Usage setup

.env.example

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SENDGRID_USER=your_sendgrid_username
+SENDGRID_PASSWORD=your_sendgrid_password

.gitignore

@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ build/Release
 # Dependency directory
 # Deployed apps should consider commenting this line out:
 # see https://npmjs.org/doc/faq.html#Should-I-check-my-node_modules-folder-into-git
-node_modules
+node_modules
+
+.env*
+!.env.example

README.md

@@ -2,4 +2,15 @@
 
 This is a demo application that allows the user to search for GIFs, built with Node.js, that uses both Giphy and the SendGrid API. You can use the website to search for GIFs, or you can email <gimmegif@bymail.in> with a query in the subject, to get an email response back with the GIF and also have that appear in the application using the SendGrid Inbound Parse API.
 
-###Getting started
+## Usage
+
+```
+cp .env.example .env
+```
+
+Edit the contents of `.env`.
+
+```
+npm install
+node server.js
+```

package.json

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   "author": "Heitor <heitor@sendgrid.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
+    "dotenv": "0.2.7",
     "express": ">= 2.5.x",
     "socket.io": ">= 0.9.x",
     "sendgrid": ">= 0.2.x",

server.js

@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ var express = require('express')
   , io = require('socket.io').listen(server)
   , mimelib = require("mimelib")
   , request = require('request')
-  , sendgrid = require('sendgrid') (
-      (process.env.SENDGRID_USER || 'YOUR_SENDGRID_USERNAME'),
-      (process.env.SENDGRID_PASS || 'YOUR_SENDGRID_PASSWORD')
-    );
+  , dotenv = require('dotenv');
+
+dotenv.load();
+var SENDGRID_USER     = process.env.SENDGRID_USER;
+var SENDGRID_PASSWORD = process.env.SENDGRID_PASSWORD;
+var sendgrid = require('sendgrid')(SENDGRID_USER, SENDGRID_PASSWORD);
 
 var GiphyAPIKey = "dc6zaTOxFJmzC";
 var applicationReplyUrl = "http://yourappurl.jit.su/reply";