Pass user info to SSR html email - meteor

Question

I've created an email that sends when a button is clicked however I'm not sure how I take the users name and get it into the email. There is variable data emailData however that is on the server side. How do I get the users first name into the email?
Path: database schema
"profile": {
"firstName": "SomeGuy",
}
Path: server/email.js
// In your server code: define a method that the client can call
Meteor.methods({
sendEmail: function (to, from, subject, text) {
check([to, from, subject, text], [String]);
// Let other method calls from the same client start running,
// without waiting for the email sending to complete.
this.unblock();
SSR.compileTemplate( 'htmlEmail', Assets.getText( 'html-email.html' ) );
var emailData = {
name: "Doug Funny",
};
Email.send({
to: to,
from: from,
subject: subject,
html: SSR.render( 'htmlEmail', emailData )
});
}
});
Path: private/html-email.html
Hi {{name}},
This is a test email
Path: client/emailButton.js
Template.emailButton.events({
'click .send-email-button': function () {
Meteor.call('sendEmail',
'test#email.com',
'test#email.com',
'Hello from Meteor!',
'This is just some text. If removed this email send stops working');
}
});
UPDATE
Path: client/emailButton.js
'submit #myForm': function () {
var otheruserId = FlowRouter.getParam('id');
Meteor.call('sendEmail',
'test#email.com',
'Hello from Meteor!',
otheruserId);
}

Answer 1

If you want the username of user who made the request then you can use Meteor.user() or Meteor.userId() like this,
Meteor.methods({
sendEmail: function (to, from, subject, text) {
check([to, from, subject, text], [String]);
// Let other method calls from the same client start running,
// without waiting for the email sending to complete.
this.unblock();
SSR.compileTemplate( 'htmlEmail', Assets.getText( 'html-email.html' ) );
var user = Meteor.user();
// OR
// var userId = Meteor.userId();
// var user = Meteor.users.findOne({ _id: userId });
var emailData = {
name: (user && user.profile && user.profile.firstName) || ""
};
Email.send({
to: to,
from: from,
subject: subject,
html: SSR.render( 'htmlEmail', emailData )
});
}
});
UPDATE: If it is for different user
Since you have the other user's id on the client side, you need send that as a parameter to the Meteor.method. See the method below with additional parameter userId
Meteor.methods({
sendEmail: function (to, from, subject, text, userId) {
check([to, from, subject, text], [String]);
// Let other method calls from the same client start running,
// without waiting for the email sending to complete.
this.unblock();
SSR.compileTemplate( 'htmlEmail', Assets.getText( 'html-email.html' ) );
var user = Meteor.users.findOne({ _id: userId });
var emailData = {
name: (user && user.profile && user.profile.firstName) || ""
};
Email.send({
to: to,
from: from,
subject: subject,
html: SSR.render( 'htmlEmail', emailData )
});
}
});
Now on the client side, you can do,
Meteor.call("sendEmail", to, from , subject, text, otheruserId);