How to implement smtp and imap in node.js?
How to implement smtp and imap in node.js?
1 answer
by
mac ,
5 months ago
@cortez.connelly
To implement SMTP and IMAP in Node.js, you can use libraries like nodemailer for sending emails using SMTP and imap for accessing emails using IMAP. Here is a basic example of how you can implement SMTP and IMAP in Node.js:
- Install nodemailer and imap libraries:
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npm install nodemailer imap |
- Sending an email using SMTP with nodemailer:
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const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
// create a nodemailer transporter
let transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
service: 'Gmail',
auth: {
user: '[email protected]',
pass: 'your_password'
}
});
// setup email data
let mailOptions = {
from: '[email protected]',
to: '[email protected]',
subject: 'Hello from Node.js',
text: 'This is a test email sent from Node.js'
};
// send mail with defined transport object
transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, (error, info) => {
if (error) {
return console.log(error);
}
console.log('Message sent: %s', info.messageId);
});
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- Accessing emails using IMAP with imap:
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const Imap = require('imap');
// create an IMAP connection
let imap = new Imap({
user: '[email protected]',
password: 'your_password',
host: 'imap.gmail.com',
port: 993,
tls: true
});
imap.connect();
imap.once('ready', () => {
imap.openBox('INBOX', false, (error, mailbox) => {
if (error) {
console.log(error);
return;
}
// search for all emails
imap.search(['ALL'], (error, results) => {
if (error) {
console.log(error);
return;
}
let f = imap.fetch(results, { bodies: '' });
f.on('message', (msg, seqno) => {
console.log('Message #%d', seqno);
msg.on('body', (stream, info) => {
let buffer = '';
stream.on('data', (chunk) => {
buffer += chunk.toString('utf8');
});
stream.once('end', () => {
console.log(buffer);
});
});
});
});
});
});
imap.once('error', (error) => {
console.log(error);
});
imap.once('end', () => {
console.log('Connection ended');
});
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Please note that you should replace [email protected] and your_password with your own Gmail credentials. Additionally, you may need to enable less secure apps access in your Gmail account settings for this code to work.