colejoh / letter-to-representative

A service that uses the Lob API to send a letter to your representative

letter-to-representative

A website that uses the Lob API to send a letter to your representative.

Requirements

1. Node.js
2. NPM

Installation

1. npm install
2. Put your API keys in config.js

Running

1. node server.js
2. Visit localhost:8080

How it works

The APIs

This app uses two APIs. The first one that is called is the Google Civic Information API. This call serves two purposes. First is to get the representative for the user's address. The second purpose is to format the user's address to the proper format. This call is sent back to the front end so the user can confirm all of their information.

The second API that is used is the Lob API. The Lob API is used to make a physical letter and mail it to the address that was found in the Google API call.

The Tech

This app is made in Node.js for the back end and AngularJS for the front end.