env variables
-  if (env.SMTP_FALLBACK_ENABLED) {
+  if (!automation && env.SMTP_FALLBACK_ENABLED) {
     return {
       port: env.SMTP_PORT,
       host: env.SMTP_HOST,
@@ -157,16 +158,17 @@ exports.isEmailConfigured = async (workspaceId = null) => {
  * @param {string|undefined} contents If sending a custom email then can supply contents which will be added to it.
  * @param {string|undefined} subject A custom subject can be specified if the config one is not desired.
  * @param {object|undefined} info Pass in a structure of information to be stored alongside the invitation.
+ * @param {boolean|undefined} disableFallback Prevent email being sent from SMTP fallback to avoid spam.
  * @return {Promise<object>} returns details about the attempt to send email, e.g. if it is successful; based on
  * nodemailer response.
  */
 exports.sendEmail = async (
   email,
   purpose,
-  { workspaceId, user, from, contents, subject, info } = {}
+  { workspaceId, user, from, contents, subject, info, automation } = {}
 ) => {
   const db = getGlobalDB()
-  let config = (await getSmtpConfiguration(db, workspaceId)) || {}
+  let config = (await getSmtpConfiguration(db, workspaceId, automation)) || {}
   if (Object.keys(config).length === 0 && !TEST_MODE) {
     throw "Unable to find SMTP configuration."
   }