mm-node-mailer

A node module for sending e-mails.

Installation

$ npm install mm-node-mailer --save

Configuration

The mm-node-mailer is based upon the awesome Nodemailer, so you will have to configure it before usage.

Config options:

• config: the nodemailer configuration. See nodemailer-smtp-transport for full description of config fields, default: {}.
• templatesDir: the templates directory path, default ''
• templateEngineOptions: the template engine options e.g. helpers, partials etc. See node-email-templates for options, default {}

Note: The handlebars is use as template engine in this module.

Mail options:

• mail: the to, from, cc, etc, fields for all emails. See e-mail-message-fields for full description of email fields, default has two attributes templateName and templateContent.
  • templateName: the template folder name that is store in templates directory, default ''
  • templateContent: the template JSON content, default {}

Usage

Text email

var mailer = new mmMailer({
    config: {
        service: 'Gmail',
        auth: {
            user: '[email protected]',
            pass: 'password'
        }
    }
});
var mailOptions = {
    from: '[email protected]',
    to: '[email protected]',
    subject: 'Hello',
    text: 'Hello world!',
    html: '<b>Hello world!</b>'
}
mailer.send(mailOptions, function (err, data) {
    if (err) return console.error(err);
    console.log('An e-mail has been sent successfully. Server responded with "' + data + '"');
});

Template email

var mailer = new mmMailer({
    config: {
        service: 'Gmail',
        auth: {
            user: '[email protected]',
            pass: 'password'
        }
    },
    templatesDir: path.resolve(__dirname + '/templates'),
    templateEngineOptions: {
        helpers: {
            uppercase: function (context) {
                return context.toUpperCase();
            }
        }
    }
});
var mailOptions = {
    from: '[email protected]',
    to: '[email protected]',
    subject: 'Newsletter'
    templateName: 'newsletter',
    templateContent: {
        email: '[email protected]',
        name: {
            first: 'Mamma',
            last: 'Mia'
        }
    }
}
mailer.send(mailOptions, function (err, data) {
    if (err) return console.error(err);
    console.log('An e-mail has been sent successfully. Server responded with "' + data + '"');
});

Examples

Clone the mm-node-mailer repo and then install all dependencies:

$ git clone [email protected]:martinmicunda/mm-node-mailer.git 
$ cd mm-node-mailer
$ npm install 

Then run whichever example you want:

$ cd examples
$ [email protected] node email 

or

$ [email protected] node template-email 

You can also view live examples here:

Tests

To run the test suite, first invoke the following command within the repo, installing the development dependencies:

$ npm install

Then run the tests:

$ npm test

License

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2014 Martin Micunda  

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