https://github.com/ishubham21/certificate-generator-and-mailer

A certificate generator and mailer to help you in generating dynamic certificates from a template and mailing them using a csv file
https://github.com/ishubham21/certificate-generator-and-mailer

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A certificate generator and mailer to help you in generating dynamic certificates from a template and mailing them using a csv file

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ishubham21/certificate-generator-and-mailer
• Owner: ishubham21
• Created: 2021-11-06T15:00:01.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-11-06T14:52:51.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-10T19:44:57.953Z (almost 2 years ago)
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• Forks: 1
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Certificate Generator and Mailer 

A blazing fast solution for creating certificates and mailing them just by using the template and the csv file.

## How to use 

* Make sure that you have node and npm installed. In your terminal, run - 

  

  ```

  node --version

  ```

  

  To install node, head over to [this website](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) and download the stable release. 

* Fork and clone this repository by runinng the following command in your terminal - 

  

  ```

  git clone https://github.com//certificate-generator-and-mailer

  ```

* cd into the cloned repository using the following command - 

  

  ```

  cd certificate-generator-and-mailer

  ```

* Install all the dependencies using the command -

  

  ```

  npm install

  ```

* You are now ready to generate and send your certificates.

* In the /data folder, replace the participantData.csv file with your own csv file. **Please do not change the name of the file, and make sure that your file must contain "Email Address" and "Name" columns with the same name.** 

* Now we need to make sure that the names on the certificates are placed correctly. To do this, head over to [certificate-generator.js](certificate-generator.js) file and adjust the font configuration by updating the height and width of the text. See this for reference - 

```

doc.font("fonts/Caveat-VariableFont_wght.ttf").fontSize(55).text(name, height, width, {

        align: "left"

    });

```

Here you can pass custom height and width as per your needs. 

* We are not ready yet. We still need to configure our a gmail account so that we can send mails. To configure your account, enable less secure apps from [this link](https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps?pli=1&rapt=AEjHL4NgiAxC39PvaRRM09FKs2vwARyjPiyVKq9CIknGcixOdRwDtAVJNGJg4yA4EO8l4ja3D4SNH49nnjZQ4tYZxmsg0ONa4Q)

* Create a .env file in your root folder and update it with your email and password as follows

  

  ```

  USER_EMAIL=

  USER_PASS=

  ```

* Save all the changes and in your terminal run the following command - 

  ```

  node index.js

  ```

* You'll see PDFs getting generated in your root folder and a message "Email is sent" in your terminal.

### Do give this repository a star if you've read till here :)