Has anyone built an email out of Knack?

[MattBalogh58532]

Hi there,

Wondering if anyone has ever built a complete email send, receive, sorting app within Knack? Obviously not for that purpose, however I have an app that is broad in purpose, and am thinking to incorporate email management within it.

Anyone?

Cheers Matt

[KnackPros]

Hi Matt,

Yes I’ve built that. The app allowed users to connect their Email Inbox (via Google/Microsoft) and view/send/sort the emails within Knack. You can look into the Nylas email API which provides an API to connect to all the major inboxes.

Ian
Knack Pros

[MattBalogh58532]

Hi Ian,

Many thanks, just what I am after! I was trying to use Zapier or Integromat, but they basically only worked for one email address, unless you created a new zap or scenario for each use. With Nylas, can the email address by dynamic, allowing for lots of users?

Cheers

[KnackPros]

Hi Matt,

Glad to be of help.

Yes, any-logged in user can connect his inbox to your Knack app.

As a logged-in user:

• I click a button such as “Connect with Google” or “Connect with Microsoft”.
• I am redirected to the Google/Microsoft website to login with my credentials for Google/Microsoft.
• I am redirected back to the Knack app.
• The return URL contains an access token. The Knack app saves the access token to my user record.
• Thereafter, anytime I want to retrieve/view/create an email within the Knack app, Knack makes the request to Nylas using my access token.

[MattBalogh58532]

Hi Ian,

Oh, that simple? I will play around with it, many thanks!

Cheers