NodeJS 34: Send email from NodeJS using nodemailer

 NodeJS 34: Send email from NodeJS using nodemailer

Reference blog - https://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/nodejs_email.asp

Sendmail.js

"use strict";

const nodemailer = require("nodemailer");

// async..await is not allowed in global scope, must use a wrapper

async function main() {

// Generate test SMTP service account from ethereal.email

// Only needed if you don't have a real mail account for testing

//let testAccount = await nodemailer.createTestAccount();

//If we get this error - 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at\n535 5.7.8

//then we

//Need to turn on Less secure apps from this link - https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps

console.log("Entered main method.............");

// create reusable transporter object using the default SMTP transport

let transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({

host: "smtp.gmail.com",

port: 587,

secure: false, // true for 465, false for other ports

auth: {

user: "pavan.******@gmail.com", // generated ethereal user

pass: "********", // generated ethereal password

},

});

console.log("Transporter object is ready.........");

// send mail with defined transport object

let info = await transporter.sendMail({

from: '"Test Mail" <foo@example.com>', // sender address

to: "pavankumar******@gmail.com", // list of receivers

subject: "Mail from NodeJS app ✔", // Subject line

text: "Mail from NodeJS app...?", // plain text body

html: "<b>Hello...</b>", // html body

});

console.log("Message sent: %s", info.messageId);

// Message sent: <b658f8ca-6296-ccf4-8306-87d57a0b4321@example.com>

// Preview only available when sending through an Ethereal account

console.log("Preview URL: %s", nodemailer.getTestMessageUrl(info));

// Preview URL: https://ethereal.email/message/WaQKMgKddxQDoou...

}

main().catch(console.error);