This is the front end for my final year project, submitted as part of the B.A. (Mod) Computer Science degree, Trinity College Dublin, April 2016.
This is a simple Chrome extension using InboxSDK to plug into Gmail, and Nodejs to act as middleware between the back-end and the extension.
Special thanks to the InboxSDK team (https://www.inboxsdk.com/) for making my life significantly easier and stress-free.
#Installation & Use
Firstly, nodejs is required. To install nodejs, run the following commands:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
sudo npm install -g npm
Next, run make install within the root directory - this will install the dependencies required for the nodejs server.
To install the Chrome extension, navigate to Tools > Extensions. Ensure that Developer Mode is enabled on the top right. Then, click Load unpacked extension... and select the root folder for this project.
A valid InboxSDK API key is needed (it's currently tied to my email account). To request one, use the link on this page https://www.inboxsdk.com/docs/, and replace the key on line 1 in content.js in the function InboxSDK.load('1', <API KEY>).then(function(sdk){...}.
All certificates are hard-coded at the moment. You should generate a new (self-signed) X.509 Certificate; you can run the following command:
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365
To run the extension, simply open Gmail on the registered email address and the API will automatically (buttons should appear in the compose view).
To run the intermediate server, open a terminal window and run nodejs server/IntermediateServer.js
Ensure that the back-end is running, also.