Sendgrid
The Sendgrid service allows you to send automated emails from your app using the Twilio Sendgrid API.
Profile Settings
NOTE: All profile settings are encrypted and stored in Zingy's cloud infrastructure.
API Key
Enter your Sendgrid API Key here.
Connection Settings
NOTE: All connection settings are encrypted and stored in Zingy's cloud infrastructure.
From Address
Enter the from address to use when sending the email using this connection.
Operations/Commands
The Execute Connection Command block is available in both Page Flow and Cloud Flow. Using this block you can add logic to trigger the operations/commands supported by the Sendgrid service.
For security purposes, all operations/commands offered by the Sendgrid service are only available in Cloud Flow and cannot be used in Page Flow.
Send Email (Plain Text)
Use this command to send a plain-text email using the Sendgrid service.
Input Data
When invoking this operation, an object with the following properties is required:
Output
The Send Email (Plain Text) command does not provide any output beyond the Success/Fail status.
Send Email (HTML)
Use this command to send an email in HTML format using the Sendgrid service.
Input Data
When invoking this operation, an object with the following properties is required:
Output
The Send Email (HTML) command does not provide any output beyond the Success/Fail status.
Send Email (Template)
Use this command to send an email using a pre-defined template in your Sendgrid account.
Input Data
When invoking this operation, an object with the following properties is required:
Output
The Send Email (Template) command does not provide any output beyond the Success/Fail status.
Advanced Functionality
In your app's Cloud Flow Web Hooks and Background Tasks, the Custom Code block can be used to access and implement advanced functionality related to the Sendgrid email service.
To access the client initialized with credentials saved on this Sendgrid service connection, see the following example:
You may also initialize a separate Sendgrid client, by specifying account credentials directly:
After the sgMail
object is initialized, you can use it to call into the Sendgrid library.
If you need to utilize Sendgrid API beyond simply sending emails, please see @sendgrid/client .
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