@futdevpro/nts-dynamo 1.15.85 → 1.15.86

package/src/_services/core/email.service.ts

@@ -1,742 +1,742 @@
-
-import * as FileSystem from 'fs';
-import * as NodeMailer from 'nodemailer';
-
-import { Attachment, Options as MailOptions } from 'nodemailer/lib/mailer';
-
-import {
-  DyFM_AnyError, DyFM_Array, DyFM_Error, DyFM_Error_Settings, DyFM_Log
-} from '@futdevpro/fsm-dynamo';
-import { DyNTS_global_settings } from '../../_collections/global-settings.const';
-
-export interface DyNTS_EmailService_Settings {
-  host: string,
-  port: number,
-  email: string,
-  pass: string,
-  senderName: string,
-  rootPath: string,
-  templateComponents?: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent[],
-}
-
-export class DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent {
-  name: string;
-  selector: string;
-
-  templatePath?: string;
-  template?: string;
-
-  stylePath?: string;
-  styles?: string;
-
-  headerLinks?: string = '';
-
-  properties?: string[] = [];
-  subComponentSelectors?: string[] = [];
-
-  constructor(
-    set?: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent
-  ) {    
-    if (set) {
-      Object.assign(this, set);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-export interface DyNTS_SendEmail_Settings<T = { [propertyKey: string]: string; }> {
-  to: string;
-  subject: string;
-  /** direct email content, if provided, this will be used */
-  content?: string;
-
-  templateComponentName?: string;
-  templateProperties?: T;
-
-  attachments?: Attachment[];
-}
-
-/**
- * 
- */
-export class DyNTS_EmailService /* extends DyNTS_SingletonService */ {
-  serviceName: string;
-
-  private readonly nmTransporter: NodeMailer.Transporter;
-  private readonly senderName: string;
-  private readonly senderNEmail: string;
-  
-  private readonly components: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent[] = [];
-  private readonly componentsBySelector: {
-    [selector: string]: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent
-  } = {};
-  private readonly componentsByName: {
-    [componentName: string]: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent
-  } = {};
-
-  private readonly styleLimitWarning: number = 16;
-
-  readonly defaultErrorUserMsg = 
-    `We encountered an uncaught Email Service Error, ` +
-    `\nplease contact the responsible development team.`;
-  
-  constructor (
-    set: DyNTS_EmailService_Settings
-  ) {
-    this.serviceName = this.constructor?.name;
-    this.senderName = set.senderName;
-    this.senderNEmail = `${set.senderName} <${set.email}>`;
-    this.nmTransporter = NodeMailer.createTransport({
-      host: set.host,
-      port: set.port,
-      auth: {
-        user: set.email,
-        pass: set.pass,
-      },
-    });
-
-    this.components = set.templateComponents ?? [];
-  }
-
-  async asyncPostConstruct(): Promise<void> {
-    try {
-      if (this.components) {
-        await DyFM_Array.asyncForEach(
-          this.components,
-          async (component: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent): Promise<void> => {
-            await this.loadEmailTemplateComponent(component);
-          }
-        );
-
-        this.connectComponents();
-      }
-
-      DyFM_Log.success(`\nEmailService construction (${this.senderName}) Finished!`); 
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw new DyFM_Error({
-        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('asyncPostConstruct', error, 'SYSTEM'),
-
-        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-APC0`,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * 
-   * @param set 
-   */
-  public async sendEmail<T>(
-    set: DyNTS_SendEmail_Settings<T>, 
-    issuer: string
-  ): Promise<void> {
-    try {
-      let content: string;
-
-      if (set.content) {
-        content = set.content; 
-
-      } else {
-        if (!set.templateComponentName) {
-          throw new DyFM_Error({ 
-            ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
-              'sendEmail',
-              new Error(`No email template component is given!`),
-              issuer
-            ),
-
-            errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SE1`,
-          });
-        }
-
-        if (!this.componentsByName[set.templateComponentName]) {
-          throw new DyFM_Error({ 
-            ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
-              'sendEmail',
-              new Error(
-                `No email template component found with this name! (${set.templateComponentName})`
-              ),
-              issuer
-            ),
-
-            errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SE2`,
-            additionalContent: {
-              availableComponenets: Object.keys(this.componentsByName),
-            },
-          });
-        }
-
-        content = await this.compileTemplateComponent(
-          set.templateComponentName, 
-          set.templateProperties, 
-          issuer
-        );
-      }
-
-      const mailOptions: MailOptions = {
-        from: this.senderNEmail,
-        to: set.to,
-        subject: set.subject,
-        html: content,
-        attachments: set.attachments,
-      };
-
-      await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject): void => { 
-        this.nmTransporter.sendMail(mailOptions, (error): void => { 
-          if (error) {
-            reject(error);
-          } else {
-            resolve();
-          }
-        });
-      });
-    } catch (error) {
-      if ((error as Error).message?.includes?.('all recipients were rejected')) {
-        throw new DyFM_Error({
-          ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('sendEmail', error, issuer),
-
-          addECToUserMsg: false,
-          errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SE4`,
-          userMessage: `Can't send mail to ${set.to}!`,
-          message: `sendEmail failed to ${set.to}`,
-        });
-
-      } else {
-        throw new DyFM_Error({ 
-          ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('sendEmail', error, issuer),
-
