// this is my code
//unable to send email using sendgrid
// finding email from body
exports.signUp=async (req,res)=>{
const userExists = await User.findOne({ email: req.body.email })
if(userExists){
return res.status(400).json({
error:"eamil is already taken"
})
}
const token = jwt.sign(req.body, process.env.ACCOUNT_ACTIVATION,{expiresIn:'20m'})
const emailSend = {
from: process.env.EMAIL_FROM,
to: req.body.email,
subject:`Acoount activation link`,
html:`
<p> Please click the following link to activate</p>
<a>http://localhost:8000/api/auth/activate/${token}</a>
`
}
sgMail.send(emailSend).then(sent=>{
return res.status(200).json({
message:'email has been sent to you emailid'
})
})
.catch(err=>console.log(err))
}
// this is error am getting
// am getting this error
ResponseError: Forbidden
at D:[email protected]:146:29
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5) {
code: 403,
response: {
headers: {
server: ‘nginx’,
date: ‘Thu, 07 Jan 2021 11:55:26 GMT’,
‘content-type’: ‘application/json’,
‘content-length’: ‘281’,
connection: ‘close’,
‘access-control-allow-origin’: ‘https://sendgrid.api-docs.io’,
‘access-control-allow-methods’: ‘POST’,
‘access-control-allow-headers’: ‘Authorization, Content-Type, On-behalf-of, x-sg-elas-acl’,
‘access-control-max-age’: ‘600’,
‘x-no-cors-reason’: ‘https://sendgrid.com/docs/Classroom/Basics/API/cors.html’
},
body: { errors: [Array] }
}
}
2
Answers
The log said it failed because it received a Forbidden html response.
Try to check if you have set your
Sender Authentication
in your SendGrid Settings.Only if you’ve set this done, you can send your email out.
References: https://sendgrid.com/docs/for-developers/sending-email/sender-identity/
You need to verify your single sender email for this error to be resolved