React open email client

React: Open Email Client

To open an email client in React, you can make use of the `mailto` link. The `mailto` link is a special type of link that allows users to compose an email using their default email client.

Example:

Let’s say you have a button that, when clicked, should open the user’s email client with a pre-filled email. Here’s how you can achieve that using React:

    
      import React from 'react';

      const OpenEmailClient = () => {
        const handleOpenEmailClient = () => {
          const emailAddress = 'example@example.com';
          const subject = 'Hello';
          const body = 'This is the body of the email';

          window.location.href = `mailto:${emailAddress}?subject=${encodeURIComponent(subject)}&body=${encodeURIComponent(body)}`;
        };

        return (
          <button onClick={handleOpenEmailClient}>Open Email Client</button>
        );
      };

      export default OpenEmailClient;
    
  

In the above example, we define a component called `OpenEmailClient` that renders a button. When the button is clicked, the `handleOpenEmailClient` function is called. Inside this function, we construct the `mailto` URL with the desired email address, subject, and body.

The `window.location.href` is then set to the `mailto` URL, triggering the email client to open with the provided details.

Note that we use `encodeURIComponent` to ensure that any special characters in the subject and body are properly encoded for the URL.