-          errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SE0`,
-          message: `sendEmail failed to ${set.to}`,
-        });
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  private async compileTemplateComponent<T>(
-    componentName: string, 
-    componentProperties:T, 
-    issuer: string
-  ): Promise<string> {
-    try {
-      if (!this.componentsByName[componentName]) {
-        throw new DyFM_Error({
-          ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
-            'setupComponent',
-            new Error(`No email component found with this name! (${componentName})`),
-            issuer
-          ),
-
-          errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SC1`,
-          additionalContent: {
-            availableComponents: Object.keys(this.componentsByName),
-          },
-        });
-      }
-
-      const component: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent = this.componentsByName[componentName];
-      let template: string = this.compileHTMLMainFrame(component);
-
-      template = template.replace('<nts-content>', '');
-      template = await this.compileComponentProperties<T>(
-        component, 
-        componentProperties, 
-        template, 
-        issuer
-      );
-
-      await DyFM_Array.asyncForEach(
-        component.subComponentSelectors,
-        async (subComponentSelector: string): Promise<void> => {
-          while (template.includes(`<nts-${subComponentSelector}`)) {
-            template = await this.compileSubComponent<T>(
-              subComponentSelector, componentProperties, template, issuer
-            );
-          }
-        }
-      );
-
-      template = this.templateTrim(template);
-      
-      return template;
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw new DyFM_Error({
-        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('setupComponent', error, issuer),
-
-        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SC0`,
-        message: `setupComponent failed! (${componentName})`,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  private compileHTMLMainFrame(component: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent): string {
-    const allLinks: string[] = [];
-    const allStyles: string[] = [];
-
-    if (component.headerLinks) {
-      allLinks.push(component.headerLinks);
-    }
-
-    if (component.styles) {
-      allStyles.push(component.styles);
-    }
-
-    component.subComponentSelectors.forEach((subComponentSelector: string): void => {
-      const subComponent: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent = 
-        this.componentsBySelector[subComponentSelector];
-
-      if (subComponent.headerLinks) {
-        allLinks.push(subComponent.headerLinks.trim());
-      }
-
-      if (subComponent.styles) {
-        allStyles.push(subComponent.styles.trim());
-      }
-    });
-
-    const styles = this.styleTrim(allStyles.join(''));
-    const styleSize = this.getStringKBSize(styles);
-
-    if (this.styleLimitWarning < styleSize) {
-      DyFM_Log.warn(
-        `\nDynamoNTS EmailService WARNING (${this.serviceName}), ` +
-        `\nEmail template styles are too big! (${styleSize}KB)` + 
-        `\ncomponent: ${component.name} (${component.selector})` +
-        `\nSome email clients may not support this!` +
-        `\nThe limit is ${this.styleLimitWarning}KB!`
-      );
-    }
-
-    return  `\n<!DOCTYPE html>` +
-            `\n<html>` +
-            `\n  <head>` +
-            `\n    ${allLinks.join('')}` +
-            `\n` +
-            `\n    <style>` +
-            `\n      ${styles}` +
-            `\n    </style>` +
-            `\n  </head>` +
-            `\n  <body>` +
-            `\n    ${component.template}` +
-            `\n  </body>` +
-            `\n</html> `;
-  }
-
-  /** trims all rows and remove everything between /*...*\/  */
-  private styleTrim(style: string): string {
-    let result: string = style?.split('\n').map((row: string): string => row.trim()).join('');
-
-    while (result?.includes('/*')) {
-      const start = result.indexOf('/*');
-      const end = result.indexOf('*/', start) + 2;
-
-      result = result.substring(0, start) + result.substring(end);
-    }
-
-    return result;
-  }
-
-  /** removes HTML comments */
-  private templateTrim(template: string): string {
-    let result: string = template;
-
-    while (result.includes('<!--')) {
-      const start = result.indexOf('<!--');
-      const end = result.indexOf('-->', start) + 3;
-
-      result = result.substring(0, start) + result.substring(end);
-    }
-
-    return result;
-  }
-
-
-  private getStringKBSize(str: string): number {
-    const b: number = str.length * 2;
-
-    return b / 1024;
-  }
-
-  private async compileComponentProperties<T>(
-    component: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent, 
-    componentProperties: T, 
-    template: string, 
-    issuer: string
-  ): Promise<string> {
-    try {
-      component.properties.forEach((propertyKey: string): void => {
-        if (!componentProperties[propertyKey]) {
-          throw new DyFM_Error({
-            ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
-              'setupComponent',
-              new Error(
-                `ComponentProperty missing from input! "${propertyKey}" for "${component.name}"`
-              ),
-              issuer
-            ),
-
-            errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SC4`,
-            additionalContent: {
-              componentProperties: Object.keys(componentProperties),
-            },
-          });
-        }
-
-        const propReg = new RegExp(`{{${propertyKey}}}`, 'g');
-
-        template = template.replace(propReg, componentProperties[propertyKey]);
-      });
-
-      return template;
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw new DyFM_Error({
-        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('setupComponent', error, issuer),
-
-        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SC3`,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  private async compileSubComponent<T>(
-    subComponentSelector: string, 
