Can a lodash template be used in Node.js to send HTML version of an email? - node.js

Question

I am using Node.js to send a confirmation email when a user submits an order. I would like the email to include include all items that the user submits. The number of items will vary with each submission. I'd like the email body to include a table. Can a lodash template be used for this? Or should this be handled differently?
When I used the following code, the resulting email includes what I assume to be uncompiled code.
var tpl = _.template('<% _.forEach(items, function(item) { %><td><%- item %></td><% }); %>');
tpl({ 'items': ['Guitar', 'Harmonica'] });
var data = {
from: 'support#example.com',
to: email,
subject: 'Your Order Confirmation',
html: '<p>Thank you for submitting your order.</p>
<table>
<tr>
<thead>
<tr>
<th><strong>Items</strong></th>'
+ tpl +
// The template should insert each item here
// <td>Guitar</td>
// <td>Harmonica</td>
'</tr>
</thead>
</tr>
</table>'
};
Output in actual email sent:
function (obj) { obj || (obj = {}); var __t, __p = '', __e = _.escape,
__j = Array.prototype.join; function print() { __p +=
__j.call(arguments, '') } with (obj) { _.forEach(items,
function(item) { ; __p += ' ' + __e( item ) + ' '; }); ; } return
__p }

Answer 1

change:
tpl({ 'items': ['Guitar', 'Harmonica'] });
to
var html = tpl({ 'items': ['Guitar', 'Harmonica'] });
and
ng>Items</strong></th>'
+ tpl +
to
ng>Items</strong></th>'
+ html +
if you look at the docs at: https://lodash.com/docs#template
you will see the compiled function returns an output which you need to use.
You instead of using the output, you used the actual function itself.