Venn Email

Build in a redundant messaging service seamlessly. If your email, sms or push notification provider goes down, we'll fall back to a secondary service.

Installation

npm install venn-messaging

Email

initialize(api_key)

params	type	description	example
api_key	String	Venn API Key	64d2fa24h3f6f7cc61asp3e8

send(data, callback)

params	type	description	example
data.from	String	from email address	from@email.com
data.to	String	to email address	to@email.com
data.subject	String	email subject	Subject 123
data.message	String	email message	How you doin?

Example

vennEmail = require("venn-messaging").Email;

// initialize and send an email
vennEmail.initialize(VENN_API_KEY);

var data = {
    from: "from@email.com",
    to: "to@email.com",
    subject: "Subject 123",
    message: "How you doin?"
};

vennEmail.send(data, function(err, result){
    // email successfully sent if no error
});

SMS

initialize(api_key)

params	type	description	example
api_key	String	Venn API Key	64d2fa24h3f6f7cc61asp3e8

send(data, callback)

params	type	description	example
data.from	String	from phone number	+14354402246
data.to	String	to phone number	+1633050227
data.message	String	text message	How you doin?

Example

vennSms = require("venn-messaging").SMS;

// initialize and send an SMS
vennSms.initialize(VENN_API_KEY);

var data = {
    from: "+14356650499",
    to: "+14503350029",
    message: "How you doin?"
};

vennSms.send(data, function (err, result) {
    // text successfully sent if no error
});

Push Notification

initialize(api_key)

params	type	description	example
api_key	String	Venn API Key	64d2fa24h3f6f7cc61asp3e8

send(data, callback)

params	type	description	example
data.deviceToken	String	id of target device	FE66489F304DC75B8D6E8200DFF8
data.deviceType	String	type of target device	ios
data.message	String	notification message	How you doin?

Example

vennPush = require("venn-messaging").Push;

// initialize and send a push notification
vennPush.initialize(VENN_API_KEY);

var data = {
    deviceToken: "FE66489F304DC75B8D6E8200DFF8",
    deviceType: "ios",
    message: "How you doin?"
};

vennPush.send(data, function (err, result) {
    // push notification successfully sent if no error
});

Development

Install Dependencies

npm install

Export Environment Variables

VENN_API_KEY="h41fa6602663b30c78b9c339"
VENN_API_URL="http://localhost:3400/v1"

Run Examples

node examples/example.js 

Run Examples with Debugging

VENN_API_KEY=5f6abf85d1947ce29ce7332f
VENN_API_URL=http://localhost:3400/v1
DEBUG="venn"
node examples/example.js

Run Tests

mocha

Adding a New Service Provider

1. Write Failing Tests
2. Create a new test file of the form test/service_type/service_name/error.js
3. Copy test/template/test_service_template.js into this new file
4. Follow instructions in the template file to create tests for the new service
5. Create the New Service Provider
6. Install the service provider's npm package as a dependency
7. Create a new file of the form lib/models/providers/service_type/service_name.js
8. Copy lib/models/providers/template/service_template.js into this new file
9. Follow instructions in the template file to create the new service
10. Edit lib/models/messaging_client.js
11. Require the newly created service provider

var ServiceName = require('./providers/service_type/service_name');

2. Add the newly created service provider to initServices

else if (property === "service_name" && keys[property]) {
  messagingProvider = new ServiceName(keys[property]);
}

4. Add api key validator to Venn API