-    componentProperties: T,
-    template: string,
-    issuer: string
-  ): Promise<string> {
-
-    const subComponent: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent = 
-      this.componentsBySelector[subComponentSelector];
-
-    if (!subComponent) {
-      throw new DyFM_Error({
-        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
-          'setupComponent',
-          new Error(`SubComponent missing from components! "${subComponentSelector}"`),
-          issuer
-        ),
-
-        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SC2`,
-        additionalContent: this.componentsBySelector,
-      });
-    }
-
-    let subComponentTemplate: string = subComponent.template;
-    const startTag = `<nts-${subComponent.selector}`;
-    const endTag = `</nts-${subComponent.selector}>`;
-    const tagHTMLProperties: string = 
-      template.split(startTag)[1].split('>')[0];
-    let componentContent: string;
-
-    if (!tagHTMLProperties) {
-      componentContent = template.split(`${startTag}>`)[1].split(endTag)[0];
-    } else {
-      componentContent = template.split(startTag)[1].split('>')[1].split(endTag)[0];
-    }
-
-    const contentReg = new RegExp(`<nts-content>`, 'g');
-
-    subComponentTemplate = subComponentTemplate.replace(contentReg, componentContent);
-    subComponentTemplate = await this.compileComponentProperties<T>(
-      subComponent, 
-      componentProperties, 
-      subComponentTemplate, 
-      issuer
-    );
-
-    const startTagReg = new RegExp(startTag, 'g');
-    const endTagReg = new RegExp(endTag, 'g');
-
-    template = template.replace(startTagReg, '<div');
-    template = template.replace(componentContent, subComponentTemplate);
-    template = template.replace(endTagReg, '</div>');
-
-    /* while (template.includes(`<nts-${subComponent.selector}`)) {
-      const replaceStartIndex = template.indexOf(`<nts-${subComponent.selector}`);
-      const replaceEndIndex = template.indexOf(endTag, replaceStartIndex) + endTag.length;
-
-      template =
-        template.substring(0, replaceStartIndex) +
-        subComponentCompiled +
-        template.substring(replaceEndIndex);
-    } */
-
-    return template;
-  }
-
-  private async loadEmailTemplateComponent(component: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent): Promise<void> {
-    try {
-      if (this.componentsBySelector[component.selector]) {
-        DyFM_Log.warn(
-          `Email component already loaded! (it will be skipped) "${component.selector}"`
-        );
-        
-        return;
-      }
-
-      if (!component.templatePath && !component.template) {
-        throw new DyFM_Error({
-          ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
-            'loadComponent', 
-            new Error(`Component missing template and templatePath! "${component.name}"`), 
-            'SYSTEM'
-          ),
-
-          errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-LC2`,
-          additionalContent: {
-            component: component,
-          },
-        });
-      }
-
-      if (!component.template) {
-        component.template = await this.readFile(component.templatePath, component.name).catch(
-          async (error: DyFM_Error): Promise<string> => {
-
-            if (DyNTS_global_settings.autoResearchIssues) {
-              // read folder contents, read parent folder contents
-              const folderContents = FileSystem.readdirSync(
-                component.templatePath.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/')
-              );
-              const parentFolderContents = FileSystem.readdirSync(
-                component.templatePath.split('/').slice(0, -2).join('/')
-              );
-
-              DyFM_Log.testWarn(
-                `DynamoNTS EmailService WARNING, couldn't load email component's template; ` +
-                `\n(${component.name} from ${component.templatePath})` +
-                `\n  folder contents: \n    ${folderContents.join(', \n    ')}` +
-                `\n  parent folder contents: \n    ${parentFolderContents.join(', \n   ')}`
-              );
-            } else {
-              DyFM_Log.error(
-                `\nDynamoNTS EmailService ERROR, couldn't load email component's template; ` +
-                `\n(${component.name} from ${component.templatePath})`
-              );
-            }
-
-            throw error;
-          }
-        );
-      }
-
-      if (component.stylePath) {
-        await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject): void => {
-          FileSystem.readFile(component.stylePath, 'utf8' , (err, styles): void => {
-            if (err || !styles) {
-              if (!err) {
-                err = new Error(
-                  `Couldn't load email component's styles; ${component.name} ` + 
-                  `from ${component.stylePath}`
-                );
-              }
-
-              reject(
-                new DyFM_Error({
-                  ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('loadTemplate', err, 'SYSTEM'),
-
-                  errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-LC4`,
-                })
-              );
-
-              return;
-            }
-
-            component.styles = styles;
-            
-            resolve();
-          });
-        });
-      }
-
-      component.properties = this.getTemplatePropertyKeys(component.template);
-      this.componentsBySelector[component.selector] = component;
-      this.componentsByName[component.name] = component;
-
-      component.properties.forEach((propertyKey: string): void => {
-        if (!component.template.includes(`{{${propertyKey}}}`)) {
-          throw new DyFM_Error({
-            ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
-              'loadComponent',
-              new Error(
-                `TemplateProperty missing from template! (${propertyKey} for ${component.name})`
-              ),
-              'SYSTEM'
-            ),
-    
-            errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-LC5`,
-            additionalContent: component.template,
