I am trying to create an email scheduler which sends an email to the user at a selected time.The system works fine when I run it locally.But when I deploy it on heroku the e-mail is not sent and also no errors are shown on the console. I have already tried allowing access from less secure apps and https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha but it still doesn't seem to work.
heroku log
2019-10-22T08:31:47.237225+00:00 app[web.1]: Server started on port 31589
2019-10-22T08:31:47.333128+00:00 heroku[web.1]: State changed from starting to up
2019-10-22T08:31:47.741159+00:00 app[web.1]: mongodb connected
2019-10-22T08:35:53.528505+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info method=GET path="/entries/search" host=diarygenie.herokuapp.com request_id=813c26df-4a70-40d3-a69c-5560354d11fb fwd="42.107.205.105" dyno=web.1 connect=0ms service=35ms status=302 bytes=393 protocol=https
2019-10-22T08:35:53.851462+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info method=GET path="/users/login" host=diarygenie.herokuapp.com request_id=87131056-e50f-4276-8b7e-90df4c36dadb fwd="42.107.205.105" dyno=web.1 connect=0ms service=27ms status=200 bytes=2660 protocol=https
2019-10-22T08:36:10.811904+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info method=POST path="/users/login" host=diarygenie.herokuapp.com request_id=d5efc1ea-8fd7-42da-8d43-31a7448cc0cd fwd="42.107.205.105" dyno=web.1 connect=0ms service=271ms status=302 bytes=261 protocol=https
2019-10-22T08:36:11.161024+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info method=GET path="/dashboard" host=diarygenie.herokuapp.com request_id=41445986-47c2-4f5d-a40b-1dd172c8d116 fwd="42.107.205.105" dyno=web.1 connect=0ms service=48ms status=200 bytes=3314 protocol=https
2019-10-22T08:36:14.226747+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info method=GET path="/email" host=diarygenie.herokuapp.com request_id=d35ba608-cd0d-4223-8c35-30afef184e62 fwd="42.107.205.105" dyno=web.1 connect=1ms service=43ms status=200 bytes=4121 protocol=https
2019-10-22T08:36:50.777252+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info method=POST path="/email" host=diarygenie.herokuapp.com request_id=55b0bcfa-be8f-4762-b562-edef914ee36b fwd="42.107.205.105" dyno=web.1 connect=0ms service=48ms status=302 bytes=261 protocol=https
2019-10-22T08:36:51.108211+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info method=GET path="/dashboard" host=diarygenie.herokuapp.com request_id=9e156601-51e7-4e7c-a9f4-14c8d28e3ba7 fwd="42.107.205.105" dyno=web.1 connect=0ms service=45ms status=200 bytes=3597 protocol=https
routes/email.js
router.post('/',ensureAuthenticated,(req,res) => {
const {title,email,date,time} =req.body;
var temp = time.split(':');
var hour = parseInt(temp[0],10);
var minute = parseInt(temp[1],10);
//console.log(hour,minute);
var mailAccountUser = 'diarygenie123@gmail.com'
var mailAccountPassword = process.env.PASSWORD;
var transport = nodemailer.createTransport(smtpTransport({
service: 'gmail',
auth: {
user: mailAccountUser,
pass: mailAccountPassword
}
}));
const message = {
from: 'genie@diarygenie.com', // Sender address
to: req.user.email, // List of recipients
subject: title, // Subject line
text: email // Plain text body
};
var mailDate = new Date(date);
//console.log(hour,minute);
mailDate.setHours(hour);
mailDate.setMinutes(minute);
temp = new Date();
//check if date is past date
if(mailDate < new Date()){
var dtToday = new Date();
var month = dtToday.getMonth() + 1;
var day = dtToday.getDate();
var year = dtToday.getFullYear();
if(month < 10)
month = '0' + month.toString();
if(day < 10)
day = '0' + day.toString();
var maxDate = year + '-' + month + '-' + day;
var alert = [{msg:"Genie can't sent mails to the past XD .Please enter a future date and time"}];
res.render('email',{errors:alert,name:req.user.name,maxDate:maxDate,title:title,email:email});
return;
}
//validation passed
mailDate.setSeconds(temp.getSeconds());
//console.log(mailDate); //this date is in UTC
//scheduling job to sent email at a given time
nodeSchedule.scheduleJob(mailDate,() =>{
transport.sendMail(message, function(err, info) {
if (err) {
console.log(err)
} else {
console.log(info);
console.log('email sent successfully');
}
transport.close();
});
});
req.flash('success_msg','Email scheduled successfully')
res.redirect('/dashboard');
});
module.exports = router;
