Email App

This is a back-end application which sends speaks to a React front-end to send emails.

📋 Aims of App

• Allow the user to be able to send emails

👩‍💻 Technical Details

• NodeJS
• Nodemailer
• CORs
• Express

🔧 How to Run the App

• npm install
• npm start

Setting up .env credentials

• In order to use this app alongside the reminders app you will need to set up an .env file
• Create a .env file in the root of the emails-app directory
• In the .env file add the follow:

EMAIL= <your-gmail-email>
WORD= <you-gmail-password>
OAUTH_CLIENTID= <token-generated-below>
OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET= <token-generated-below>
OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN= <token-generated-below>

• To generate the client ID and client secret token:

  • Head over to Google Cloud Platform
  • Select new project
  • Give the project a name and then, go to APIs and Services (on the left hand side)
  • Select OAuth consent screen
  • Select external and then use your gmail acc as user support email (ignore app domain)
  • Click next on scope page
  • Add yourself (gmail acc) as test user
  • Click on credentials on the left hand menu. Click the plus sign and then click OAuth client ID
  • Select web application as the application type
  • In URI add the url: https://developers.google.com/oauthplayground
  • Once you click create you should see a client ID and client secret

• To generate the refresh token:

  • Header over to https://developers.google.com/oauthplayground/
  • Click on the gear icon on the right and check the user your own OAuth credentials box
  • Put in the client ID and secret generated above
  • On the left menu, select Gmail API v1
  • Click continue on 'vertified this app'
  • Click exchange authorization code for tokens
  • You should see a refresh and access token

💭 Future Improvements

• Send emails at a specific date and time (prompted by user on front-end)