https://github.com/rosekamallove/newsletter-api

This is a API allowing the user to send emails to the subscribed users in the database, the subscribers can be subscribed to a various topics or all the topics. The user of the API can schedule the sending of the email to the priciseness of a second.
https://github.com/rosekamallove/newsletter-api

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This is a API allowing the user to send emails to the subscribed users in the database, the subscribers can be subscribed to a various topics or all the topics. The user of the API can schedule the sending of the email to the priciseness of a second.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rosekamallove/newsletter-api
• Owner: rosekamallove
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-05-05T14:29:07.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-05-06T15:40:37.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-07T15:43:20.878Z (15 days ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 45.9 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • License: LICENSE

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## Tech Used:

`express`, `nodemailer`, `node-schedule`, `mongodb`

## Steps to Configure:

### Step 1:

**Configure the `.env` file**

```

$: cat .env.example

mongooseUri=

contactEmail=

contactPassword=

contactHost=

```

- Create a `.env` files and add the above variables to it with their corresponding values.

- To get the mongoose uri you can follow [this](https://mongoosejs.com/docs/connections.html) guide

- Then to get SMTP mail, password and HOST you can follow [this](https://nodemailer.com/usage/why-smtp/) guide

### Step 2

- Configure the time at which emails has to be sent

- This can be done by editing the following line, by following [this](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-schedule) guide

- Line **71** in `/scheduler/mailer.js`

```js

schedule.scheduleJob("*/10 * * * * *", async function ()

```

### Step 3

- Run the application by running these commands:

```

$: nodemon app.js

$: nodemon ./daemons/subscription.daemon.js

```