Event Webhook Node.js Code Example
Parse Webhook
In this example, we want to parse all emails at address@email.sendgrid.biz and post the parsed email to http://sendgrid.biz/parse . We will be using Node and the Express framework.
Given this scenario, the following are the parameters you would set at the Parse API settings page:
Hostname: email.sendgrid.biz
URL: http://sendgrid.biz/parse
To test this scenario, we sent an email to example@example.com and created the following code:
var express = require('express');
var multer = require('multer');
var app = express();
app.configure(function(){
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
app.use(multer());
});
app.post('/parse', function (req, res) {
var from = req.body.from;
var text = req.body.text;
var subject = req.body.subject;
var num_attachments = req.body.attachments;
for (i = 1; i <= num_attachments; i++){
var attachment = req.files['attachment' + i];
// attachment will be a File object
}
});
var server = app.listen(app.get('port'), function() {
console.log('Listening on port %d', server.address().port);
});
Event Webhook
To use the Event Webhook, you must first setup Event Notification.
In this scenario, we assume you've set the Event Notification URL to go the endpoint /event on your server. Given this scenario the following code will allow you to process events:
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
app.configure(function(){
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
app.use(express.bodyParser());
});
app.post('/event', function (req, res) {
var events = req.body;
events.forEach(function (event) {
// Here, you now have each event and can process them how you like
processEvent(event);
});
});
var server = app.listen(app.get('port'), function() {
console.log('Listening on port %d', server.address().port);
});
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