otp-with-meme-image/README.md

OTP with meme image

Leisure project. A REST API that sends a one-time authentication code (a.k.a OTP) to email, but the code is in the text of a meme image.

Usage

Setup:

• Create a new .env file
• Add your EMAIL_SENDER and EMAIL_PASSWORD in your .env file
• Optional:
  • By default I use gmail for email host, you can configure your HOST in the .env file.
  • You can also add PORT in .env
• Create or use an API test app like Postman

Usage:

• Run main.py

• Send a request to http://localhost:5000/send-otp with your email query as email recipient. E.g: http://localhost:5000/send-otp?email=your@email.com.

• If successful then a response appears like this:

  {
      "email": {
          "body": "Here's your email confirmation",
          "receiver": "your.receiver@email.com",
          "sender": "your.sender@email.com",
          "subject": "confirm your account"
      },
      "message": "Success sending email",
      "status": 200
  }
  

• Now if you look at the recipient's email, it will be the image that was sent:

  

Why this meme?

The meme used in this project is Shannon Smiling or better known as The Guy Smiling And Wearing A Suit, which is often paired with a negative text or "My Reaction For That Information".

the reason why I chose this meme was inspired by a meme where a man screenshot the OTP sender's chat and he replied by sending a photo of himself posing cool. suddenly it gave me the idea to make an OTP system by sending pictures of people posing cool with the OTP code text.

Idk why I chose the photo of Shannon smiling, it's because I think with the meme photo of Shannon in addition to making a sense of humor but also as a sign of welcome and strengthens security.