How To Send Email using Node.js

Hello Friends,

In this tutorial we will learn how to send email using node.js app. In this tutorial we will see send mail in node.js using nodemailer module. The nodemailer module makes it easy to send emails in node.js.

With the help of the nodemailer example, we will sending emails with basic HTML content. NodeMailer is very famous and easy to use for sending email in node.js

We can use Mailtrap or Gmail accounts. In this tutorial, we will learn how to send email using NodeMailer with both- Mailtrap and Gmail accounts, you can use whichever you want to.

Follow step-by-step to implement how to send email using nodemailer and mailtrap in node.js.

In this step create node application using below commands.

mkdir send_email_in_nodejs

cd send_email_in_nodejs

npm init

In this step install the NodeMailer module using below command

npm install nodemailer

 After you have downloaded the Nodemailer module, you can include the module in any application:

const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

Nodemailer’s API is simple and requires following points:

1. Create a Transporter object
2. Create a MailOptions Object
3. Use the Transporter.sendMail method

If you don’t have a Mailtrap account, follow these steps:

• Create Mailtrap account
• Create new inbox
• Get your credentials

 If already have a Mailtrap account then integrate nodemailer in SMTP Setings like below screenshots.

In this step we can send emai with HTML Content with configuration. So, make sure your configurarion before sending email.

var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
  host: "smtp.mailtrap.io",
  port: 2525,
  auth: {
    user: "your_username",
    pass: "******"
  }
});

var mailOptions = {
  from: '[email protected]',
  to: '[email protected]',
  subject: 'How To Send Email using Node.js - Websolutionstuff',
  html: '<h1>Welcome, Websolutionstuff</h1><p>This is test mail..!</p>'
};

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

And if you want send email with text then change in mailOptions in html like below code.

var mailOptions = {
  from: '[email protected]',
  to: '[email protected]',
  subject: 'How To Send Email using Node.js - Websolutionstuff',
  text: 'Welcome to Websolutionstuff!', // Plain text body
};

run index.js using below code :

node index.js

After run this command you will get output like below screenshot.

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