Intro
So we installed NodeJS on our machine.
We also know How to Get External Packages.
Now we want to learn how to send an email using nodemailer.
Write a simple script
- Open your terminal
- Create a file named
index.js:
touch index.js
- Add this JavaScript code into it:
// import nodemailer (after npm install nodemailer)
const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
// config for mailserver and mail, input your data
const config = {
mailserver: {
host: 'smtp.ethereal.email',
port: 587,
secure: false,
auth: {
user: 'yutfggtgifd7ixet@ethereal.email',
pass: 'tX29P4QNadD7kAG7x5'
}
},
mail: {
from: 'foo@example.com',
to: 'bar@example.com',
subject: 'Hey',
text: 'Testing Nodemailer'
}
};
const sendMail = async ({ mailserver, mail }) => {
// create a nodemailer transporter using smtp
let transporter = nodemailer.createTransport(mailserver);
// send mail using transporter
let info = await transporter.sendMail(mail);
console.log(`Preview: ${nodemailer.getTestMessageUrl(info)}`);
};
sendMail(config).catch(console.error);
Note: Nodemailer has a lot of available settings, therefore read the docs of nodemailer.
Run it from the terminal
- Run it:
node index.js
- Result:
Preview: https://ethereal.email/message/XWk2jZDkEStePsCvXWk60Yf74VUAhgNZAAAACQqQo2lpzFsxaciWAqd9ZjY
Further Reading
Questions
- What is your favorite way/package to send mails in Node?
- Do you automate some tasks with node emails?
Top comments (1)
Also take a look at mjml for creating emails that look consistent across numerous email clients with all their quirks. It’s an npm package and would work well in concert with nodemailer.