How do I pass get request parameters to my Velocity Template to send mails

Question

I have a JSP and in that JSP I have a link which looks something like

http://mydomain.com/verify.do?email=emailid&id=123

Now when users clicks that link, it

Answer 1

The solution is the Velocity context. In your backing Java class or Velocity servlet, read in the parameters and put them in the context:

context.put("email", request.getParameter("email"));
context.put("id", request.getParameter("id"));

Then in your Velocity template you can reference them as $email and $id.