fix: update email sender to use environment variable and improve error handling in authFetch

Author: jayasurya261

Backend-Express/index.js

@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ app.post("/api/send-blog-email", verifyAuth, async (req, res) => {
 
     // Send email with BCC
     await transporter.sendMail({
-      from: '"CodeSapiens Blog" <suryasunrise261@gmail.com>',
+      from: `"CodeSapiens Blog" <${process.env.EMAIL_USER}>`,
       to: "suryasunrise261@gmail.com", // Send to self/admin as primary recipient
       bcc: emails, // All recipients in BCC
       subject: `📚 New Blog: ${blog.title}`,
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ app.post("/api/send-blog-email-all", verifyAuth, async (req, res) => {
 
     // Send email with BCC
     await transporter.sendMail({
-      from: '"CodeSapiens Blog" <suryasunrise261@gmail.com>',
+      from: `"CodeSapiens Blog" <${process.env.EMAIL_USER}>`,
       to: "suryasunrise261@gmail.com", // Send to self/admin as primary recipient
       bcc: emails, // All recipients in BCC
       subject: `📚 New Blog: ${blog.title}`,
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ app.post("/api/test-email", verifyAuth, async (req, res) => {
     }
 
     await transporter.sendMail({
-      from: '"CodeSapiens" <suryasunrise261@gmail.com>',
+      from: `"CodeSapiens" <${process.env.EMAIL_USER}>`,
       to: email,
       subject: "Test Email from CodeSapiens",
       html: `
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ const generateApprovalEmailHTML = (data) => {
 };
 
 app.post(
-  "/send-approval-email",
+  "/api/send-approval-email",
   verifyAuth,
   [
     body('email').isEmail().withMessage('Valid email is required'),
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ app.post(
       });
 
       await transporter.sendMail({
-        from: '"CodeSapiens Meetups" <suryasunrise261@gmail.com>',
+        from: `"CodeSapiens Meetups" <${process.env.EMAIL_USER}>`,
         to: email,
         subject: `✅ Registration Approved: ${meetupTitle}`,
         html: htmlContent,
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ const generateRejectionEmailHTML = (data) => {
 };
 
 app.post(
-  "/send-rejection-email",
+  "/api/send-rejection-email",
   verifyAuth,
   [
     body('email').isEmail().withMessage('Valid email is required'),
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ app.post(
       });
 
       await transporter.sendMail({
-        from: '"CodeSapiens Meetups" <suryasunrise261@gmail.com>',
+        from: `"CodeSapiens Meetups" <${process.env.EMAIL_USER}>`,
         to: email,
         subject: `Registration Update: ${meetupTitle}`,
         html: htmlContent,

src/lib/authFetch.js

@@ -36,5 +36,10 @@ export async function authFetch(input, init = {}) {
     // You could also redirect to /login here
   }
 
+  if (!resp.ok) {
+    const errorData = await resp.json().catch(() => ({}));
+    throw new Error(errorData.error || errorData.message || `HTTP error! status: ${resp.status}`);
+  }
+
   return resp;
 }

src/pages/admin/AdminMeetupRegistrations.jsx

@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@ import { BACKEND_URL } from "../../config";
 
 // Helper function to format date without timezone conversion
 const formatMeetupDate = (dateTimeString) => {
-    console.log("formatMeetupDate Input:", dateTimeString);
     if (!dateTimeString) return "TBA";
     // Take only the date-time part (first 19 chars: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS)
     const raw = dateTimeString.slice(0, 19);
-    console.log("formatMeetupDate Sliced:", raw);
 
     const [datePart, timePart] = raw.split("T");
     const [year, month, day] = datePart.split("-");
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ const formatMeetupDate = (dateTimeString) => {
     const months = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
     const monthName = months[parseInt(month, 10) - 1];
 
-    return `${monthName} ${parseInt(day, 10)}, ${year}, ${hour12}:${minute} ${ampm} (Event Time)`;
+    return `${monthName} ${parseInt(day, 10)}, ${year}, ${hour12}:${minute} ${ampm}`;
 };
 
 const AdminMeetupRegistrations = () => {
@@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ const AdminMeetupRegistrations = () => {
 
             if (email && meetup) {
                 try {
-                    await authFetch(`${BACKEND_URL}/send-approval-email`, {
+                    await authFetch(`${BACKEND_URL}/api/send-approval-email`, {
                         method: "POST",
                         headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
                         body: JSON.stringify({
@@ -144,7 +142,7 @@ const AdminMeetupRegistrations = () => {
                     toast.success(`Approved & email sent to ${email}`);
                 } catch (emailErr) {
                     console.error("Email send error:", emailErr);
-                    toast.success("Approved! (Email failed to send)");
+                    toast.error(`Approved, but email failed: ${emailErr.message}`);
                 }
             } else {
                 toast.success("Registration approved!");
@@ -179,7 +177,7 @@ const AdminMeetupRegistrations = () => {
 
             if (email && meetup) {
                 try {
-                    await authFetch(`${BACKEND_URL}/send-rejection-email`, {
+                    await authFetch(`${BACKEND_URL}/api/send-rejection-email`, {
                         method: "POST",
                         headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
                         body: JSON.stringify({
@@ -193,7 +191,7 @@ const AdminMeetupRegistrations = () => {
                     toast.success(`Rejected & email sent to ${email}`);
                 } catch (emailErr) {
                     console.error("Email send error:", emailErr);
-                    toast.success("Rejected! (Email failed to send)");
+                    toast.error(`Rejected, but email failed: ${emailErr.message}`);
                 }
             } else {
                 toast.success("Registration rejected");