Sending HTML template emails using SMTP in NodeJS

In the earlier posts, I had explained how to send emails in CodeIgniter. Now I would like to explain how to send HTML template emails using SMTP in NodeJS.

Sending HTML template emails using SMTP in NodeJS – Anil Labs – a Technical blog of Anil Kumar Panigrahi

Create HTML file with inline styles, In the earlier posts, I had explained how to use the HTML tags in the page. So prepare the HTML file.

HTML template file

Now we will go how to include it into NodeJS

Include the node module

nodemailer

In the NodeJS file like

var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

Include the SMTP details in a config file

module.exports = {
Service: 'GoDaddy/Gmail/AWS',
Host: '', //depends on service
Username: '',
Password: '',
Port: '', //Port depends on service type
From: '', //From Email address
FromName: '', //From Name
}

In a main file include node module and mail settings

var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
var mailset = require('../config/mailsettings.js');
var fs = require("fs");
var path = require('path');

Create function to object for emails

function generateTransporter(){
var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport("SMTP", {
port: mailset.Port,
host: mailset.Host,
secure: true,
auth: {
user: mailset.Username,
pass: mailset.Password
},
debug: true
});
return transporter;
}

For Gmail SMTP

function generateTransporter(){
var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport("SMTP", {
service: "Gmail",
auth: {
user: mailset.Username,
pass: mailset.Password
}
});
return transporter;
}

In function where we use the object to send emails