email2postwp

This is a simple module that retrieves new emails from an IMAP server and creates posts in a WordPress site.

Prerequisite

A working IMAP email address and a WordPress with WP Rest API enabled with basic authentication.

Installation

As simple as installing any other global node package. Be sure to have npm and node installed and launch:

$ npm install -g email2postwp

Configuration

The email2postwp is configurable through environment variables. There are several variables available:

Environment variable	Description
EMAIL2POSTWP_HOST	imap mail host.
EMAIL2POSTWP_USERNAME	imap username.
EMAIL2POSTWP_PASSWORD	imap password.
EMAIL2POSTWP_WPENDPOINT	wordpress rest api endpoint.
EMAIL2POSTWP_WPUSERNAME	wordpress basic auth username.
EMAIL2POSTWP_WPPASSWORD	wordpress basic auth password.
EMAIL2POSTWP_WPPOST_STATUS	new post status (default is draft).
EMAIL2POSTWP_WPPOST_CATEGORY_IDS	new post category ids (default is none).
EMAIL2POSTWP_WPALLOWED_EMAILS	the list of sender emails that post will be created (default is all).

Launching from source

If you downloaded the source code of the bot you can run it using NPM with:

$ npm start

Don't forget to configure the environment variables before doing so. Alternatively you can also create a file called imapsettings.js in the root folder and put your token there (you can use the imappsettings.js.example file as a reference) and a file called wpsettings.js in the root folder and put your token there (you can use the wpsettings.js.example file as a reference).