Example 2 - Event Management - Sendify

Example 2: Different Tech, Same Smooth Notifications

Oh, you didn’t like Prisma? Fine. Here’s another example where we throw in a completely different tech stack to prove Sendify plays nice with everything. Let’s say we’re running an event platform, and we want to notify users when a new event is live. This time, we’re using MongoDB and Express, because why not?

Server (a.k.a. Your Backend of Choice)

// server/createEvent.ts
import { sendify } from "sendify";
import { MongoClient } from "mongodb";

const client = new MongoClient(process.env.MONGO_URI);
const db = client.db("eventDB");

env.SENDIFY_API_KEY || throw new Error("Missing SENDIFY_API_KEY. This isn't optional, you know.");

const createEvent = async (title: string, category: string) => {
  await client.connect();

  // Store event in MongoDB
  const event = await db.collection("events").insertOne({ title, category });

  // Fetch users who like this category
  const interestedUsers = await db.collection("users").find({ interests: category }).toArray();

  const userIds = interestedUsers.map(user => user.email);
  
  if (!userIds.length) {
    console.log("No interested users found. Guess no one cares about this event.");
    return;
  }

  await sendify.sendNotifications(
    userIds, // Notify only relevant users
    `New event: ${title}!`, // Content
    "Join now", // Button text (optional, but why not?)
    `https://yourapp.com/events/${event.insertedId}` // Dynamic event link
  );
};

Client (a.k.a. Frontend Doing Its Job)

// components/UserNotifications.tsx
import { NotificationFeed } from "sendify";

const UserNotifications = ({ userId }: { userId: string }) => {
  if (!userId) {
    throw new Error("Missing userId. You sure you know who your users are?");
  }

  return (
    <div>
      <NotificationFeed userId={userId} />
    </div>
  );
};

export default UserNotifications;

What’s Different Here?

We used MongoDB instead of Prisma – Because variety is the spice of life.
Express instead of some Next.js API route – Just to mix things up.
Same Sendify integration – Because it just works. No matter what backend, database, or questionable tech choices you make.

Final Words

So yeah, Sendify doesn’t care what you use. As long as your code runs and your users have actual unique IDs, notifications will work flawlessly. 🚀