JAVASCRIPT

creating a custom function to use nodemailer to send email

require('dotenv').config();

//importing the module nodemailer
var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

//importing smtp
var smtpTransport = require('nodemailer-smtp-transport');

var sendingEmail = {};

//method to send an email
sendingEmail = {
    sendEmail: async function(recipient, subject, message, cb){
        var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport(smtpTransport({
            host: process.env.SMTP_SERVER,
            port: process.env.SMTP_PORT,
            secure: false,
            auth: {
                user: `${process.env.SMTP_USERNAME}`,
                pass: `${process.env.SMTP_PASSWORD}`
            },
            tls: {
                rejectUnauthorized: false
            }
        }));

        var mailOptions = {
            from: process.env.SMTP_USERNAME,
            to: recipient,
            subject: subject,
            text: `From : ${recipient}

 ${message}`
        };

        await transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, (error, info) => {
            if(error){
                console.log(error);
            }else{
                console.log("Success: Email received from : ", recipient);
                console.log(info.response);
            }
        });
    }
}

module.exports = sendingEmail;