var options = { format: 'A4',
  "phantomPath": "./node_modules/phantomjs/bin/phantomjs", // PhantomJS binary which should get downloaded automatically
   "phantomArgs": [], // array of strings used as phantomjs args e.g. ["--ignore-ssl-errors=yes"]
   // "script": '/url',           // Absolute path to a custom phantomjs script, use the file in lib/scripts as example
   // File options
    "base": 'file://' + p,
   "timeout": 30000,           // Timeout that will cancel phantomjs, in milliseconds
  };

  console.log("generating pdf")
  var date = (new Date()).getTime();
  var pdfname = date +'-'+req.body.firstname+'_'+req.body.lastname +'.pdf';
  pdf.create(html, options).toFile('./uploads/applications/'+ pdfname, function(err, res) {
    if (err) return console.log(err);
    console.log(res); // Print pdf string
  });

  var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
    host: "smtp-mail.outlook.com", // hostname
    secureConnection: false, // TLS requires secureConnection to be false
    port: 587, // port for secure SMTP
    auth: {
        user: "demo@outlook.com",
        pass: "password"
    },
    tls: {
        ciphers:'SSLv3'
    }
  });

  //send email to manager
  var mailOptions = {
    from: 'demo@outlook.com',
    to: 'demo@outlook.com',
    subject: '** New Application from '+req.body.firstname+' '+req.body.lastname + ' **',
    text: 'You have a new application from '+req.body.firstname+' '+req.body.lastname,
    attachments: [
        {   // file on disk as an attachment
          filename: pdfname,
          path: './uploads/applications/'+ pdfname // stream this file
        }
      ]
    }

    transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function(error, info){
        if(error){
            return console.log(error);
        }
        console.log('Message sent: ' + info.response);
    });