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A Microservice primarily used for in-mail implementation to compose and view in-mails for any client application.
npm i @sourceloop/in-mail-service- Create a new Loopback4 Application (If you don't have one already)
lb4 testapp - Install the in mail service
npm i @sourceloop/in-mail-service - Set the environment variables.
- Run the migrations.
- Add the
InMailServiceComponentto your Loopback4 Application (inapplication.ts).// import the InMailServiceComponent // No need to destructure import InMailServiceComponent from '@sourceloop/in-mail-service'; // add Component for InMailServiceComponent this.component(InMailServiceComponent);
- Set up a Loopback4 Datasource with
dataSourceNameproperty set toInMailDatasourceName. You can see an example datasource here. - Start the application
npm start
Here is a sample Implementation DataSource implementation using environment variables and PostgreSQL as the data source.
import {inject, lifeCycleObserver, LifeCycleObserver} from '@loopback/core';
import {juggler} from '@loopback/repository';
import {InMailDatasourceName} from '@sourceloop/in-mail-service';
const config = {
name: InMailDatasourceName,
connector: 'postgresql',
host: process.env.DB_HOST,
port: process.env.DB_PORT,
user: process.env.DB_USER,
password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
database: process.env.DB_DATABASE,
schema: process.env.DB_SCHEMA,
};
@lifeCycleObserver('datasource')
export class InmailDataSource
extends juggler.DataSource
implements LifeCycleObserver
{
static dataSourceName = InMailDatasourceName;
static readonly defaultConfig = config;
constructor(
@inject(`datasources.config.${SchedulerDatasourceName}`, {optional: true})
dsConfig: object = config,
) {
super(dsConfig);
}
}The migrations required for this service are processed during the installation automatically if you set the INMAIL_MIGRATION or SOURCELOOP_MIGRATION env variable. The migrations use db-migrate with db-migrate-pg driver for migrations, so you will have to install these packages to use auto-migration. Please note that if you are using some pre-existing migrations or databases, they may be affected. In such a scenario, it is advised that you copy the migration files in your project root, using the INMAIL_MIGRATION_COPY or SOURCELOOP_MIGRATION_COPY env variables. You can customize or cherry-pick the migrations in the copied files according to your specific requirements and then apply them to the DB.
Additionally, there is now an option to choose between SQL migration or PostgreSQL migration. NOTE : For @sourceloop/cli users, this choice can be specified during the scaffolding process by selecting the "type of datasource" option.
Do not forget to set Environment variables. The examples below show a common configuration for a PostgreSQL Database running locally.
NODE_ENV=dev
LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
HOST=0.0.0.0
PORT=3000
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=5432
DB_USER=pg_service_user
DB_PASSWORD=pg_service_user_password
DB_DATABASE=in_mail_db
DB_SCHEMA=public
JWT_SECRET=super_secret_string
JWT_ISSUER=https://authentication.service
| Name | Required | Default Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
NODE_ENV |
Y | Node environment value, i.e. dev, test, prod |
|
LOG_LEVEL |
Y | Log level value, i.e. error, warn, info, verbose, debug |
|
HOST |
Y | Host for the service to run under, i.e. 0.0.0.0 |
|
PORT |
Y | 3000 |
Port for the service to listen on. |
DB_HOST |
Y | Hostname for the database server. | |
DB_PORT |
Y | Port for the database server. | |
DB_USER |
Y | User for the database. | |
DB_PASSWORD |
Y | Password for the database user. | |
DB_DATABASE |
Y | Database to connect to on the database server. | |
DB_SCHEMA |
Y | public |
Database schema used for the data source. In PostgreSQL, this will be public unless a schema is made explicitly for the service. |
JWT_SECRET |
Y | Symmetric signing key of the JWT token. | |
JWT_ISSUER |
Y | Issuer of the JWT token. |
Authorization: Bearer where is a JWT token signed using JWT issuer and secret.
Content-Type: application/json in the response and in request if the API method is NOT GET
{version}: Defines the API Version
200: Successful Response. Response body varies w.r.t API 401: Unauthorized: The JWT token is missing or invalid 403: Forbidden : Not allowed to execute the concerned API 404: Entity Not Found 400: Bad Request (Error message varies w.r.t API) 201: No content: Empty Response
Description: Compose or draft a Mail to various Recipients
Request Body:
{
"threadId": "string", // Optional, add if you want the messages in a same thread
"groups": [ // You can define one or more recipients in a group array.
