pdehaan / restmail-client

Client for restmail.net which polls for messages.

restmail-client

Client for restmail.net which polls for messages. Returns all mail for the specified user, as an array of JSON blobs, with the newest messages first.

Installation:

% npm i restmail-client -S

Usage:

var restmail = require('restmail-client');

restmail('peter', {maxRetry: 2}).then(console.log).catch(console.error);

The above snippet will poll the [email protected] inbox for messages.

API:

restmail(<user>, [<options>])

Parameters:

• user — String; The user/inbox to check for messages.
• options — Object; A qretry options object with the following optional parameters:
  • maxRetry (Number) optional: set the maximum retry (default is 5)
  • interval (Number) optional: set the initial interval in milliseconds between the first and the second call. (default is 500)
  • intervalMultiplicator (Number >= 1) optional: set the multiplicator which increase the interval through tries. (default is 1.5)

Response:

This method returns a resolved promise with an array of messages from restmail.net, or a rejected promise if no emails were found.