Mandrill Tester

Test rendering Mandrill templates.

Install

You'll need to install pip and virtualenv if you don't already have them. Probably these commands will work to install it on OS X:

curl -O http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py
sudo python distribute_setup.py
sudo easy_install pip
sudo pip install virtualenv

You should now be able to install the Mandrill Tester application with the following steps:

1. Clone this repo.
   git clone git://github.com/fictivekin/mandrill-tester.git
2. cd into the local repo directory.
   cd mandrill-tester
3. Set up a virtualenv.
   virtualenv --no-site-packages ./venv
4. Activate the virtualenv.
   source ./venv/bin/activate
5. Install the requirements with
   pip install -r requirements.txt
6. Copy the sample settings file.
   cp tester/app_settings-sample.py tester/app_settings.py
7. Edit tester/app_settings.py and fill in the MANDRILL_API_KEY
8. Start the server with
   python runserver.py
9. Open the app at http://127.0.0.1:7102/

Use

Rendering a template

1. Pick the Template slug with an existing template slug on your Mandrill account
2. Fill in any Template content for editable sections. If none, leave as []
3. Fill in any Merge vars as JSON
4. Hit Render

Sending an email through a template

1. Pick the Template slug with an existing template slug on your Mandrill account
2. Enter the to and from addresses, and the subject
3. Fill in any Template content for editable sections. If none, leave as []
4. Fill in any Merge vars as JSON
5. Hit Send