In this tutorial, we are going to send Email using nodemailer module in Node.js. 

Nodemailer is a module used to send emails using Nodejs applications. It supports Node.js version 6 and further. Nodemailer is licensed by MIT, to use it first we have to install using npm.

// Installing package locally 
C:\Users\Your Name>npm install nodemailer

After installing, include it in any application using require( ) function.

var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

To send email first we need a  transporter  object.

// Syntax
var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport(transport[, defaults])

//define transport variable inside createTransport() function
var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
                service: 'gmail',               //name of email provider
                auth: {
                    user: '[email protected]',       // sender's gmail id
                    pass: 'sender password'     // sender password
                }
            });

where

  • Transporter is an object to send mail.
  • Transporter is the transport configuration object, connection URL or a transport plugin instance.
  • The default is an object that defines default values for mail options.

Using  sendMail( )  function of transporter object we can send the mail.

// Syntax
transporter.sendMail(data[, callback(err, info)])

// here mailOptions define as data of sendMail( )function
var mailOptions = {
    from: '[email protected]',                   // sender's gmail
    to: '[email protected]' ,                  // receiver's gmail
    subject: 'Sending Email using Node.js',     //subject
    text: 'That was easy!'                      //message Description
};

where,

  • Data defines the mail content.
  • The callback is an optional callback function to run once the message is delivered or failed.
  • err is the error object if message failed.
  • info includes the result, the exact format depends on the transport mechanism used.

Topics Covered

  • Send email using simple Node.js File.
  • Send email using HTML Form and Node.js File.
  • Send the email with the attachment.

Send email using simple Node.js File

Now it’s time to send emails from your server using simple js file.

Use the username and password from your selected email provider to send an email (here we are using Gmail).

Save the file as  mail_send.js  

//save file as mail_send.js

// require the node module for sending the mail 
var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

// create reusable transporter object using the gmail transport
var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
    service: 'gmail',
    auth: {
        user: '[email protected]',
        pass: 'sender’s password'
    }
});

var mailOptions = {
    from: '[email protected]',                   // sender's gmail
    to: '[email protected]' ,                  // receiver's gmail
    subject: 'Sending Email using Node.js',     //subject
    text: 'That was easy!'                      //message Description
};

//send mail using transport object’s sendMail() function
transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function (error, info) {
    if (error) {
        console.log(error);
    } else {
        console.log('Email sent: ' + info.response);
    }
});

Run Command:

c:\Users\Your Name>node mail_send.js

Result: 

See the result in the terminal (you will get something like this).

c:\Users\Your Name>Email sent: 250 2.0.0 OK 1514477024 q74sm68457667pfd.134 - gsmtp

To send an email to multiple receivers, add all receiver’s email id to, “to” property of the mailOptions object, separated by a comma.

Send email using HTML Form and Node.js File.

First Create a  mailsend.html  file using following code in public folder.

<!-- save file as mailsend.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
<title>Mail Sending Page</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta.2/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.6/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<style>
div.frm {
margin: 0px auto;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="frm">
<h2>Mail Sending Form</h2>
<form action="/mailing" method="POST">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="email" placeholder="Enter email" name="demail" style="width:400px" required>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="pwd">Subject</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="sub" placeholder="Enter subject" name="dsub" style="width:400px" required>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="msg">Message</label>
<textarea class="form-control" id="dmsg" name="dmsg" style="width:400px" cols="40" rows="5" required></textarea>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Send</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</body>

</html>

Next, create a  mailsendform.js  file using following code in the root folder.

//  save file as mailsendform.js
var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
var http = require('http');
var fs = require('fs');
var querystring = require('querystring');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    if (req.url === "/") {
        fs.readFile("./public/mailsend.html", "UTF-8", function (err, html) {
            res.writeHead(200, { "Content-type": "text/html" });
            res.end(html);
        });
    }
    if (req.method === "POST") {
        var data = "";
        req.on("data", function (chunk) {
            data += chunk;
        });
        req.on("end", function (chunk) {
            var q = querystring.parse(data);
            var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
                service: 'gmail',
                auth: {
                    user: '[email protected]',       // sender's gmail id
                    pass: 'sender password'     // sender password
                }
            });
            var mailOptions = {
                from: '[email protected]',         // receiver's gmail id
                to: q.demail,		            // data coming from form
                subject: q.dsub,  	            // data coming from form
                text: q.dmsg		            // data coming from form
            };
            transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function (error, info) {
                if (error) {
                    console.log(error);
                } else {
                    res.end("Mail sent successefully");
                    console.log('Email sent: ' + info.response);
                }
            });
        });
    }
}).listen(3000);

Run Command:

c:\Users\Your Name>node mailsendform.js

Go to browser and type:

http://localhost:3000

Send email with attachment

First Create a  mailsendattch.html  file using following code in public folder.

<!-- save file as mailsendattch.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Mail Sending Page with attachement </title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta.2/css/bootstrap.min.css">
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.6/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
    <style>
        div.frm {
            margin: 0px auto;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <div class="container">
        <div class="frm">
            <h2>Mail Sending form</h2>
            <form action="/mailing" method="POST">
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="email">Email:</label>
                    <input type="email" class="form-control" id="email" placeholder="Enter email" name="demail" style="width:400px" required>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="pwd">Subject</label>
                    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="sub" placeholder="Enter subject" name="dsub" style="width:400px" required>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="msg">Message</label>
                    <textarea class="form-control" id="dmsg" name="dmsg" style="width:400px" cols="40" rows="5" required></textarea>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="fileld">File</label>
                    <input type="file" class="form-control" id="fileid" name="dfile">
                </div>
                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Send</button>
            </form>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Next, create a  mailsendattch.js  file using following code in the root folder.

//  save file as  mailsendattch.js
var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
var http = require('http');
var fs = require('fs');
var querystring = require('querystring');
var fs = require('fs');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    if (req.url === "/") {
        fs.readFile("./public/mailsendattch.html", "UTF-8", function (err, html) {
            res.writeHead(200, { "Content-type": "text/html" });
            res.end(html);
        });
    }
    if (req.method === "POST") {
        var data = "";
        req.on("data", function (chunk) {
            data += chunk;
        });
        req.on("end", function (chunk) {
            var q = querystring.parse(data);
            var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
                service: 'gmail',
                auth: {
                    user: '[email protected]',   // sender's gmail
                    pass: 'sender passwprd'     // sender's password
                }
            });
            var mailOptions = {
                from: '[email protected]',     // sender's gmail
                to: q.demail,                 // data coming from form
                subject: q.dsub,              // data coming from form
                text: q.dmsg,                 // data coming from form
                attachments: [{               // file on disk as an attachment
                    filename: q.dfile,        // name of the file attach
                    path: q.dfile             
                }]
            };
            transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function (error, info) {
                if (error) {
                    console.log(error);
                } else {
                    res.end("Mail sent successefully");
                    console.log('Email sent: ' + info.response);
                }
            });
        });
    }
}).listen(3000);

Run Command:

c:\Users\Your Name>node mailsendattch.js

Go to browser and type:

http://localhost:3000

Learn More-