Email Threading

This project will show you how to group emails threads using Ruby and Nylas.

Setup

System dependencies

• Ruby 3.1.1 or greater

Gather environment variables

You'll need the following values:

CLIENT_ID = ""
CLIENT_SECRET = ""
ACCESS_TOKEN = ""

Add the above values to a new .env file:

$ touch .env # Then add your env variables

Install dependencies

$ gem install dotenv
$ gem install sinatra
$ gem install sinatra-base
$ gem install sinatra-contrib
$ gem install nokogiri
$ gem install nylas

Usage

Clone the repository. Go to your terminal and type:

$ ruby EmailThreading.rb

And go to http://localhost:4567

Enter an email and you will see an accordion showing the email threads shared with that email.

Read the blog post

• Grouping Email Threads with Ruby and Nylas