-          });
-        }
-      });
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw new DyFM_Error({
-        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('loadComponent', error, 'SYSTEM'),
-
-        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-LC0`,
-        message: `loadComponent failed! (${component.name})`,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  private async readFile(path: string, nameOfTarget: string): Promise<string> {
-    return await new Promise<string>((resolve, reject): void => {
-      FileSystem.readFile(path, 'utf8' , (err, template): void => {
-        if (err || !template) {
-          err ??= new Error(
-            `Couldn't load email component's template; \n  ${nameOfTarget} ` + 
-            `\n  from ${path}`
-          );
-
-          reject(
-            new DyFM_Error({
-              ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('loadTemplate', err, 'SYSTEM'),
-
-              errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-LC3`,
-            })
-          );
-
-          return;
-        }
-        
-        resolve(template);
-      });
-    });
-  }
-
-  private connectComponents(): void {
-    try {
-      for (const componentSelector in this.componentsBySelector) {
-        this.componentsBySelector[componentSelector].subComponentSelectors = [];
-
-        const innerTags: string[] = 
-          this.componentsBySelector[componentSelector].template.split('<nts-');
-
-        innerTags.shift();
-        innerTags.forEach(
-          (subComponents: string): void => {
-            const subComponentSelector = subComponents.split('>')[0].split(' ')[0];
-
-            if (subComponentSelector !== 'content') {
-              const fullSelector = 'nts-' + subComponentSelector;
-  
-              if (fullSelector) {
-                if (!this.componentsBySelector[subComponentSelector]) {
-                  throw new DyFM_Error({
-                    ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
-                      'connectComponents',
-                      new Error(`SubComponent missing from components! (${fullSelector})`),
-                      'SYSTEM'
-                    ),
-
-                    errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-CC1`,
-                    additionalContent: {
-                      availableComponenets: Object.keys(this.componentsBySelector),
-                    },
-                  });
-                }
-  
-                this.componentsBySelector[componentSelector].subComponentSelectors.push(
-                  subComponentSelector
-                );
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        );
-      }
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw new DyFM_Error({
-        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('connectComponents', error, 'SYSTEM'),
-
-        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-CC0`,
-        message: `connectComponents failed!`,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * 
-   * @param template 
-   * @returns 
-   */
-  private getTemplatePropertyKeys(template: string): string[] {
-    try {
-      const propertyKeys: string[] = [];
-      let propertyOpenTagIndex = template.indexOf('{{');
-      let propertyCloseTagIndex = template.indexOf('}}', propertyOpenTagIndex + 2);
-
-      while (propertyOpenTagIndex >= 0) {
-        if (propertyCloseTagIndex === -1) {
-          DyFM_Log.error(
-            `\nDyNTS_EmailService ERROR, missing closing tag from email template! ` +
-            `(${propertyOpenTagIndex} -)`, 
-            propertyKeys
-          );
-
-          throw new DyFM_Error({ 
-            errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-200`,
-            addECToUserMsg: true,
-            message: `ERROR, missing closing tag from email template! (${propertyOpenTagIndex} -)`,
-            userMessage: this.defaultErrorUserMsg,
-          });
-        }
-
-        const newKey: string = template.substring(propertyOpenTagIndex + 2, propertyCloseTagIndex);
-
-        if (!propertyKeys.includes(newKey)) {
-          propertyKeys.push(newKey);
-        }
-
-        // KELLEZIDE?
-        propertyOpenTagIndex = template.indexOf('{{', propertyOpenTagIndex + 2);
-        propertyCloseTagIndex = template.indexOf('}}', propertyOpenTagIndex + 2);
-      }
-      // console.log('\n\n\nTEST propertyKeys: ', propertyKeys);
-
-      return propertyKeys;
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw new DyFM_Error({
-        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('getTemplatePropertyKeys', error, 'SYSTEM'),
-
-        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-GTPK0`,
-        message: `getTemplatePropertyKeys failed!`,
-        additionalContent: template,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-    
-  private _getDefaultErrorSettings(
-    fnName: string, 
-    error: DyFM_AnyError, 
-    issuer: string
-  ): DyFM_Error_Settings {
-    return {
-      status: (error as DyFM_Error)?.___status ?? 500,
-      message: (error as Error)?.message ?? 
-        (error as DyFM_Error)?._message ??
-        `${fnName} was UNSUCCESSFUL (NTS; ${this.serviceName})`,
-      addECToUserMsg: !(error as DyFM_Error)?.__userMessage,
-      userMessage: (error as DyFM_Error)?.__userMessage ?? this.defaultErrorUserMsg,
-      issuer: issuer,
-      issuerService: this.serviceName,
-      error: error,
-    };
-  }
-  
-  protected getDefaultErrorSettings(
-    fnName: string, 
-    error: DyFM_AnyError,
-    issuer: string,
-    /** @deprecated we wont support the separate user message in the future, use the message instead */
-    useMessageAsUserMessage: boolean = true,
-  ): DyFM_Error_Settings {
-    return {
-      status: (error as DyFM_Error)?.___status ?? 500,
-      message: (error as Error)?.message ?? 
-        (error as DyFM_Error)?._message ??
-        `${fnName} was UNSUCCESSFUL (${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName})`,
-      addECToUserMsg: !(error as DyFM_Error)?.__userMessage,
-      userMessage: (error as DyFM_Error)?.__userMessage ?? 
