| config.json | |
| reading-image.png |
Some examples of sending and receiving emails with Node.js.
This uses the following libraries:
Copy config.json.example to config.json and enter your email account details.
Run coffee send.coffee to send yourself an email with an attachment.
Run coffee read.coffee to receive the sent email and write the attachment back to disk with a new name.
| { | |
| "name": "My Name", | |
| "email": "[email protected]", | |
| "username": "[email protected]", | |
| "password": "MYPASSWORD", | |
| "imap": { | |
| "host": "imap.gmail.com", | |
| "port": 993, | |
| "secure": true | |
| }, | |
| "smtp": { | |
| "host": "smtp.gmail.com", | |
| "ssl": true | |
| } | |
| } |
| # 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 |
| # 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']}" |
