README.md

Mail-pdf-service

REST API to email PDF with given data, developed In Spring Boot 2.1

Technologies

• Spring Boot 2.1.3
• CloudAMQP (RabbitMQ)
• Spring Boot Mail
• Apache Log4j 2
• iTextpdf

Configuration

1. Add Gmail address and password in application.properties
Note: I have Used CloudAMQP - RabbitMQ as a Service for RabbitMQ. Make sure that 2-step verification is off for given gmail.

spring.mail.username=YOUR-GMAIL-ADDRESS
spring.mail.password=YOUR-GMAIL-PASSWORD   

2. Add credentials for RabbitMQ server in RabbitConfig.java

@Bean
 public CachingConnectionFactory myCachingConnectionFactory() {
 	CachingConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new CachingConnectionFactory("YOUR-RABBIT_MQ-HOST-URL");
 	connectionFactory.setUsername("RABBIT_MQ-USERNAME");
 	connectionFactory.setPassword("RABBIT_MQ-PASSWORD");
 	connectionFactory.setVirtualHost("RABBIT_MQ-VIRTUAL-HOST(IF ANY)");
 	return(connectionFactory);
 }

voilà! All Set :)

Run Apllication

$ mvnw spring-boot:run

You can Also Run This Application in java Based IDE like STS, Eclipse or intellij

API Structure

You can Use Any API tool like Postman,Swagger Inspector or Paw 3

• POST : http://localhost:8080/generatePDF

Json Body
 
{
  "email" : "chevlichirag@gmail.com",
  "emailTitle" : "Check out PDF!",
  "pdfName" : "Demo_pdf",
  "pdfData" : "Demo Data" 
} 

Now Go And Check Mail!

References

• https://www.cloudamqp.com/docs/index.html
• https://howtodoinjava.com/apache-commons/read-generate-pdf-java-itext/
• https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/

In case you find any problems or you have any suggestion or you want to add new features fell free to contact me 😄