1Hello! Thank you for choosing to help contribute to one of the SendGrid open source projects. There are many ways you can contribute and help is always welcome. We simply ask that you follow the following contribution policies. 2 3- [CLAs and CCLAs](#cla) 4- [Roadmap & Milestones](#roadmap) 5- [Feature Request](#feature-request) 6- [Submit a Bug Report](#submit-a-bug-report) 7- [Improvements to the Codebase](#improvements-to-the-codebase) 8- [Understanding the Code Base](#understanding-the-codebase) 9- [Testing](#testing) 10- [Style Guidelines & Naming Conventions](#style-guidelines-and-naming-conventions) 11- [Creating a Pull Request](#creating-a-pull-request) 12 13<a name="roadmap"></a> 14We use [Milestones](https://github.com/sendgrid/rest/milestones) to help define current roadmaps, please feel free to grab an issue from the current milestone. Please indicate that you have begun work on it to avoid collisions. Once a PR is made, community review, comments, suggestions and additional PRs are welcomed and encouraged. 15 16<a name="cla"></a> 17## CLAs and CCLAs 18 19Before you get started, SendGrid requires that a SendGrid Contributor License Agreement (CLA) be filled out by every contributor to a SendGrid open source project. 20 21Our goal with the CLA is to clarify the rights of our contributors and reduce other risks arising from inappropriate contributions. The CLA also clarifies the rights SendGrid holds in each contribution and helps to avoid misunderstandings over what rights each contributor is required to grant to SendGrid when making a contribution. In this way the CLA encourages broad participation by our open source community and helps us build strong open source projects, free from any individual contributor withholding or revoking rights to any contribution. 22 23SendGrid does not merge a pull request made against a SendGrid open source project until that pull request is associated with a signed CLA. Copies of the CLA are available [here](https://gist.github.com/SendGridDX/98b42c0a5d500058357b80278fde3be8#file-sendgrid-cla). 24 25When you create a Pull Request, after a few seconds, a comment will appear with a link to the CLA. Click the link and fill out the brief form and then click the "I agree" button and you are all set. You will not be asked to re-sign the CLA unless we make a change. 26 27There are a few ways to contribute, which we'll enumerate below: 28 29<a name="feature-request"></a> 30## Feature Request 31 32If you'd like to make a feature request, please read this section. 33 34The GitHub issue tracker is the preferred channel for library feature requests, but please respect the following restrictions: 35 36- Please **search for existing issues** in order to ensure we don't have duplicate bugs/feature requests. 37- Please be respectful and considerate of others when commenting on issues 38 39<a name="submit-a-bug-report"></a> 40## Submit a Bug Report 41 42Note: DO NOT include your credentials in ANY code examples, descriptions, or media you make public. 43 44A software bug is a demonstrable issue in the code base. In order for us to diagnose the issue and respond as quickly as possible, please add as much detail as possible into your bug report. 45 46Before you decide to create a new issue, please try the following: 47 481. Check the Github issues tab if the identified issue has already been reported, if so, please add a +1 to the existing post. 492. Update to the latest version of this code and check if issue has already been fixed 503. Copy and fill in the Bug Report Template we have provided below 51 52### Please use our Bug Report Template 53 54In order to make the process easier, we've included a [sample bug report template](https://github.com/sendgrid/rest/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE) (borrowed from [Ghost](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/)). The template uses [GitHub flavored markdown](https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown/) for formatting. 55 56<a name="improvements-to-the-codebase"></a> 57## Improvements to the Codebase 58 59We welcome direct contributions to the rest code base. Thank you! 60 61### Development Environment ### 62 63#### Install and Run Locally #### 64 65##### Prerequisites ##### 66 67- Go version 1.6 68 69##### Initial setup: ##### 70 71```bash 72git clone https://github.com/sendgrid/rest.git 73cd rest 74``` 75 76##### Execute: ##### 77 78See the [examples folder](https://github.com/sendgrid/rest/tree/master/examples) to get started quickly. 79 80If you want to try the SendGrid example: 81 82First, get your free SendGrid account [here](https://sendgrid.com/free?source=rest). 83 84You will need to setup the following environment to use the SendGrid example: 85 86``` 87echo "export SENDGRID-API-KEY='YOUR-API-KEY'" > sendgrid.env 88echo "sendgrid.env" >> .gitignore 89source ./sendgrid.env 90go run examples/example.go 91``` 92 93<a name="understanding-the-codebase"></a> 94## Understanding the Code Base 95 96**/examples** 97 98Working examples that demonstrate usage. 99 100**rest.go** 101 102There is a struct to hold both the request and response to the API server. 103 104The main function that does the heavy lifting (and external entry point) is `API`. 105 106<a name="testing"></a> 107## Testing 108 109All PRs require passing tests before the PR will be reviewed. 110 111All test files are in [`rest-test.go`](https://github.com/sendgrid/rest/blob/master/rest_test.go). 112 113For the purposes of contributing to this repo, please update the [`rest-test.go`](https://github.com/sendgrid/rest/blob/master/rest_test.go) file with unit tests as you modify the code. 114 115Run the test: 116 117```bash 118go test -v 119``` 120 121<a name="style-guidelines-and-naming-conventions"></a> 122## Style Guidelines & Naming Conventions 123 124Generally, we follow the style guidelines as suggested by the official language. However, we ask that you conform to the styles that already exist in the library. If you wish to deviate, please explain your reasoning. 125 126- [Go Code Review Comments](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/CodeReviewComments) 127 128Please run your code through: 129 130- [fmt](https://blog.golang.org/go-fmt-your-code) 131 132## Creating a Pull Request<a name="creating-a-pull-request"></a> 133 1341. [Fork](https://help.github.com/fork-a-repo/) the project, clone your fork, 135 and configure the remotes: 136 137 ```bash 138 # Clone your fork of the repo into the current directory 139 git clone https://github.com/sendgrid/rest 140 # Navigate to the newly cloned directory 141 cd rest 142 # Assign the original repo to a remote called "upstream" 143 git remote add upstream https://github.com/sendgrid/rest 144 ``` 145 1462. If you cloned a while ago, get the latest changes from upstream: 147 148 ```bash 149 git checkout <dev-branch> 150 git pull upstream <dev-branch> 151 ``` 152 1533. Create a new topic branch (off the main project development branch) to 154 contain your feature, change, or fix: 155 156 ```bash 157 git checkout -b <topic-branch-name> 158 ``` 159 1604. Commit your changes in logical chunks. Please adhere to these [git commit 161 message guidelines](http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html) 162 or your code is unlikely be merged into the main project. Use Git's 163 [interactive rebase](https://help.github.com/articles/interactive-rebase) 164 feature to tidy up your commits before making them public. 165 1664a. Create tests. 167 1684b. Create or update the example code that demonstrates the functionality of this change to the code. 169 1705. Locally merge (or rebase) the upstream development branch into your topic branch: 171 172 ```bash 173 git pull [--rebase] upstream master 174 ``` 175 1766. Push your topic branch up to your fork: 177 178 ```bash 179 git push origin <topic-branch-name> 180 ``` 181 1827. [Open a Pull Request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/) 183 with a clear title and description against the `master` branch. All tests must be passing before we will review the PR. 184 185If you have any additional questions, please feel free to [email](mailto:dx@sendgrid.com) us or create an issue in this repo. 186