Send Emails using Nodemailer and Sendgrid

In one of the project, I got a requirement to enable user to request for the demo. In order to send emails I had to use some server side technology. I am a .Net developer hence initially thought to put this functionality in c#. However this was a small site with couple of html pages only hence instead of migrating all html files to ASP.Net or calling some APIs, I opted to choose NodeJs with nodemailer module.

Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast and scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.

This repository contains code to send emails using nodemailer and sendgrid.

How to use on windows (command line):

Step 1: Install git if not already installed.

Step 2: Open git bash

Step 3: Move to the diretcory where you want to clone the repository

Step 4: type $ git clone https://github.com/shram2k/SendEmailUsingNodeJs

Step 5: Once cloning is done, then open command prompt, go to the cloned folder and type npm install. This will install all nodejs modules dependencies.

Step 6: type node app.js. You must see message "Server is running. Point your browser to http://localhost:1337

Step 7: Open web browser and navigate to http://localhost:1337. A web page will appear. Provide data and this should send the emails.

Note: As we are using sendgrid here to send the emails. You must have to provide credentials in www\custom_modules\SendEmailService.js file.

 // configuring sendgrid to send emails (provide your credentials here)
 	var smtpTransport = nodemailer.createTransport({
        service: 'SendGrid', // no need to set host or port etc.
		auth: {
			user: "",
			pass: ""
		}
	}); 

You can also install github desktop application to clone and manage the repository