nodemailer attachment is not working - node.js

Question

i want to attach zip file. but it doesn't work any attachment.
here is my source code.
var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
var fs = require('fs');
var mailinfo = require('../config/mail_info').info;
var smtpTransport = nodemailer.createTransport({
host: mailinfo.host,
port: mailinfo.port,
auth: mailinfo.auth,
tls: mailinfo.tls,
debug: true,
});
router.post('/',function(req,res){
var emailsendee = req.body.emailAddress;
console.log(emailsendee);
var emailsubject = "Requested File";
var emailText = "test";
var emailFrom = 'test#test.com';
var mailOptions={
from : "test <test#test.com>",
to : emailsendee,
subject : emailsubject,
html : '<h1>' + emailText+ '</h1>';
attachments : [
{
filename : '',//i just put black make you understand esaily
path : ''//what i did is under this code
}
]
};
console.log(mailOptions);
smtpTransport.sendMail(mailOptions, function(error, response){
if(error){
console.log(error);
res.end();
}else{
console.log(response);
res.end();
}
});
});
module.exports = router;
i tried these for attaching a file
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attachments:[{ fileName: 'test.log', streamSource: fs.createReadStream('./test.log'}]
it still sends a mail without attachment.
when this code can't read a file there is a error.
so i guess this isn't working because of reading a file.
and i read some questions on stackoverflow which has similar error with me.
i fixed path -> filepath
and fixed streamSource -> path
my nodemailer version is 4.0.1.
help me send a mail with zip file.

Answer 1

I'm using exactly the same version of nodemailer(4.0.1 at this moment) and I'm sending emails with attachments successfully.
Your first code snippet looks promising :)
But the second part
i tried these for attaching a file
enter code here
attachments:[{ fileName: 'test.log', streamSource: fs.createReadStream('./test.log'}]
doesn't look right at all ...
Please refer to nodemailer docs
fileName and streamSource are not a valid parameters of mailOptions object
EXAMPLE FROM DOCS
var mailOptions = {
...
attachments: [
{ // utf-8 string as an attachment
filename: 'text1.txt',
content: 'hello world!'
},
{ // binary buffer as an attachment
filename: 'text2.txt',
content: new Buffer('hello world!','utf-8')
},
{ // file on disk as an attachment
filename: 'text3.txt',
path: '/path/to/file.txt' // stream this file
},
{ // filename and content type is derived from path
path: '/path/to/file.txt'
},
{ // stream as an attachment
filename: 'text4.txt',
content: fs.createReadStream('file.txt')
},
{ // define custom content type for the attachment
filename: 'text.bin',
content: 'hello world!',
contentType: 'text/plain'
},
{ // use URL as an attachment
filename: 'license.txt',
path: 'https://raw.github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/master/LICENSE'
},
{ // encoded string as an attachment
filename: 'text1.txt',
content: 'aGVsbG8gd29ybGQh',
encoding: 'base64'
},
{ // data uri as an attachment
path: 'data:text/plain;base64,aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ='
},
{
// use pregenerated MIME node
raw: 'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n' +
'Content-Disposition: attachment;\r\n' +
'\r\n' +
'Hello world!'
}
]
}
as you can see you should change fileName to filename and streamSource to content
// WRONG
attachments:[{ fileName: 'test.log', streamSource: fs.createReadStream('./test.log'}]
// RIGHT
attachments:[{ filename: 'test.log', content: fs.createReadStream('./test.log'}]
Good Luck! I hope this was helpful for you :)