Installation¶

npm i nodemailer dotenv

Usage¶

NOTE - Does not work on College WiFi
To Send the mail from an id first you have to enable two factor authentication from the gmail account you want to send mail from.
Go to the security and then click on Two Factor Authentication
Generate the App password key which will be used in the nodemailer auth code

Create a .env file and have the following things

emailID = harshsharma20503@gmail.com

APP_PASSWORD = ---- ---- ---- ----

now you can use the nodemailer

import nodemailer from 'nodemailer';
import path from 'path';
import dotenv from 'dotenv';

dotenv.config();

const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
    service: 'gmail',
    host: 'smtp.gmail.com',
    port: 465,
    auth: {
        user: process.env.emailID,
        pass: process.env.APP_PASSWORD
    }
});

const mailOptions = {
    from: {
        name: 'Harsh Sharma',
        address: process.env.USER
    },
    to: ['ha9999377507@gmail.com'],
    subject: 'Test Email',
    text: 'This is a test email sent using Nodemailer.',
    // http: '',
    // attachments: [
    //     {
    //         filename: 'test.txt',
    //         path: path.join(__dirname, 'test.pdf'),
    //         contentType: 'application/pdf'
    //     },
    //     {
    //         filename: 'test.txt',
    //         path: path.join(__dirname, 'test.txt'),
    //         contentType: 'text/plain'
    //     }
    // ]
};

const sendMail = async (mailOptions) => {
    try {
        await transporter.sendMail(mailOptions);
        console.log('Email sent successfully');
    }
    catch(error){
        console.log("Error ", error);
    }
}

sendMail(mailOptions);