send email from node js using nodemailer

in this article, i will show you send email from node js using nodemailer

step: 1 create folder & run command npm init -y

step: 2 than install nodemailer :

npm install nodemailer

step: 3 create app.js file

step: 4 write below line of code

var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
    service: 'gmail',
    auth: {
      user: 'your mail id',
      pass: 'your password'
    }
});
var mailOptions = {
    from: 'from mail id',
    to: 'to mail id',
    subject: 'testing email from node js',
    html: '<h1>welcome</h1><p>that was easy!</p>'
};
transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function(error, info){
    if (error) {
      console.log(error);
    } else {
      console.log('email sent: ' + info.response);
    }
});

note: if you have enabled 2-factor authentication on your google account you can't use your regular password to access gmail programmatically. you need to generate an app-specific password and use that in place of your actual password.

step: 1 go to this url : https://myaccount.google.com/security

step: 2 go to my account > security > app passwords

step: 3 generated password and paste it into your app.js