Email Stats

Scheduled lambda to collect basic email stats via Google's Gmail API. This repository can be used as a template for backend tasks that 1) communicate with an external source via API (e.g. gmail, twitter), and 2) stores data in a backend with basic CRUD functions set up.

See frontend client here.

Getting Started

1. Clone this repository and run npm i.
2. Create a .env file with API keys for DynamoDB. Store in root directory.
3. Create a project in Google's Developer Console with Gmail enabled to retrieve a credentials file credentials.json. Store in root directory.
4. Run locally once with node ., which will generate token.json after you authenticate with your Gmail account.
5. Upload to AWS Lambda.

Technology

• Written in Node.js.
• Unit testing in Jest.
• Hosted on AWS Lambda.
• Stores API data in AWS DynamoDB.