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Invoice Emailing Utility

Streamline the invoice distribution process with this utility, designed to integrate customer data from a CSV database and utilize email templates and settings from a YAML configuration. Automate and personalize your invoice emailing effortlessly.

Features

  • Customer Database Management: Easily manage recipient details for invoice distribution by loading information from a CSV file.
  • Dynamic Email Templating: Personalize communications with custom email templates stored and retrieved from a YAML file.
  • Secure Email Configuration: Conveniently store email account settings, including credentials and server details, in a secure YAML file.
  • Interactive Web Interface: Navigate smoothly between configuration, CSV management, and email operations with a responsive web interface.
  • Automated Email Operations: Send invoices en masse with a single click, backed by Flask for robust email processing and delivery.

Getting Started

Follow these instructions to set up and run the utility locally for development and testing.

Prerequisites

  • Python 3
  • Flask
  • PyYAML

Install the required packages using:

pip install Flask PyYAML

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone https://your-repository-url.git
  1. Navigate to the directory:
cd your-cloned-directory
  1. Launch the Flask server:
python app.py
  1. Access the application at http://localhost:5000.

Usage

  • Configuration: Adjust email settings and templates in the Configuration tab.
  • CSV Management: Import and manage customer data for invoice distribution from a CSV file.
  • Email Operations: Execute invoice sending using the loaded customer data and predefined email template.

Contributing

  • Isaak Buslovich: Initial development and ongoing maintenance.

License

This project is licensed under a custom licence. This licence permits private and non-commercial use, testing, and use by the author's employer under certain conditions. It prohibits modification, distribution, and commercial use by others without a separate licence.

See LICENSE.md for more details.

For questions regarding the use, modification, or redistribution of this software, please contact Isaak Buslovich at isaak.buslovich@potsdam.de.

Acknowledgments

  • Hats off to all contributors and inspirers for their support and ideas.