Classifyer Email Server

This server is used for sending emails from the Classifyer app's contact form, hosted on Heroku.

Server Setup

Follow these instructions:

1. Clone this repository
2. Run npm install to install all the dependencies
3. Create a Heroku account here and create a free instance.
4. Install the Heroku CLI.
5. Run the following commands inside the project root:

   heroku login
   heroku git:remote -a classifyer-email-server
   

6. Configure the server by adding the following config variables (either through Heroku dashboard or by running the Heroku CLI config command):
   • MAIL_HOST: Your mail server host
   • MAIL_PORT: Your mail server port
   • MAIL_USER: Your mail server username (usually your email)
   • MAIL_PASS: Your mail server password
   • MAIL_FROM: The sender email
   • MAIL_TO: The receiver email address
   • FRONTEND_ORIGIN: The frontend app origin to allow with CORS
7. Generate a Service Account certificate from the Firebase account used with the Classifyer web app and store it at /firebase.cert.json.
8. Run npm run deploy to deploy the server. It should be up and running after a few seconds.

   NOTE: This process will wipeout all uncommitted work! Make sure you have committed all files before running this script.

9. Don't forget to add the email server's URL in the Classifyer web app.

API

This server creates the following RESTful API:

• Endpoint: /send
• Method: POST
• Headers: Content-Type: application/json
• Body:

  {
    "name": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "reason": "string",
    "subject": "string",
    "time": "number",
    "message": "string"
  }