Show HN: A Node.js open source library to send transactional notifications

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Post by bdav24 » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 1:04 PM UTC

Show HN: A Node.js open source library to send transactional notifications
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Re: Show HN: A Node.js open source library to send transactional notifications

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Post by hitgeek » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 2:01 PM UTC

from the docs this looks like a really practical library. The testing and dev tools look great.

whats the backstory for this library?

Re: Show HN: A Node.js open source library to send transactional notifications

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Post by garysieling » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 2:49 PM UTC

Are there any well-tested Node.js libraries to do scheduling alongside something this? E.g., if I wanted to send the notifications once a week, etc.

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Post by ezekg » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 2:54 PM UTC

garysieling wrote: post #3

Are there any well-tested Node.js libraries to do scheduling alongside something this? E.g., if I wanted to send the notifications once a week, etc.

I've used https://github.com/kelektiv/node-cron in the past, which could be run in the same process as the web app or in its own process. Works really well for recurring jobs.

Re: Show HN: A Node.js open source library to send transactional notifications

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Post by bdav24 » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 2:59 PM UTC

hitgeek wrote: post #2

from the docs this looks like a really practical library. The testing and dev tools look great. whats the backstory for this library?

Hi hitgeek, thanks for your comment. The backstory is quite simple, the initial plan was to make a saas api service, but we don't like cold calling so much, so it ended up as an open source project :)

Re: Show HN: A Node.js open source library to send transactional notifications

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Post by michaelmior » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:06 PM UTC

What is a "transactional" notification? This doesn't seem to be explained anywhere in the README.

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Post by treehau5 » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:17 PM UTC

michaelmior wrote: post #6

What is a "transactional" notification? This doesn't seem to be explained anywhere in the README.

A notification that is sent based on some trigger. I think the terminology comes from email marketing https://sendgrid.com/blog/marketing-email-vs-transactional-e...

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Post by michaelmior » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:19 PM UTC

treehau5 wrote: post #7

michaelmior wrote: post #6

What is a "transactional" notification? This doesn't seem to be explained anywhere in the README.

A notification that is sent based on some trigger. I think the terminology comes from email marketing https://sendgrid.com/blog/marketing-email-vs-transactional-e...

That's what I assumed, but it would be nice if that were made explicit.

Re: Show HN: A Node.js open source library to send transactional notifications

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Post by squaro » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:23 PM UTC

fallback + round-robin : <3 Awesome idea. fallback : could be very usefull if you main provider is down round-robin : send more free emails using multiple providers

Re: Show HN: A Node.js open source library to send transactional notifications

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Post by bdav24 » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:29 PM UTC

michaelmior wrote: post #8

treehau5 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A notification that is sent based on some trigger. I think the terminology comes from email marketing https://sendgrid.com/blog/marketing-email-vs-transactional-e...

That's what I assumed, but it would be nice if that were made explicit.

Thanks for the feedback. I added the word "transactional" to say that we can't send batches with the lib. Anyway it's not a hard limitation because you can always make a loop.