Some examples of sending and receiving emails with Node.js
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| config.json | |
| reading-image.png |
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| { | |
| "name": "My Name" | |
| "email": "user@domain.com", | |
| "username": "user@gmail.com", | |
| "password": "MYPASSWORD", | |
| "imap": { | |
| "host": "imap.gmail.com", | |
| "port": 993, | |
| "secure": true | |
| }, | |
| "smtp": { | |
| "host": "smtp.gmail.com", | |
| "ssl": true | |
| } | |
| } |
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| # This example script opens an IMAP connection to the server and | |
| # seeks unread messages sent by the user himself. It will then | |
| # download those messages, parse them, and write their attachments | |
| # to disk. | |
| # Install node-imap with `npm install imap` | |
| imap = require "imap" | |
| # Install mailparser with `npm install mailparser` | |
| mailparser = require "mailparser" | |
| # You need a config file with your email settings | |
| fs = require "fs" | |
| config = JSON.parse fs.readFileSync "#{process.cwd()}/config.json", "utf-8" | |
| server = new imap.ImapConnection | |
| username: config.username | |
| password: config.password | |
| host: config.imap.host | |
| port: config.imap.port | |
| secure: config.imap.secure | |
| exitOnErr = (err) -> | |
| console.error err | |
| do process.exit | |
| server.connect (err) -> | |
| exitOnErr err if err | |
| server.openBox "INBOX", false, (err, box) -> | |
| exitOnErr err if err | |
| console.log "You have #{box.messages.total} messages in your INBOX" | |
| server.search ["UNSEEN", ["SINCE", "Sep 18, 2011"], ["FROM", config.email]], (err, results) -> | |
| exitOnErr err if err | |
| unless results.length | |
| console.log "No unread messages from #{config.email}" | |
| do server.logout | |
| return | |
| fetch = server.fetch results, | |
| request: | |
| body: "full" | |
| headers: false | |
| fetch.on "message", (message) -> | |
| fds = {} | |
| filenames = {} | |
| parser = new mailparser.MailParser | |
| parser.on "headers", (headers) -> | |
| console.log "Message: #{headers.subject}" | |
| parser.on "astart", (id, headers) -> | |
| filenames[id] = headers.filename | |
| fds[id] = fs.openSync headers.filename, 'w' | |
| parser.on "astream", (id, buffer) -> | |
| fs.writeSync fds[id], buffer, 0, buffer.length, null | |
| parser.on "aend", (id) -> | |
| return unless fds[id] | |
| fs.close fds[id], (err) -> | |
| return console.error err if err | |
| console.log "Writing #{filenames[id]} completed" | |
| message.on "data", (data) -> | |
| parser.feed data.toString() | |
| message.on "end", -> | |
| do parser.end | |
| fetch.on "end", -> | |
| do server.logout |
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| # This script will send an image as an email attachment to the | |
| # user himself. The receiving part of this is in read.coffee | |
| # Install EmailJS with `npm install emailjs` | |
| email = require "emailjs" | |
| # You need a config file with your email settings | |
| fs = require "fs" | |
| config = JSON.parse fs.readFileSync "#{process.cwd()}/config.json", "utf-8" | |
| server = email.server.connect | |
| user: config.username | |
| password: config.password | |
| host: config.smtp.host | |
| ssl: config.smtp.ssl | |
| message = email.message.create | |
| text: "This is test" | |
| from: "#{config.name} <#{config.email}>" | |
| to: "#{config.name} <#{config.email}>" | |
| subject: "Testing Node.js email capabilities" | |
| message.attach "reading.png", "image/png", "reading-image.png" | |
| server.send message, (err, message) -> | |
| return console.error err if err | |
| console.log "Message sent with id #{message['header']['message-id']}" |
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