{
"party": "string", // email of the recipient
"type": "to", // type can be to | cc | bcc
}
],
"attachments": [ // Optional
{
"name": "string", // name of the attachment file
"path": "string", // It can be url like s3 url
"thumbnail": "string", // Smaller/Compressed version of attachment path. can be s3 url
"mime": "string", // Content Type of a file (example: image/jpg)
}
],
"meta": [ // Optional
{
"key": "string", // Key Name like Content-Type
"value": "string", // Value like application/json, text/html etc.
}
],
"body": "string", // The Message Body
"subject": "string", // The title of the Message
"status": "string", // Draft if you don't want to send message Now
"extId": "string", // External Id from the Client (Optional)
"extMetadata": {} // External Metadata from the Client (Optional)
}Successful Response:
{
"id": "string", // id of the message
"version": "string" // API version
}Description: Update Drafted Messages such as modifying attachment, recipients, message body, subject etc.
Request path Parameters:
{messageId}: Unique Id of the message which needs to be updated
Request Body:
{
"groups": [ // You can define one or more recipients in a group array.
{
"party": "string", // email of the recipient
"type": "to", // type can be to | cc | bcc
}
],
"attachments": [ // Optional
{
"name": "string", // name of the attachment file
"path": "string", // It can be url like s3 url
"thumbnail": "string", // Smaller/Compressed version of attachment path. can be s3 url
"mime": "string", // Content Type of a file (example: image/jpg)
}
],
"meta": [ // Optional
{
"key": "string", // Key Name like Content-Type
"value": "string", // Value like application/json, text/html etc.
}
],
"body": "string", // The Message Body (Optional)
"subject": "string", // The title of the Message (Optional)
"status": "string", // Draft if you don't want to send message Now, otherwise, send
"extId": "string", // External Id from the Client (Optional)
"extMetadata": "object" // External Metadata from the Client (Optional)
}Success Response:
{
"id": "string", // id of the message
"version": "string" // API version
}Description: add an attachment to an existing drafted mail
Request path Parameters:
{messageId}: The unique id of a mail
Request Body:
{
"attachments": [
{
"name": "string", // name of the attachment file
"path": "string", // It can be url like s3 url
"thumbnail": "string", // Smaller/Compressed version of attachment path. can be s3 url
"mime": "string" // Content Type of a file (example: image/jpg)
}
]
}Successful Response:
{
"items": "array", // array containing attachments,
"version": "string", // an API version
}Description: Move inbox/sent items to trash or delete the trashed item
Request path parameters:
{storage}: inbox/send/trash (to trash the inbox/sent message or to delete the trashed message)
{action}: trash/delete
Request body parameters
{
"messageIds": "Array<string>"
}Successful Response:
{
"version" : "string", // the API version
"item": "Array<object>" // recipient/sender details which was marked for deletion/trash
}Description: Restore the trashed Mail
Request body parameters
{
"messageIds": "Array<string>"
}Successful Response:
{
"version": "string", // the API version
"items": "Array<object>" // recipient/sender details which was restored from trash
}Description: Forward the mail to another recipient
Request path Parameter:
{messageId}: Unique message Id
Request Body:
{
"groups": [ // you can specify more recipients in groups array for forwarding the mail to multiple recipients
{
"party": "string", // email of the recipient
"type": "to" | "bcc" | "cc", // recipient type
}
]
}Successful Response:
{
"version": "string", // the API version
"id": "string" // the message Id
}Description: Send the drafted mail to the recipient
Request path Parameter:
{messageId}: Unique Message Id
Successful response
{
"id": "string",
"version": "string"
}Description: mark the mails as read/unread/important/not-important
Request path Parameter:
{markType}: read/unread/important/not-important
Successful response
{
success : true,
}Request path Parameters:
{threadId}: Unique id of thread
Request query Parameter(Optional):
filter: Object which contains attribute(s) key value pairs of thread model which is used to filter data.
Successful Response:
{
"version": "string", // the API version
"item": "object" // item containing the thread and the related message, attachment and/or meta-data details
}Request query parameter(s):
groupFilter: Object which contains attribute(s) key value pairs of group model which is used to filter items. threadFilter: Object which contains attribute(s) key value pairs of thread model which is used to filter items.
Successful Response:
{
"version": "string", // the API version
"items": "array" // array containing thread details and the corresponding messages, attachments etc.
}Request query parameter(s):
groupFilter: Object which contains attribute(s) key value pairs of group model which is used to filter items. threadFilter: Object which contains attribute(s) key value pairs of thread model which is used to filter items.
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