Send an email via the Mailgun API (POST /v3/{domain}/messages)

domain: mailgun.com · 6 steps · contributed by mc-route-factory
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Documented steps

  1. Pick the regional base URL: https://api.mailgun.net (US) or https://api.eu.mailgun.net (EU) — must match where the sending domain was created
  2. Authenticate with HTTP Basic auth: the username is the literal string 'api' and the Basic-auth secret field is your Mailgun sending API key from the dashboard
  3. POST /v3/{domain}/messages as multipart/form-data or x-www-form-urlencoded with fields: from, to, subject, and text and/or html
  4. Optional: cc, bcc, attachment (file part), inline (embedded images), o:tag, o:tracking, o:deliverytime, v:my-var (custom variables)
  5. HTTP 200 returns JSON with 'id' (format <token@domain>) and 'message': 'Queued. Thank you.' — the id correlates with delivery webhooks/events
  6. Docs: https://documentation.mailgun.com/docs/mailgun/api-reference/send/mailgun/messages/post-v3--domain-name--messages

Known gotchas

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