I've created a tiny Microservice in Go that can be used by anyone building an app with the need of sending emails and calendar invitations.
https://gdi3d.github.io/calenvite/
A simple microservice designed in GO using Echo Microframework for sending emails and/or calendar invitations to users.
Features
- Send emails using your Mailgun API credentials.
- Send using a standar SMTP server.
- Support for HTML and Plain Text emails.
- Calendar invitation with RSVP.
- Docker image is built using multistage and alpine image to keep it as small and secure as possible.
How to Use
Build the Docker image
Download the repo and build the docker image:
$ git clone https://github.com/gdi3d/calenvite
$ docker build -t calenvite_svc:latest .
and use provided docker-compose files for more info.
Or Build the binary
$ git clone https://github.com/gdi3d/calenvite
$ go get -d -v
$ go mod download
$ go mod verify
$ go build -a -o calenvite
# run de service
$ ./calenvite
Set the Env vars
There's a few env vars that you need to set when you launch the container in order to work:
# If you want use Mailgun API:
CALENVITE_SVC_MAILGUN_DOMAIN: The domain from which the email are going to be sent
CALENVITE_SVC_MAILGUN_KEY: The Mailgun API secret key
# If you want to use SMTP:
CALENVITE_SVC_SMTP_HOST: The host/ip of the SMTP server
CALENVITE_SVC_SMTP_PORT: The port of the SMTP server
CALENVITE_SVC_SMTP_USER: The username to authenticate to the SMTP server
CALENVITE_SVC_SMTP_PASSWORD: The password to authenticate to the SMTP server
# common to both options
CALENVITE_SVC_EMAIL_SENDER_ADDRESS: The email address that would be used to send the email (this value will be used in the FROM part of the email)
CALENVITE_SVC_SEND_USING: MAILGUN or SMTP
CALENVITE_SVC_PORT: Port to expose (optional, default: 8000)
Sample docker-compose files included
# mailgun-docker-compose.yml
version: "3.9"
services:
app_backend:
image: calenvite_svc:latest
ports:
- "8080:8000"
environment:
- CALENVITE_SVC_MAILGUN_DOMAIN=mycooldomain.com
- CALENVITE_SVC_MAILGUN_KEY=abcd1234
- CALENVITE_SVC_EMAIL_SENDER_ADDRESS=no-reply@mycooldomain.com
- CALENVITE_SVC_SEND_USING=MAILGUN
# smtp-docker-compose.yml
version: "3.9"
services:
app_backend:
image: calenvite_svc:latest
ports:
- "8080:8000"
environment:
- CALENVITE_SVC_SMTP_HOST=smtp.mailprovider.com
- CALENVITE_SVC_SMTP_PORT=587
- CALENVITE_SVC_SMTP_USER=mysmtpuser
- CALENVITE_SVC_SMTP_PASSWORD=shhhh.is.secret
- CALENVITE_SVC_EMAIL_SENDER_ADDRESS=no-reply@mycooldomain.com
- CALENVITE_SVC_SEND_USING=SMTP
API Docs
Healtcheck Endpoint
A healthcheck endpoint to test if the service is up and running and a valid configuration is present.
Note: This healtcheck is only going to check that the environment vars are defined. It will not check if the credentials are valid or not
URL
/healthcheck/
Request Example
curl --location --request GET 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/healthcheck'
Responses
Service ok
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
null
Service not working
HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
{
"message": "Internal Server Error"
}
Invite Endpoint
Send email, and optionally, an calendar invitation with RSVP to the users.
URL
/invite/
Payload
{
"users": [
{
"full_name": "Eric Cartman",
"email": "ihateyouguys@southpark.cc"
},
{
"full_name": "Tina belcher",
"email": "aaaooo@bobsburger.com"
}
],
"invitation": {
"start_at": "2030-10-12T07:20:50.52Z",
"end_at": "2030-10-12T08:20:50.52Z",
"organizer_email": "meetingorganizer@meeting.com",
"organizer_full_name": "Mr. Mojo Rising",
"summary": "This meeting will be about...",
"location": "https://zoom.us/332324342",
"description": "Voluptatum ut quis ut. Voluptas qui pariatur quo. Omnis enim rerum dolorum. Qui aut est sed qui voluptatem harum. Consequuntur et accusantium culpa est fuga molestiae in ut. Numquam harum"
},
"email_subject": "You've just been invited!",
"email_body": "<html><body><h1>email body about the invitation/event</h1></body></html>",
"email_is_html": true
}
Notes about fields:
- If you don't need to send a calendar invitation you can omit the field
invitation - If you want to send plain text messages set the key
email_is_htmltofalse
Request example
curl --location --request POST 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/invite/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"users":[{"full_name":"Eric Cartman","email":"ihateyouguys@southpark.cc"},{"full_name":"Tina belcher","email":"aaaooo@bobsburger.com"}],"invitation":{"start_at":"2030-10-12T07:20:50.52Z","end_at":"2030-10-12T08:20:50.52Z","organizer_email":"meetingorganizer@meeting.com","organizer_full_name":"Mr. Mojo Rising","summary":"This meeting will be about...","location":"https://zoom.us/332324342","description":"Voluptatum ut quis ut. Voluptas qui pariatur quo. Omnis enim rerum dolorum. Qui aut est sed qui voluptatem harum. Consequuntur et accusantium culpa est fuga molestiae in ut. Numquam harum"},"email_subject":"You'\''ve just been invited!","email_body":"<html><body><h1>email body about the invitation/event</h1></body></html>","email_is_html":true}'
Responses
Successful
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
{
"message": "SENT_OK",
"status_code": 200,
"error_fields": null
}
Field missing/invalid
HTTP/1.1 400 BAD REQUEST
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
{
"message": "INVALID_PAYLOAD",
"status_code": 400,
"error_fields": [
{
"field": "email_body",
"message": "",
"code": "required"
}
]
}
Error
HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
{
"message": "ERROR",
"status_code": 500,
"error_fields": null
}
Questions, complains, death threats?
You can Contact me 🙋🏻♂️ on LinkedIn if you have any questions. Otherwise you can open a ticket 😉
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