SendGrid Markdown Demo
This is a demo showing how simple it is to use SendGrid with Node.js. Using a simple static file server and websockets, this demo takes emails written in Markdown and sends them using the SendGrid mail API in real time.
Demo
Check out the live demo here:
http://sendgrid-markdown-demo.jit.su/
Install && Setup
This guide assumes you already have node and npm installed. If not, you should check out NVM which makes installing them super easy.
Step 1: Clone the repo
git clone git://github.com/theycallmeswift/SendGrid-Markdown-Demo.git
cd SendGrid-Markdown-Demo
Step 2: Install the dependencies
npm install
Step 3: Edit your SendGrid settings
Open up config.json in your favorite editor and fillout the settings.
{
"fromAddress": "MarkdownDemo@sendgrid.com",
"username": "your_sendgrid_username",
"key": "your_sendgrid_key"
}
Step 4: Run locally
node server.js
Deploying
Nodejitsu
If you already have the jitsu package installed, then it's as simple as:
jitsu deploy