An AI-powered Gmail extension that seamlessly integrates an intelligent backend with the Gmail UI to generate instant, context-aware email replies.

BootMail AI is a full-stack, AI-powered email assistant developed as a browser extension. It seamlessly integrates a custom Spring Boot backend with the Gmail UI, enabling users to generate instant, context-aware email replies with the click of a button.

The project demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of client-side and server-side development by:

• Engineering a RESTful API in Java with Spring Boot to process user requests and communicate with a powerful AI model.
• Developing a dynamic content script to inject a custom "AI Reply" button directly into the Gmail compose toolbar, ensuring a native user experience.
• Implementing robust CORS security and browser extension permissions to allow for secure cross-origin communication between the extension and the backend server.

• Seamless UI Integration: A custom "AI Reply" button is injected directly into the Gmail's native interface.
• Intelligent Context Analysis: The extension extracts the email's content and sends it to the backend for accurate reply generation.
• RESTful API: A clean and robust API handles requests and returns a generated response.
• CORS Security: Properly configured to allow secure communication between the browser extension and the backend server.

• JavaScript: For DOM manipulation, event handling, and API calls.
• HTML/CSS: To create the extension's UI components.
• Chrome Extension API: For injecting the content script into the Gmail page.

• Java: The core programming language.
• Spring Boot: A powerful framework for building a production-ready, standalone API.
• Maven: For dependency management and building the project.
• REST API: The architectural style for communication.

The project is split into two main directories for clear separation of concerns.

/BootMail-AI/
├── frontend/             # All code for the browser extension
│   ├── manifest.json
│   ├── content.js
│   └── ...
│
└── backend/              # All code for the Spring Boot application
    ├── src/
    ├── pom.xml
    └── ...

To get the project up and running locally, follow these simple steps for both the backend and frontend.

• Java 17+ installed.
• Maven installed.
• Node.js installed (if you need to use npm commands).

1. Navigate to the backend directory in your terminal:

   cd backend

2. Build the project using Maven:

   mvn clean install

3. Run the application from the target directory:

   java -jar target/email-generator-app-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

   Your API will now be running on http://localhost:8080.

1. Open your browser (e.g., Chrome, Brave).
2. Navigate to the extensions page by typing chrome://extensions in the address bar.
3. Enable Developer mode in the top-right corner.
4. Click on "Load unpacked" and select the frontend directory from your cloned repository.
5. The BootMail AI extension icon will appear in your toolbar.

Now, open Gmail and start a new compose window to see the "AI Reply" button in action!

Contributions are what make the open-source community an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

1. Fork the Project.
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature).
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature').
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature).
5. Open a Pull Request.

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.