training-nodemailer

Training code to use Nodemailer client with Express running on Docker

Requirements

• NodeJS
• Docker
• Docker compose
• SMTP server

Steps

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/sebastianaf/training-nodemailer
cd training-nodemailer

2. Set environment variables

Create a .env from .env.example file in the root folder with all environment variables, this variables will be used by the containers, it need to be reached by docker-compose.yml file.

3. Change training and nodemailer names [Optional]

It's recommend to change all the names (in docker-compose.yml, Dockerfile, package.json and in this README.md file) named with training and nodemailer with your own organization name and project name.

4. Expose the -ports

Uncomment the ports flag in docker-compose.yml to be able for access the services.

5. Run

docker compose -p training-nodemailer up -d

After type and run the command go to localhost:${API_PORT}

6. Send a email

Try out this POST query to localhost:${API_PORT}/email

{
    "remitterName":"Nodemailer",
	"logoURL":"https://i0.wp.com/community.nodemailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/n2-2.png",
	"recieverEmails":["mail@yours.com"],
	"title":"Notification 🔔",
	"title":"What is Nodemailer?",
	"subject":"📨 Email send from Nodemailer",
	"body":"Nodemailer is a module for Node.js applications to allow easy as cake email sending. The project got started back in 2010 when there was no sane option to send email messages, today it is the solution most Node.js users turn to by default.<br><br><strong>Sincerely</strong><br>sebastianaf.",
    "footer":"Nodemailer - Powered by EmailEngine",
	"legal":"MIT License | Nodemailer"
}

That may looks like this.