-        (useMessageAsUserMessage ? (error as Error)?.message : this.defaultErrorUserMsg),
-      issuer: issuer,
-      issuerService: this.constructor?.name,
-      error: error,
-    };
-  }
-}
+
+import * as FileSystem from 'fs';
+import * as NodeMailer from 'nodemailer';
+
+import { Attachment, Options as MailOptions } from 'nodemailer/lib/mailer';
+
+import {
+  DyFM_AnyError, DyFM_Array, DyFM_Error, DyFM_Error_Settings, DyFM_Log
+} from '@futdevpro/fsm-dynamo';
+import { DyNTS_global_settings } from '../../_collections/global-settings.const';
+
+export interface DyNTS_EmailService_Settings {
+  host: string,
+  port: number,
+  email: string,
+  pass: string,
+  senderName: string,
+  rootPath: string,
+  templateComponents?: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent[],
+}
+
+export class DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent {
+  name: string;
+  selector: string;
+
+  templatePath?: string;
+  template?: string;
+
+  stylePath?: string;
+  styles?: string;
+
+  headerLinks?: string = '';
+
+  properties?: string[] = [];
+  subComponentSelectors?: string[] = [];
+
+  constructor(
+    set?: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent
+  ) {    
+    if (set) {
+      Object.assign(this, set);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export interface DyNTS_SendEmail_Settings<T = { [propertyKey: string]: string; }> {
+  to: string;
+  subject: string;
+  /** direct email content, if provided, this will be used */
+  content?: string;
+
+  templateComponentName?: string;
+  templateProperties?: T;
+
+  attachments?: Attachment[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+export class DyNTS_EmailService /* extends DyNTS_SingletonService */ {
+  serviceName: string;
+
+  private readonly nmTransporter: NodeMailer.Transporter;
+  private readonly senderName: string;
+  private readonly senderNEmail: string;
+  
+  private readonly components: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent[] = [];
+  private readonly componentsBySelector: {
+    [selector: string]: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent
+  } = {};
+  private readonly componentsByName: {
+    [componentName: string]: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent
+  } = {};
+
+  private readonly styleLimitWarning: number = 16;
+
+  readonly defaultErrorUserMsg = 
+    `We encountered an uncaught Email Service Error, ` +
+    `\nplease contact the responsible development team.`;
+  
+  constructor (
+    set: DyNTS_EmailService_Settings
+  ) {
+    this.serviceName = this.constructor?.name;
+    this.senderName = set.senderName;
+    this.senderNEmail = `${set.senderName} <${set.email}>`;
+    this.nmTransporter = NodeMailer.createTransport({
+      host: set.host,
+      port: set.port,
+      auth: {
+        user: set.email,
+        pass: set.pass,
+      },
+    });
+
+    this.components = set.templateComponents ?? [];
+  }
+
+  async asyncPostConstruct(): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      if (this.components) {
+        await DyFM_Array.asyncForEach(
+          this.components,
+          async (component: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent): Promise<void> => {
+            await this.loadEmailTemplateComponent(component);
+          }
+        );
+
+        this.connectComponents();
+      }
+
+      DyFM_Log.success(`\nEmailService construction (${this.senderName}) Finished!`); 
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw new DyFM_Error({
+        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('asyncPostConstruct', error, 'SYSTEM'),
+
+        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-APC0`,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * 
+   * @param set 
+   */
+  public async sendEmail<T>(
+    set: DyNTS_SendEmail_Settings<T>, 
+    issuer: string
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      let content: string;
+
+      if (set.content) {
+        content = set.content; 
+
+      } else {
+        if (!set.templateComponentName) {
+          throw new DyFM_Error({ 
+            ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
+              'sendEmail',
+              new Error(`No email template component is given!`),
+              issuer
+            ),
+
+            errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SE1`,
+          });
+        }
+
+        if (!this.componentsByName[set.templateComponentName]) {
+          throw new DyFM_Error({ 
+            ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
+              'sendEmail',
+              new Error(
+                `No email template component found with this name! (${set.templateComponentName})`
+              ),
+              issuer
+            ),
+
+            errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SE2`,
+            additionalContent: {
+              availableComponenets: Object.keys(this.componentsByName),
+            },
+          });
+        }
+
+        content = await this.compileTemplateComponent(
+          set.templateComponentName, 
+          set.templateProperties, 
+          issuer
+        );
+      }
+
+      const mailOptions: MailOptions = {
+        from: this.senderNEmail,
+        to: set.to,
+        subject: set.subject,
+        html: content,
+        attachments: set.attachments,
+      };
+
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject): void => { 
+        this.nmTransporter.sendMail(mailOptions, (error): void => { 
+          if (error) {
+            reject(error);
+          } else {
+            resolve();
+          }
+        });
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      if ((error as Error).message?.includes?.('all recipients were rejected')) {
+        throw new DyFM_Error({
+          ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('sendEmail', error, issuer),
+
+          addECToUserMsg: false,
+          errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SE4`,
+          userMessage: `Can't send mail to ${set.to}!`,
+          message: `sendEmail failed to ${set.to}`,
+        });
+
+      } else {
+        throw new DyFM_Error({ 
+          ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('sendEmail', error, issuer),
