Send emails with SMTP in Nodejs


SMTP in Nodejs

Node.js does not have support for working with SMTP in its standard libraries, but fortunately there are a number of third-party libraries for sending emails using SMTP in your Node.js application. Nodemailer is probably the most popular library for sending emails in Node.js and it's what we'll be using in this article.

Prerequisites

Sending with the Nodemailer package

First, you need to install Nodemailer in your Node.js project. Run the following command in your project directory:

npm install nodemailer

Create a new JavaScript file (e.g., sendEmail.js) and import Nodemailer. Configure it to use the SMTP server with the necessary authentication and TLS settings.

const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
// Create a transporter object using the SMTP transport
let transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
    host: 'send.ahasend.com',
    port: 587,
    requireTLS: true, //Force TLS
    auth: {
        user: 'YOUR_SMTP_USERNAME', // SMTP username
        pass: 'YOUR_SMTP_PASSWORD', // SMTP password
    },
});
// Email options
let mailOptions = {
    from: '"Your Name" <[email protected]>', // sender address
    to: '[email protected]', // list of receivers
    subject: 'Hello ✔', // Subject line
    text: 'Hello world?', // plain text body
    html: '<b>Hello world?</b>', // html body
};
// Send email
transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, (error, info) => {
    if (error) {
        return console.log(error);
    }
    console.log('Message sent: %s', info.messageId);
});
Replace [email protected], YOUR_SMTP_USERNAME and YOUR_SMTP_PASSWORD with an email address from your domain (that is added to your AhaSend account), and your actual SMTP credential username and password.

Run your JavaScript file using Node.js to send the email:

node sendEmail.js

 

Nodemailer is a powerful library for sending emails in Node.js, supporting a wide range of features from simple plaintext emails to complex messages with HTML content and attachments. This guide covered the basics to get you started. For more advanced features and options, refer to the Nodemailer official documentation.

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