Shiny-for-Python-Building-an-Email-Dashboard

This sample will show you to create an email dashboard using Shiny for Python.

You can follow along step-by-step in our blog post "Shiny for Python: Building an Email Dashboard".

Setup

System dependencies

Python v3.x

Gather environment variables

You'll need the following values:

ACCESS_TOKEN = ""
CLIENT_ID = ""
CLIENT_SECRET = ""

Add the above values to a new .env file:

$ touch .env # Then add your env variables

Install dependencies

$ pip3 install nylas # Nylas API SDK
$ pip3 install shiny # Shiny for Python
$ pip3 install seaborn # Python data visualization library
$ pip3 install pandas # Data analysis library
$ pip3 install wordcloud # Wordcloud generator
$ pip3 install matplotlib # library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations

Usage

Create the application using the following command:

$ shiny create mail_dashboard

And modify the contents of app.py

Run the script using the shiny run command:

$ shiny run --reload mail_dashboard/app.py

The dashboard should run on your browser on port 8000.

Learn more

Visit our Nylas Python SDK documentation to learn more.