Certificate Generator and Mailer

A blazing fast solution for creating certificates and mailing them just by using the template and the csv file.

How to use

Make sure that you have node and npm installed. In your terminal, run -
```
node --version
```
To install node, head over to this website and download the stable release.

Fork and clone this repository by runinng the following command in your terminal -

git clone https://github.com/<your_github_username>/certificate-generator-and-mailer

cd into the cloned repository using the following command -
```
cd certificate-generator-and-mailer
```
Install all the dependencies using the command -
```
npm install
```
You are now ready to generate and send your certificates.
In the /data folder, replace the participantData.csv file with your own csv file. Please do not change the name of the file, and make sure that your file must contain "Email Address" and "Name" columns with the same name.
Now we need to make sure that the names on the certificates are placed correctly. To do this, head over to certificate-generator.js file and adjust the font configuration by updating the height and width of the text. See this for reference -

doc.font("fonts/Caveat-VariableFont_wght.ttf").fontSize(55).text(name, height, width, {
        align: "left"
    });

Here you can pass custom height and width as per your needs.

We are not ready yet. We still need to configure our a gmail account so that we can send mails. To configure your account, enable less secure apps from this link
Create a .env file in your root folder and update it with your email and password as follows
```
USER_EMAIL=<your_email_address>
USER_PASS=<your_password>
```
Save all the changes and in your terminal run the following command -
```
node index.js
```
You'll see PDFs getting generated in your root folder and a message "Email is sent" in your terminal.