A barebones Node.js app using Express 4 to receive StackLead webhook responses and relay the data to various systems including email, a database and mixpanel.

Make sure you have Node.js and the Heroku Toolbelt installed.

This project has a basic express webserver for which handlers can be registered to receive webhook callbacks. The ./lib folder contains plugins that can be used to pass the StackLead data to various other systems like email, a database or mixpanel.

Settings should be configured in a local private copy of config.js.

$ cp config.js _config.js
$ ... edit _config.js to include passwords and settings

The _config.js file should look something like this:

module.exports = {
  // for db storage module
  pg: {
    database: 'stacklead_heroku', // UPDATE to match local databse
    user: '', // UPDATE
    password: '', // UPDATE
    host: 'localhost',
    port: 5432,
    ssl: false
  },
  // for pushing data to mixpanel
  mixpanel: {
    token: '' // UPDATE
  },
  // for sending email from data
  email: {
    service: 'Gmail',
    auth: {
      user: '[email protected]', // UPDATE
      pass: '' // UPDATE
    }
  }
};

$ git clone [email protected]:stacklead/webhook-handler.git # or clone your own fork
$ cd webhook-handler
$ npm install
$ npm start

Your app should now be running on localhost:5000.

$ heroku create
create a new databse
$ heroku addons:add heroku-postgresql:hobby-dev
$ heroku pg:wait
$ heroku config | grep HEROKU_POSTGRESQL
$ HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_RED_URL: postgres://user3123:[email protected]:6212/db982398
promote the configured heroku pg url
$ heroku pg:promote HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_RED

push the app
$ git push heroku master
$ heroku open

For more information about using Node.js on Heroku, see these Dev Center articles:

• Getting Started with Node.js on Heroku
• Heroku Node.js Support
• Node.js on Heroku
• Best Practices for Node.js Development
• Using WebSockets on Heroku with Node.js