# Node-Red Sending Unencoded text or filenames over email Instead of photos

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**Created:** [15 June 2019 13:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-sending-unencoded-text-or-filenames-over-email-instead-of-photos/12265 "2019-06-15T13:40:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![leftShark2019](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@leftShark2019](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/leftShark2019)\
**Post date:** [15 June 2019 13:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-sending-unencoded-text-or-filenames-over-email-instead-of-photos/12265/1 "2019-06-15T13:40:38Z")

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I've automated taking and storing photos with camerapi, I've automated the sending of emails, but I'm not certain how to Send camerapi photos over email.

Trying to follow this guide but not sure how to employ JSONata in my flow (See "Bart's" solution):  
[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/node-red/tvWErCxIFdA](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/node-red/tvWErCxIFdA)

Here is my flow:

```auto
[{"id":"2fa4e827.95b238","type":"tab","label":"Flow 1","disabled":false,"info":""},{"id":"7a8689aa.048a08","type":"camerapi-takephoto","z":"2fa4e827.95b238","filemode":"2","filename":"photo1.JPEG","filedefpath":"1","filepath":"","fileformat":"jpeg","resolution":"2","rotation":"0","fliph":"0","flipv":"0","brightness":"50","contrast":"0","sharpness":"0","quality":"80","imageeffect":"none","exposuremode":"auto","iso":"0","agcwait":"1.0","led":"0","awb":"auto","name":"","x":120,"y":200,"wires":[["ba8c5f04.87f7f","5fd26d96.08c704","ff429449.2c49e8","3d347ad9.d8d476","80f12bbd.4e46d8"]]},{"id":"ba8c5f04.87f7f","type":"debug","z":"2fa4e827.95b238","name":"","active":false,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","x":570,"y":60,"wires":[]},{"id":"73cec9b1.2686e8","type":"inject","z":"2fa4e827.95b238","name":"","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","repeat":"30","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":110,"y":100,"wires":[["7a8689aa.048a08"]]},{"id":"73415897.980618","type":"debug","z":"2fa4e827.95b238","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","x":610,"y":260,"wires":[]},{"id":"f150943f.0c2128","type":"e-mail","z":"2fa4e827.95b238","server":"smtp.gmail.com","port":"465","secure":true,"tls":true,"name":"devbuild2018@gmail.com","dname":"","x":670,"y":480,"wires":[]},{"id":"5fd26d96.08c704","type":"change","z":"2fa4e827.95b238","name":"","rules":[{"t":"change","p":"payload","pt":"msg","from":"","fromt":"str","to":"","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":320,"y":300,"wires":[["73415897.980618","f150943f.0c2128"]]},{"id":"ff429449.2c49e8","type":"change","z":"2fa4e827.95b238","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":310,"y":340,"wires":[["c3eaa5bd.4650b8","f150943f.0c2128"]]},{"id":"c3eaa5bd.4650b8","type":"debug","z":"2fa4e827.95b238","name":"","active":false,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","x":610,"y":320,"wires":[]},{"id":"3d347ad9.d8d476","type":"change","z":"2fa4e827.95b238","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":310,"y":400,"wires":[["97ae27cd.bd0158","f150943f.0c2128"]]},{"id":"97ae27cd.bd0158","type":"debug","z":"2fa4e827.95b238","name":"","active":false,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","x":630,"y":380,"wires":[]},{"id":"80f12bbd.4e46d8","type":"function","z":"2fa4e827.95b238","name":"flow 1: setup mail content","func":"msg = {\n payload : \"Test photo sending \" + new Date().toString(),\n topic : \"Next Photo\"\n}\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":330,"y":260,"wires":[["ca52b88a.e69fb8","f150943f.0c2128"]]},{"id":"ca52b88a.e69fb8","type":"debug","z":"2fa4e827.95b238","name":"","active":false,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","x":590,"y":160,"wires":[]}]

```

I tried following the example here:  
[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/node-red/wBV-5Y\_9ZIU](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/node-red/wBV-5Y_9ZIU)

But all I get is a JSON string in the email.

```auto
[{"id":"b03b14a6.17b598","type":"tab","label":"Flow 2","disabled":false,"info":""},{"id":"6a7a8574.dd7cbc","type":"inject","z":"b03b14a6.17b598","name":"","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","repeat":"7","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":90,"y":140,"wires":[["e35b65d3.befc38"]]},{"id":"e35b65d3.befc38","type":"camerapi-takephoto","z":"b03b14a6.17b598","filemode":"1","filename":"photo1.JPEG","filedefpath":"0","filepath":"/home/pi/Desktop/Demo","fileformat":"jpeg","resolution":"1","rotation":"0","fliph":"0","flipv":"0","brightness":"50","contrast":"0","sharpness":"0","quality":"80","imageeffect":"none","exposuremode":"auto","iso":"0","agcwait":"1.0","led":"0","awb":"auto","name":"","x":280,"y":160,"wires":[["81f10993.70a368","a70dc83e.de41c8"]]},{"id":"9f1fab58.0710e8","type":"e-mail","z":"b03b14a6.17b598","server":"smtp.gmail.com","port":"465","secure":true,"tls":true,"name":"testmaker2020@gmail.com","dname":"","x":630,"y":300,"wires":[]},{"id":"81f10993.70a368","type":"function","z":"b03b14a6.17b598","name":"","func":"msg.payload={};\nmsg.payload.type=\"photo\";\nmsg.payload.caption=\"Next photo in sequence\";\nmsg.payload.content=\"/home/pi/Desktop/Demophoto1.JPEG\";\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":400,"y":260,"wires":[["9f1fab58.0710e8","bc4f7f04.4a5a2"]]},{"id":"a70dc83e.de41c8","type":"debug","z":"b03b14a6.17b598","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","x":500,"y":160,"wires":[]},{"id":"bc4f7f04.4a5a2","type":"debug","z":"b03b14a6.17b598","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","x":560,"y":240,"wires":[]}]

```

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [15 June 2019 13:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-sending-unencoded-text-or-filenames-over-email-instead-of-photos/12265/2 "2019-06-15T13:57:12Z")

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Please read this post on how to properly share flows and code in the forum: [How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506)

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