node-gmailer
Sending of emails from your nodejs app using your gmail account.
How to Use
Installation
npm install node-gmailer
Config Setup
Pass in the following environment variables using a .env file
EMAIL_SENDER_NAME = <Your name or Business name>
GMAIL_ADDRESS = <Your gmail address>
GMAIL_APP_PASSWORD = <Your Gmail App password>
Example .env file content
EMAIL_SENDER_NAME = Smith Joe
GMAIL_ADDRESS = myemail4432@gmail.com
GMAIL_APP_PASSWORD = jdcsscscs3wn
Sending Emails
Import the package into your app
Using ES5
var gmail = ;
With ES Modules
;
Sending example [Single Recipient]
const recipient = 'brainyfarm@gmail.com';const messageData = subject: 'Olawale from node-gmailer' text: 'Hello, this is a single recipient message from node-gmailer' html: '<strong> Hello </strong>, this is a single recipient message from <em>node-gmailer</em>' gmail ;
Sending example [Multiple Recipients] with HTML support
const recipients = 'brainyfarm@gmail.com' 'node-gmailer@dispostable.com';const messageData = subject: 'Olawale from node-gmailer' text: 'Hello, this is a single recipient message from node-gmailer' html: '<strong> Hello </strong>, this is a single recipient message from <em>node-gmailer</em>' gmail ;
Coming soon
- Email Template Support: Generate HTML emails with support for custom values
- Queue messages to be sent at a particular time or date
- Suggest a feature or improvements
Get Involved
- Report a bug
- Star the repo, fork and contribute.
Note
Remember to securely save your app password and ignore your .env file to avoid accidental pushing to your public repository.
Find instructions on how to generate a gmail app password
here.