Dynamically specify the 'To' email/recipient using Contact Form plugin

Question

I'm trying to leverage the Contact Form plugin so I can dynamically specify the To email/recipient (via a text input, not as a hidden field).

I've tried via my own plugin to tap into the beforeSend event and also via config (eg https://gist.github.com/cole007/e65f028cc58140ed3b0f6910fc9615d6).

However, the sent message always defaults to send to the recipient specified in the plugin settings. Any thoughts on how to resolve, or if this is indeed possible?

Answer 1

Reading the documentation it sounds like you should be able to specify toEmail using a text input. I'm guessing that it is using the default email because you aren't validating the email address first.

<input type="text" name="toEmail">

The plugin will get toEmail from the post request and validate it for use.

$toEmail = craft()->request->getPost('toEmail');
$toEmail = craft()->security->validateData($toEmail);