This will be useful if...
- You want to forward a simple contact form to your email
- You have a (S3) static site and don't want to run a server
Register your email:
$ curl --data "email=<your_email>" https://happy-forwarder.herokuapp.com/register
Token: 780a8c9b-dc2d-4258-83af-4deefe446dee
Test (optional):
$ curl --data "email=hello@test.com&subject=test&message=hello" \
https://happy-forwarder.herokuapp.com/user/780a8c9b-dc2d-4258-83af-4deefe446dee
Put into action:
<form action="https://happy-forwarder.herokuapp.com/user/<token>">
Email: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
Subject: <input type="text" name="subject"><br>
Message: <textarea name="message" cols="40" rows="5"></textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Send Message">
</form>
NB: Required parameters are: email
, subject
and message
. Other parameters will be ignored.
Spin up your own free Heroku instance. A Sendgrid account required for email delivery.
$ git clone https://github.com/colmarius/fwdform.git
$ heroku create
$ heroku config:set SENDGRID_API_KEY=<KEY>
$ heroku addons:add heroku-postgresql:hobby-dev
$ heroku pg:promote HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_COLOR
$ heroku ps:scale web=1
Deploy the application to your Heroku instance.
$ git push heroku master
Create the database.
$ heroku run python
>>> from app import db
>>> db.create_all()
>>> exit()