project by @trinajoy

Newsletter Signup

A simple newsletter signup using Mailchimp API, Bootstrap, Express App & hosted on Heroku.

Project Specifications

• Add a subscriber to a mailing list
• Design based on KOOKAI newsletter: https://kookai.co.uk

Custom Environment Variables

• Use custom environment variables to hide Mailchimp API Key
• see .env_sample for how to add api key
• add .env to .gitignore
• add dotenv to project npm i dotenv
• require dotenv in app.js after requiring express
• use in app.js: process.env.API_KEY
• see documentation: https://medium.com/@asbillings2007/hide-your-api-keys-71e7bab3af69

Heroku

• Procfile : tell Heroku how to launch the app
• add Config Vars : API_AUTH, API_KEY, LIST_ID

References

• image: unsplash: caique-silva-BOHyxqepP9Y-unsplash.jpg

Run App

• npx nodemon app.js