Sending Emails via GMAIL using Nodemailer
Install nodemailer
npm i nodemailer
Create a new js file
You can call it anything you like, email.js.
//Require nodemailer
const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
//create function to export
const sendEmail = async options => {
// 1) Create a transporter
// GMAIL
// Activate in gmail "less secure app" option
const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
service: 'Gmail',
// When using some other service like mailtrap,
// you will remove service and uncomment host, port and specify
// the smtp address for that host.
//host: smtp.mailtrap.io,
//port: 25,
auth: {
user: 'YOUR USERNAME',
pass: 'YOUR PASSWORD'
}
});
// 2) Define email options
const mailOptions = {
from: 'Jean Snyman <hello@jeans.io>',
to: options.email,
subject: options.subject,
text: options.message
// html
};
// 3) Actually send the email
await transporter.sendMail(mailOptions);
};
module.exports = sendEmail;
//sendEmail can now be required in any other file, you just pass in your mail options.