:construction: Continuing work on integrating email transac

backend/.env.sample

 
 PSCALE_DB_USER=myuserpleasechange
 PSCALE_DB_PASSWORD=pscale_pw_abc123efg456hij789
+
+# Brevo Transactional Email API key
+BREVO_KEY=brevo_api_key

backend/lib/plugins/user.js

 const UserProfilesListRoute = require('../routes/user/list-profiles')
 const UserLoginRoute = require('../routes/user/login')
 const UserSignupRoute = require('../routes/user/signup')
+const UserEmailRoute = require('../routes/user/email.js')
 const UserPassword = require('../routes/user/authentication')
 
 const UserService = require('../services/user')
         await server.route(UserSignupRoute)
         await server.route(UserProfileCreateRoute)
         await server.route(UserProfilesListRoute)
+        await server.route(UserEmailRoute)
         await server.route(UserPassword)
     },
 }

backend/lib/routes/user/email.js

+'use strict'
+
+const Joi = require('joi')
+
+const pluginConfig = {
+    handlerType: 'email',
+    docs: {
+        get: {
+            description: 'sends confirmation email',
+            notes: 'Stores the email in memory in a hash and sends confirmation email for signup',
+        },
+    },
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    method: 'POST',
+    path: '/sendemail/',
+    options: {
+        ...pluginConfig.docs.get,
+        tags: ['api'],
+        auth: false,
+        cors: true,
+        handler: async function (request, h) {
+            const { userService } = request.server.services()
+            const userEmail = request.payload.email
+            const userPw = request.payload.password
+            console.log('this.answered :=>', request.payload)
+            try {
+                const emailSent = userService.emailSent(userEmail)
+                return {
+                    ok: true,
+                    handler: pluginConfig.handlerType,
+                    data: { emailSentSuccessfully: emailSent.wasSuccessfull },
+                }
+            } catch (err) {
+                return {
+                    ok: false,
+                    handler: pluginConfig.handlerType,
+                    data: {
+                        error: err,
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        validate: {
+            failAction: 'log',
+        },
+        response: {
+            schema: Joi.object({
+                ok: Joi.bool(),
+                handler: Joi.string(),
+                data: Joi.object(),
+            }).label('email_res'),
+            failAction: 'log',
+        },
+    },
+}

backend/lib/services/user.js

 const Schmervice = require('@hapipal/schmervice')
 const SecurePassword = require('secure-password')
 
+// Configuration for Brevo
+const SibApiV3Sdk = require('sib-api-v3-sdk')
+const defaultClient = SibApiV3Sdk.ApiClient.instance
+const apiKey = defaultClient.authentications['api-key']
+apiKey.apiKey = process.env.BREVO_KEY
+
+const apiInstance = new SibApiV3Sdk.TransactionalEmailsApi()
+
 const hasher = async (pwd, steak) => {
     const hash = await pwd.hash(steak)
     const result = await pwd.verify(steak, hash)
 
         return passwordRow ? passwordRow.token : null
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends a Transactional Email via Brevo
+     * @ returns {Object}
+     */
+    async emailSent(userEmail) {
+        const sendSmtpEmail = {
+            to: [
+                {
+                    email: userEmail,
+                },
+            ],
+            templateId: 1,
+            params: {
+                // TODO: create basic hashing email above and cache hash...
+                email: 'tobehashedemail',
+            },
+        }
+
+        await apiInstance.sendTransacEmail(sendSmtpEmail).then(
+            data => {
+                console.log('data from sendTransacEmail :=>', data)
+                return {
+                    wasSuccessfull: true,
+                    data: data,
+                }
+            },
+            error => {
+                console.error('ERROR :=>', error)
+                return {
+                    wasSuccessfull: false,
+                    error: error,
+                }
+            },
+        )
+    }
 }

backend/package-lock.json

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         "mysql": "^2.18.1",
         "objection": "^2.2.18",
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frontend/src/components/onboarding/Auth.vue

 </template>
 
 <script>
-// import { Authenticator } from '../services/auth.service.js'
+import { Authenticator } from '../../services/auth.service.js'
+
 export default {
     name: 'Auth',
     props: {
             type: String,
             default: 'authenticated question!!',
         },
+        answered: {
+            type: String,
+            default: '',
+        },
     },
     emits: ['update-answers'],
+    data: () => ({
+        authenticator: false,
+    }),
     created() {
-        // TODO: Put front end ping here to send email via Brevo on the backend
-        console.log('hi from auth :=>')
+        this.authenticator = new Authenticator()
+        console.log('this.answered :=>', this.answered)
+        this.authenticator.sendAuthEmail(this.answered)
     },
     methods: {
         // TODO: remove test button above and use a watcher instead to emit this

frontend/src/services/auth.service.js

+import { db } from '../utils/db.js'
+
 class Authenticator {
     constructor() {
         this.curentUser = null
+        this.authenticated = false
+    }
+    async sendAuthEmail(answered) {
+        const emailWasSent = await db.post(`/user/sendemail/`, answered)
+        console.log('emailwasSent :=>', emailWasSent)
     }
 }
 
-export { Authenticator }
+export { Authenticator }