+
+          errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SE0`,
+          message: `sendEmail failed to ${set.to}`,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async compileTemplateComponent<T>(
+    componentName: string, 
+    componentProperties:T, 
+    issuer: string
+  ): Promise<string> {
+    try {
+      if (!this.componentsByName[componentName]) {
+        throw new DyFM_Error({
+          ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
+            'setupComponent',
+            new Error(`No email component found with this name! (${componentName})`),
+            issuer
+          ),
+
+          errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SC1`,
+          additionalContent: {
+            availableComponents: Object.keys(this.componentsByName),
+          },
+        });
+      }
+
+      const component: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent = this.componentsByName[componentName];
+      let template: string = this.compileHTMLMainFrame(component);
+
+      template = template.replace('<nts-content>', '');
+      template = await this.compileComponentProperties<T>(
+        component, 
+        componentProperties, 
+        template, 
+        issuer
+      );
+
+      await DyFM_Array.asyncForEach(
+        component.subComponentSelectors,
+        async (subComponentSelector: string): Promise<void> => {
+          while (template.includes(`<nts-${subComponentSelector}`)) {
+            template = await this.compileSubComponent<T>(
+              subComponentSelector, componentProperties, template, issuer
+            );
+          }
+        }
+      );
+
+      template = this.templateTrim(template);
+      
+      return template;
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw new DyFM_Error({
+        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('setupComponent', error, issuer),
+
+        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SC0`,
+        message: `setupComponent failed! (${componentName})`,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private compileHTMLMainFrame(component: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent): string {
+    const allLinks: string[] = [];
+    const allStyles: string[] = [];
+
+    if (component.headerLinks) {
+      allLinks.push(component.headerLinks);
+    }
+
+    if (component.styles) {
+      allStyles.push(component.styles);
+    }
+
+    component.subComponentSelectors.forEach((subComponentSelector: string): void => {
+      const subComponent: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent = 
+        this.componentsBySelector[subComponentSelector];
+
+      if (subComponent.headerLinks) {
+        allLinks.push(subComponent.headerLinks.trim());
+      }
+
+      if (subComponent.styles) {
+        allStyles.push(subComponent.styles.trim());
+      }
+    });
+
+    const styles = this.styleTrim(allStyles.join(''));
+    const styleSize = this.getStringKBSize(styles);
+
+    if (this.styleLimitWarning < styleSize) {
+      DyFM_Log.warn(
+        `\nDynamoNTS EmailService WARNING (${this.serviceName}), ` +
+        `\nEmail template styles are too big! (${styleSize}KB)` + 
+        `\ncomponent: ${component.name} (${component.selector})` +
+        `\nSome email clients may not support this!` +
+        `\nThe limit is ${this.styleLimitWarning}KB!`
+      );
+    }
+
+    return  `\n<!DOCTYPE html>` +
+            `\n<html>` +
+            `\n  <head>` +
+            `\n    ${allLinks.join('')}` +
+            `\n` +
+            `\n    <style>` +
+            `\n      ${styles}` +
+            `\n    </style>` +
+            `\n  </head>` +
+            `\n  <body>` +
+            `\n    ${component.template}` +
+            `\n  </body>` +
+            `\n</html> `;
+  }
+
+  /** trims all rows and remove everything between /*...*\/  */
+  private styleTrim(style: string): string {
+    let result: string = style?.split('\n').map((row: string): string => row.trim()).join('');
+
+    while (result?.includes('/*')) {
+      const start = result.indexOf('/*');
+      const end = result.indexOf('*/', start) + 2;
+
+      result = result.substring(0, start) + result.substring(end);
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  /** removes HTML comments */
+  private templateTrim(template: string): string {
+    let result: string = template;
+
+    while (result.includes('<!--')) {
+      const start = result.indexOf('<!--');
+      const end = result.indexOf('-->', start) + 3;
+
+      result = result.substring(0, start) + result.substring(end);
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
+
+  private getStringKBSize(str: string): number {
+    const b: number = str.length * 2;
+
+    return b / 1024;
+  }
+
+  private async compileComponentProperties<T>(
+    component: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent, 
+    componentProperties: T, 
+    template: string, 
+    issuer: string
+  ): Promise<string> {
+    try {
+      component.properties.forEach((propertyKey: string): void => {
+        if (!componentProperties[propertyKey]) {
+          throw new DyFM_Error({
+            ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
+              'setupComponent',
+              new Error(
+                `ComponentProperty missing from input! "${propertyKey}" for "${component.name}"`
+              ),
+              issuer
+            ),
+
+            errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SC4`,
+            additionalContent: {
+              componentProperties: Object.keys(componentProperties),
+            },
+          });
+        }
+
+        const propReg = new RegExp(`{{${propertyKey}}}`, 'g');
+
+        template = template.replace(propReg, componentProperties[propertyKey]);
+      });
+
+      return template;
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw new DyFM_Error({
+        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('setupComponent', error, issuer),
+
+        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SC3`,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async compileSubComponent<T>(
+    subComponentSelector: string, 
