Octagon-simon · March 8, 2024 17:17 · Mar 8, 2024
diff --git a/sendEmail.js b/sendEmail.js
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+import fs from 'fs';
+import nodemailer from 'nodemailer';
+
+async function sendEmail(data) {
+    try {
+        //destructure
+        const { dataToReplace, emailSubject, recipientEmail } = data;
+
+        // Replace with the actual path to your template file
+        const templatePath = `./templates/loginTemplate`;
+
+        // Read the template file
+        let templateContent = fs.readFileSync(templatePath, 'utf8');
+
+        // Replace placeholders with actual values
+        Object.entries(dataToReplace).forEach(([placeholder, value]) => {
+            const regex = new RegExp(`{{${placeholder}}}`, 'g');
+            templateContent = templateContent.replace(regex, value);
+        });
+
+        const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
+            host: '[email protected]',
+            port: 465,
+            auth: {
+                user: '[email protected]',
+                pass: '[email protected]'
+            }
+        });
+
+        const mailOptions = {
+            from: '[email protected]',
+            replyTo: '[email protected]',
+            to: recipientEmail,
+            subject: emailSubject,
+            html: templateContent
+        };
+
+        //send the email
+        const info = await transporter.sendMail(mailOptions);
+        //return response
+        return info.response;
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.log(error);
+    }
+}
+
+//construct the payload object
+const emailPayload = {
+    dataToReplace: {
+        username: 'Octagon',
+        ipAddress: '127.0.0.1',
+        location: 'Lagos, Nigeria'
+    },
+    emailSubject: 'Account Login Notification',
+    recipientEmail: '[email protected]'
+}
+
+//handle Promise with .then
+sendEmail(emailPayload)
+.then((res) => console.log(res))
+.catch((err) => console.log(err))
+
+//or use await
+await sendEmail(emailPayload)