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Aditya Rawas
Aditya Rawas

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Send Email using Node.js

#node #javascript #nodemailer

Want to send email using node.js ??,
Its simple here are some steps that will allow you to send email using node.js using nodemailer.

STEP 1 - Install nodemailer

Use following command to install nodemailer

npm install nodemailer
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STEP 2 - Create Transporter

import nodemailer and create transporter

var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

let transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
    service: 'gmail' // here I am using gmail service
    auth:{
       user: 'emailid@gmail.com,
       passoword: 'your gmail app passsword'

    }
});
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Remember the password you are going to use is not the password for email rather you will have to generate application password provided by gmail. Click here to see how to generate application password

STEP 3 - Create Options 

let mailOptions = {
  to: 'myfriend@yahoo.com',
  subject: 'Sending Email using Node.js',
  text: 'That was easy!'
};
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STEP 4 - Send Email 

transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function(error, info){
  if (error) {
    console.log(error);
  } else {
    console.log('Email sent: ' + info.response);
  }
});
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Steve Lebleu •

Thanks for sharing ! Here a package which can help with email sending in node.js environment. One library for many providers.

GitHub logo konfer-be / cliam

Agnostic transactional email sending in Node.js environment

Cliam

Build Status Coverage Status CodeFactor Grade Requires.io (branch) GPL Licence

Transactional emails with a kick

Agnostic transactional email sending in Node.js environment 💥 💪 💊

> Why ?

To improve and facilitate the implementation, flexibility and maintenance of transactional emailing tasks.

> Features

  • Agnostic transactional email sending using web API or SMTP server. One input, one output.
  • Configuration based, not implementation based : easy switch between different modes.
  • Normalized transactions events.
  • Securized payloads.
  • Customisable default templates.

> Table of contents

> Requirements

  • Node.js >= 14.16.0
  • NPM >= 6.14.11

> Getting started

Install

> npm i cliam --save
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Configure

Create a .cliamrc.json file on the root of your project.

> touch .cliamrc.json
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Define a minimalist configuration in .cliamrc.json newly created:

{
  "consumer": {
    "domain": "https://www.john-doe.com"
  }
  "mode": {
    "api": {
      "name": "YOUR_PROVIDER",
      "credentials": {
        "apiKey":
…
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Aditya Rawas •

Thanks for sharing

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