README.md

Sparkpost IBM Bluemix PoC

##THIS CODE IS GIVEN AS-IS AND ONLY FOR PROOF OF CONCEPT PURPOSES. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

Here is a running demo: http://sparkpostbluemixt.mybluemix.net/

This Node.js application has the following prerequisites:

1. You have an IBM Bluemix account (using Cloud Foundry)
2. You have a Sparkpost.com account
3. You have configured a verified Sending Domain in SparkPost.com
4. You have a valid SparkPost API Key with READ/WRITE permissions for Transmissions
5. You have Node.js installed locally and NPM

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/SparkPost/sparkybluemix-poc.git

EDIT THESE FILES BEFORE TRYING TO DEPLOY TO CLOUD FOUNDRY

• manifest.yml
  • Replace the values in all caps as indicated
• app.js
  • Add your SparkPost API Key
  • Add your content.from.name as indicated
  • Add your content.from.email as indicated
  • Add your content.reply_to as indicate
• package.json
  • Change the name to be what you wantd

Install the dependencies

npm install

Test locally

node app

Open in browser per URL in Node standard out, you should see something that looks like the screenshot below:

DEPLOY APP TO IBM Bluemix using Cloud Foundry, follow directions for IBM Bluemix

Node.js Starter Application

Bluemix provides a Node.js starter application as a template so that you can add your code and push the changes back to the Bluemix environment.

Files

The Node.js starter application has files as below:

• app.js

  This file contains the server side JavaScript code for your application written using the express server package.

• public/

  This directory contains public resources of the application, that will be served up by this server

• package.json

  This file contains metadata about your application, that is used by both the npm program to install packages, but also Bluemix when it's staging your application. For more information, see: https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json