Birthday Reminder App

Automated birthday email system that sends wishes to customers at 7 AM daily.

Features

• Simple UI to add birthday reminders (name, email, date)
• Daily 7 AM cron job checks for birthdays
• Sends personalized birthday emails via Gmail (service is specifically set to gmail)
• Tracks who has been emailed with isEmailed flag
• Only sends to users who haven't received email yet
• TODO: Use mailtrap instead of gmail

Setup

• First Fork or Clone the repo, then:

1. Create .env file:

PORT=3000
MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/birthday-reminder
EMAIL_USER=your@gmail.com
EMAIL_PASS=your_app_password

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Start MongoDB server

4. Run app:

npm start

Usage

1. Visit http://localhost:3000
2. Add birthday entries (name, email, date)
3. App automatically sends birthday emails at 7 AM daily
4. Only users with isEmailed=false receive emails

Note: Requires Gmail App Password for email sending.

Birthday list shows only unemailed users by default.