jcardoz/mailbot

simple application to send email

mailbot

A simple application to send email, built using ReactJS as a client side framework and NodeJS as the server.

Setup

installation

client setup

1. Clone or copy the project from github.
2. run the following command from the project root directory

npm run client-install

Note: The client react application will run on port 3000. Ensure that no other application is currently using that port.

server setup

1. run the following command from the project root directory

npm run server-install

Note: The server application will run on port 7000. Ensure that no other application is currently using that port.

You can also run

npm run install 

which will install both the client and server dependencies.

API integration setup

The server project uses Sendgrid and Mailgun APIs for email sending.

Sendgrid

Make sure to update the file variables.env with the Sendgrid API Key. This will be available to you once you sign up with Sendgrid. See https://app.sendgrid.com/settings/api_keys

Mailgun

Make sure to update the file variables.env with the Mailgun Domain and Mailgun API Keys. This will be available to you once you sign up with Mailgun. See https://app.mailgun.com/app/account/security/api_keys for your API key. See https://app.mailgun.com/app/sending/domains to add your custom domain.

running both client and server applications

run the following command from the project root directory

npm start