nodemailer-smtp-transport

What is nodemailer-smtp-transport?

The nodemailer-smtp-transport package is a transport module for Nodemailer that allows you to send emails using the SMTP protocol. It provides a way to configure and use SMTP servers to send emails programmatically.

What are nodemailer-smtp-transport's main functionalities?

Basic SMTP Transport Configuration

This code demonstrates how to configure and use the nodemailer-smtp-transport package to send an email using an SMTP server. It sets up the SMTP transport with the necessary authentication details and sends an email with both text and HTML content.

const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
const smtpTransport = require('nodemailer-smtp-transport');

const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport(smtpTransport({
  host: 'smtp.example.com',
  port: 587,
  secure: false, // true for 465, false for other ports
  auth: {
    user: 'username',
    pass: 'password'
  }
}));

const mailOptions = {
  from: '[e-mail]',
  to: '[e-mail]',
  subject: 'Hello',
  text: 'Hello world',
  html: '<b>Hello world</b>'
};

transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, (error, info) => {
  if (error) {
    return console.log(error);
  }
  console.log('Message sent: %s', info.messageId);
});

Using OAuth2 for Authentication

This code demonstrates how to use OAuth2 for authentication with the nodemailer-smtp-transport package. It configures the transport with OAuth2 credentials and sends an email using Gmail's SMTP server.

const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
const smtpTransport = require('nodemailer-smtp-transport');

const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport(smtpTransport({
  service: 'gmail',
  auth: {
    type: 'OAuth2',
    user: '[e-mail]',
    clientId: 'your-client-id',
    clientSecret: 'your-client-secret',
    refreshToken: 'your-refresh-token',
    accessToken: 'your-access-token'
  }
}));

const mailOptions = {
  from: '[e-mail]',
  to: '[e-mail]',
  subject: 'Hello',
  text: 'Hello world',
  html: '<b>Hello world</b>'
};

transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, (error, info) => {
  if (error) {
    return console.log(error);
  }
  console.log('Message sent: %s', info.messageId);
});

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README

nodemailer-smtp-transport

SMTP module with for Nodemailer.

See Nodemailer homepage for documentation and terms of using SMTP.