Simple RSVP

Heavily inspired by this blog post with a simple RSVP tool built with node.

As a node developer starting to learn Rust, this looked like a fun experiment.

Usage

Requires Rust and Postgres.

Build Project

• git clone this project.
• cd rsvp
• cargo build

Initialize Database

psql -f db/init.sql

Add config files (at root of project)

.env

Required variables:

EMAIL_HOST=smtp.example.com
EMAIL_PORT=587
EMAIL_ADDRESS=joe@example.com
EMAIL_PASSWORD=123secrect
POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING=postgres://postgres@localhost:5432/rsvp

invitees.csv

This will be the list of people that get emailed invitations:

name,email
Joe Bob,jb@example.com
Tom Bomb,tb@example.com

Commands

• cargo run -- migrate
  • will read the info from your invitees.csv file and add them to the database as pending invitations
• cargo run -- mailer
  • will send invitations to the people that haven't been invited yet, and update their record as 'invited'
• cargo run -- server
  • runs a Nickel server that accepts invitations.

TODO

• Create a template for the email body
• Serve a page that lets you enter your email, and if it's in the database, will resend the invitation.