+    componentProperties: T,
+    template: string,
+    issuer: string
+  ): Promise<string> {
+
+    const subComponent: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent = 
+      this.componentsBySelector[subComponentSelector];
+
+    if (!subComponent) {
+      throw new DyFM_Error({
+        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
+          'setupComponent',
+          new Error(`SubComponent missing from components! "${subComponentSelector}"`),
+          issuer
+        ),
+
+        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-SC2`,
+        additionalContent: this.componentsBySelector,
+      });
+    }
+
+    let subComponentTemplate: string = subComponent.template;
+    const startTag = `<nts-${subComponent.selector}`;
+    const endTag = `</nts-${subComponent.selector}>`;
+    const tagHTMLProperties: string = 
+      template.split(startTag)[1].split('>')[0];
+    let componentContent: string;
+
+    if (!tagHTMLProperties) {
+      componentContent = template.split(`${startTag}>`)[1].split(endTag)[0];
+    } else {
+      componentContent = template.split(startTag)[1].split('>')[1].split(endTag)[0];
+    }
+
+    const contentReg = new RegExp(`<nts-content>`, 'g');
+
+    subComponentTemplate = subComponentTemplate.replace(contentReg, componentContent);
+    subComponentTemplate = await this.compileComponentProperties<T>(
+      subComponent, 
+      componentProperties, 
+      subComponentTemplate, 
+      issuer
+    );
+
+    const startTagReg = new RegExp(startTag, 'g');
+    const endTagReg = new RegExp(endTag, 'g');
+
+    template = template.replace(startTagReg, '<div');
+    template = template.replace(componentContent, subComponentTemplate);
+    template = template.replace(endTagReg, '</div>');
+
+    /* while (template.includes(`<nts-${subComponent.selector}`)) {
+      const replaceStartIndex = template.indexOf(`<nts-${subComponent.selector}`);
+      const replaceEndIndex = template.indexOf(endTag, replaceStartIndex) + endTag.length;
+
+      template =
+        template.substring(0, replaceStartIndex) +
+        subComponentCompiled +
+        template.substring(replaceEndIndex);
+    } */
+
+    return template;
+  }
+
+  private async loadEmailTemplateComponent(component: DyNTS_EmailTemplateComponent): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      if (this.componentsBySelector[component.selector]) {
+        DyFM_Log.warn(
+          `Email component already loaded! (it will be skipped) "${component.selector}"`
+        );
+        
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (!component.templatePath && !component.template) {
+        throw new DyFM_Error({
+          ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
+            'loadComponent', 
+            new Error(`Component missing template and templatePath! "${component.name}"`), 
+            'SYSTEM'
+          ),
+
+          errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-LC2`,
+          additionalContent: {
+            component: component,
+          },
+        });
+      }
+
+      if (!component.template) {
+        component.template = await this.readFile(component.templatePath, component.name).catch(
+          async (error: DyFM_Error): Promise<string> => {
+
+            if (DyNTS_global_settings.autoResearchIssues) {
+              // read folder contents, read parent folder contents
+              const folderContents = FileSystem.readdirSync(
+                component.templatePath.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/')
+              );
+              const parentFolderContents = FileSystem.readdirSync(
+                component.templatePath.split('/').slice(0, -2).join('/')
+              );
+
+              DyFM_Log.testWarn(
+                `DynamoNTS EmailService WARNING, couldn't load email component's template; ` +
+                `\n(${component.name} from ${component.templatePath})` +
+                `\n  folder contents: \n    ${folderContents.join(', \n    ')}` +
+                `\n  parent folder contents: \n    ${parentFolderContents.join(', \n   ')}`
+              );
+            } else {
+              DyFM_Log.error(
+                `\nDynamoNTS EmailService ERROR, couldn't load email component's template; ` +
+                `\n(${component.name} from ${component.templatePath})`
+              );
+            }
+
+            throw error;
+          }
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (component.stylePath) {
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject): void => {
+          FileSystem.readFile(component.stylePath, 'utf8' , (err, styles): void => {
+            if (err || !styles) {
+              if (!err) {
+                err = new Error(
+                  `Couldn't load email component's styles; ${component.name} ` + 
+                  `from ${component.stylePath}`
+                );
+              }
+
+              reject(
+                new DyFM_Error({
+                  ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('loadTemplate', err, 'SYSTEM'),
+
+                  errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-LC4`,
+                })
+              );
+
+              return;
+            }
+
+            component.styles = styles;
+            
+            resolve();
+          });
+        });
+      }
+
+      component.properties = this.getTemplatePropertyKeys(component.template);
+      this.componentsBySelector[component.selector] = component;
+      this.componentsByName[component.name] = component;
+
+      component.properties.forEach((propertyKey: string): void => {
+        if (!component.template.includes(`{{${propertyKey}}}`)) {
+          throw new DyFM_Error({
+            ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
+              'loadComponent',
+              new Error(
+                `TemplateProperty missing from template! (${propertyKey} for ${component.name})`
+              ),
+              'SYSTEM'
+            ),
+    
+            errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-LC5`,
+            additionalContent: component.template,
+          });
+        }
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw new DyFM_Error({
