Nylas API Demo App

The Nylas email & calendar APIs power applications with email and scheduling features from any inbox in the world. The demo app is live at https://nylas-sales-demo.herokuapp.com/, contact sales@nylas.com for a demo!

How to run the Backend

The server code was developed on Python 3.6.5

Download, create and activate your virtual environment:

pip3 install virtualenv
virtualenv .venv --python=python3
source .venv/bin/activate

Install python dependencies:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt
pip3 install .

Install react/js dependencies:

yarn install

Create database and tables:

nylas_demo create_tables

Seed database with user data:

nylas_demo add_user <first_name> <last_name> <email> <password> <nylas_access_token>

Please see our API documentation on hosted and native authentication for information on how to authenticate new users, and receive access tokens.

To use the API without implementing authentication, visit the Nylas Dashboard and register for a developer account. After you have registered, you can click 'Auth Account' to sync a new email account, and get your access token.

Export environment variables

If you plan on using webhooks, the app will need your client secret in order to verify incoming webhooks. You can find your secret in the Nylas Dashboard in the Dashboard view. Click the eye icon beside App Secret to copy/paste.

export NYLAS_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=<nylas_client_secret>

Run:

flask run

Lint:

mypy api --ignore-missing-imports

Test:

pytest -v

How to run the Frontend

Run:

yarn start runs the front-end at http://localhost:3000

Lint:

npm run flow