Having some trouble getting merge vars working with this package

[rfines]

I have been trying to send some simple template emails, and none of the merge vars are getting passed through to the template. Can you give me some guidance? I have my sendTemplate call set up like this:

sendTemplatedEmail: function(to, merge_vars, template_slug, template_content){
/*
  Sends an email using Mandrill and a Mandrill template.
  @Params:
    to: email of recipient
    merge_vars: array of key/value pairs to inject into email tmeplate
    template_slug: "vendorinvite" or "exhibitorinvite" or "outsideinvite"
    EXAMPLE:
    [
        {
            "rcpt": "email@example.com",
            "vars": [
                {
                    "name": "fname",
                    "content": "John"
                },
                {
                    "name": "lname",
                    "content": "Smith"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],

    template_content: array of objects to be injected into the template
    [
        {}
    ]

*/
console.log(to);
console.log(merge_vars[0].vars);
this.unblock();
var templName = template_slug || 'vendorinvite'
var globals = [];
return Meteor.Mandrill.sendTemplate({

          template_name: templName,
          template_content: template_content,
          message: {
              global_merge_vars: globals,
              merge_vars:merge_vars,
              to: [{"email": to}
              ]
          }
      });
}

with the merge_vars looking like this:

[ { name: 'exhibitorname', content: 'ExhibitMe' },
  { name: 'showname', content: 'Show Name' },
  { name: 'associationname', content: 'Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology' },
  { name: 'emailmessage', content: 'asfa' },
  { name: 'invitelink',content:'http://localhost:3000/shows/mrj5xMKEohfkpCNkr/invites/nayuJfJBXCHGP58Bw' }
]

I have a pretty basic template set up in mandrill but when I send this email out, I get a bunch of merge var tags and not the desired content.

Here is an example of the merge tag definitions in the template:

You have been invited to *|showname|* by *|associationname|*.

Can you help me out??

[danieljonce]

Looks like maybe you're missing the "rcpt": {} and "vars": {} objects in the array you're passing to merge_vars. I think Mandrill's merge_vars is expecting something more like:

"merge_vars":[ { "rcpt": {}, "vars": {} ]

where the vars object is a child of merge_vars and contains what you're currently passing directly to merge_vars. I'd recommend double checking the example API usage and making sure your structure matches what the merge_vars is expecting. Hope this helps!

[dandv]

The package has been rewritten from scratch to implement the full Mandrill API. Please see the release notes.

The tests now send templated messages with merge vars being successfully replaced.