+        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('loadComponent', error, 'SYSTEM'),
+
+        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-LC0`,
+        message: `loadComponent failed! (${component.name})`,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async readFile(path: string, nameOfTarget: string): Promise<string> {
+    return await new Promise<string>((resolve, reject): void => {
+      FileSystem.readFile(path, 'utf8' , (err, template): void => {
+        if (err || !template) {
+          err ??= new Error(
+            `Couldn't load email component's template; \n  ${nameOfTarget} ` + 
+            `\n  from ${path}`
+          );
+
+          reject(
+            new DyFM_Error({
+              ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('loadTemplate', err, 'SYSTEM'),
+
+              errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-LC3`,
+            })
+          );
+
+          return;
+        }
+        
+        resolve(template);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  private connectComponents(): void {
+    try {
+      for (const componentSelector in this.componentsBySelector) {
+        this.componentsBySelector[componentSelector].subComponentSelectors = [];
+
+        const innerTags: string[] = 
+          this.componentsBySelector[componentSelector].template.split('<nts-');
+
+        innerTags.shift();
+        innerTags.forEach(
+          (subComponents: string): void => {
+            const subComponentSelector = subComponents.split('>')[0].split(' ')[0];
+
+            if (subComponentSelector !== 'content') {
+              const fullSelector = 'nts-' + subComponentSelector;
+  
+              if (fullSelector) {
+                if (!this.componentsBySelector[subComponentSelector]) {
+                  throw new DyFM_Error({
+                    ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings(
+                      'connectComponents',
+                      new Error(`SubComponent missing from components! (${fullSelector})`),
+                      'SYSTEM'
+                    ),
+
+                    errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-CC1`,
+                    additionalContent: {
+                      availableComponenets: Object.keys(this.componentsBySelector),
+                    },
+                  });
+                }
+  
+                this.componentsBySelector[componentSelector].subComponentSelectors.push(
+                  subComponentSelector
+                );
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        );
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw new DyFM_Error({
+        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('connectComponents', error, 'SYSTEM'),
+
+        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-CC0`,
+        message: `connectComponents failed!`,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * 
+   * @param template 
+   * @returns 
+   */
+  private getTemplatePropertyKeys(template: string): string[] {
+    try {
+      const propertyKeys: string[] = [];
+      let propertyOpenTagIndex = template.indexOf('{{');
+      let propertyCloseTagIndex = template.indexOf('}}', propertyOpenTagIndex + 2);
+
+      while (propertyOpenTagIndex >= 0) {
+        if (propertyCloseTagIndex === -1) {
+          DyFM_Log.error(
+            `\nDyNTS_EmailService ERROR, missing closing tag from email template! ` +
+            `(${propertyOpenTagIndex} -)`, 
+            propertyKeys
+          );
+
+          throw new DyFM_Error({ 
+            errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-200`,
+            addECToUserMsg: true,
+            message: `ERROR, missing closing tag from email template! (${propertyOpenTagIndex} -)`,
+            userMessage: this.defaultErrorUserMsg,
+          });
+        }
+
+        const newKey: string = template.substring(propertyOpenTagIndex + 2, propertyCloseTagIndex);
+
+        if (!propertyKeys.includes(newKey)) {
+          propertyKeys.push(newKey);
+        }
+
+        // KELLEZIDE?
+        propertyOpenTagIndex = template.indexOf('{{', propertyOpenTagIndex + 2);
+        propertyCloseTagIndex = template.indexOf('}}', propertyOpenTagIndex + 2);
+      }
+      // console.log('\n\n\nTEST propertyKeys: ', propertyKeys);
+
+      return propertyKeys;
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw new DyFM_Error({
+        ...this._getDefaultErrorSettings('getTemplatePropertyKeys', error, 'SYSTEM'),
+
+        errorCode: `${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName}|DyNTS-ES0-GTPK0`,
+        message: `getTemplatePropertyKeys failed!`,
+        additionalContent: template,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+    
+  private _getDefaultErrorSettings(
+    fnName: string, 
+    error: DyFM_AnyError, 
+    issuer: string
+  ): DyFM_Error_Settings {
+    return {
+      status: (error as DyFM_Error)?.___status ?? 500,
+      message: (error as Error)?.message ?? 
+        (error as DyFM_Error)?._message ??
+        `${fnName} was UNSUCCESSFUL (NTS; ${this.serviceName})`,
+      addECToUserMsg: !(error as DyFM_Error)?.__userMessage,
+      userMessage: (error as DyFM_Error)?.__userMessage ?? this.defaultErrorUserMsg,
+      issuer: issuer,
+      issuerService: this.serviceName,
+      error: error,
+    };
+  }
+  
+  protected getDefaultErrorSettings(
+    fnName: string, 
+    error: DyFM_AnyError,
+    issuer: string,
+    /** @deprecated we wont support the separate user message in the future, use the message instead */
+    useMessageAsUserMessage: boolean = true,
+  ): DyFM_Error_Settings {
+    return {
+      status: (error as DyFM_Error)?.___status ?? 500,
+      message: (error as Error)?.message ?? 
+        (error as DyFM_Error)?._message ??
+        `${fnName} was UNSUCCESSFUL (${DyNTS_global_settings.systemShortCodeName})`,
+      addECToUserMsg: !(error as DyFM_Error)?.__userMessage,
+      userMessage: (error as DyFM_Error)?.__userMessage ?? 
+        (useMessageAsUserMessage ? (error as Error)?.message : this.defaultErrorUserMsg),
+      issuer: issuer,
+      issuerService: this.constructor?.name,
+      error: error,
+    };
+  }
+}