This library allows you to quickly and easily use the Twilio SendGrid Web API v3 via Python.
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This library provides full support for all Twilio SendGrid Web API v3 endpoints, including v3 /mail/send.
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Table of Contents
- Installation
- Quick Start
- Common Use Cases
- General Usage
- Processing Inbound Email
- Announcements
- Roadmap
- How to Contribute
- Troubleshooting
- About
- License
Installation
Prerequisites
- Python version 2.7 and 3.4+
- For email, you will need a Twilio SendGrid account, starting at the free level
- For SMS messages, you will need a free Twilio account
Setup Environment Variables
Mac
Update the development environment with your SENDGRID_API_KEY (more info here), for example:
echo "export SENDGRID_API_KEY='YOUR_API_KEY'" > sendgrid.env
echo "sendgrid.env" >> .gitignore
source ./sendgrid.env
Twilio SendGrid also supports local environment file .env
.
Copy or rename .env_sample
into .env
and update SENDGRID_API_KEY with your key.
Windows
Temporarily set the environment variable (accessible only during the current CLI session):
set SENDGRID_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY
Permanently set the environment variable (accessible in all subsequent CLI sessions):
setx SENDGRID_API_KEY "YOUR_API_KEY"
Install Package
pip install sendgrid
Dependencies
Quick Start
Hello Email
The following is the minimum needed code to send an email with the /mail/send Helper (here is a full example):
With Mail Helper Class
import os
from sendgrid import SendGridAPIClient
from sendgrid.helpers.mail import Mail
message = Mail(
from_email='from_email@example.com',
to_emails='to@example.com',
subject='Sending with Twilio SendGrid is Fun',
html_content='<strong>and easy to do anywhere, even with Python</strong>')
try:
sg = SendGridAPIClient(os.environ.get('SENDGRID_API_KEY'))
response = sg.send(message)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.body)
print(response.headers)
except Exception as e:
print(str(e))
The Mail
constructor creates a personalization object for you.
Here is an example of how to add it.
Without Mail Helper Class
The following is the minimum needed code to send an email without the /mail/send Helper (here is a full example):
import os
from sendgrid import SendGridAPIClient
message = {
'personalizations': [
{
'to': [
{
'email': 'test@example.com'
}
],
'subject': 'Sending with Twilio SendGrid is Fun'
}
],
'from': {
'email': 'test@example.com'
},
'content': [
{
'type': 'text/plain',
'value': 'and easy to do anywhere, even with Python'
}
]
}
try:
sg = SendGridAPIClient(os.environ.get('SENDGRID_API_KEY'))
response = sg.send(message)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.body)
print(response.headers)
except Exception as e:
print(str(e))
Fluent Interface)
General v3 Web API Usage (Withimport os
from sendgrid import SendGridAPIClient
sg = SendGridAPIClient(os.environ.get('SENDGRID_API_KEY'))
response = sg.client.suppression.bounces.get()
print(response.status_code)
print(response.body)
print(response.headers)
Fluent Interface)
General v3 Web API Usage (Withoutimport os
from sendgrid import SendGridAPIClient
sg = SendGridAPIClient(os.environ.get('SENDGRID_API_KEY'))
response = sg.client._('suppression/bounces').get()
print(response.status_code)
print(response.body)
print(response.headers)
Processing Inbound Email
Please see our helper for utilizing our Inbound Parse webhook.
Usage
- Twilio SendGrid Documentation
- Library Usage Documentation
- Example Code
- How-to: Migration from v2 to v3
- v3 Web API Mail Send Helper - build a request object payload for a v3 /mail/send API call.
- Processing Inbound Email
Use Cases
Examples of common API use cases, such as how to send an email with a transactional template or add an attachment or send an SMS message.
Announcements
Join an experienced and passionate team that focuses on making an impact. Opportunities abound to grow the product - and grow your career!
All updates to this library are documented in our CHANGELOG and releases. You may also subscribe to email release notifications for releases and breaking changes.
Roadmap
If you are interested in the future direction of this project, please take a look at our open issues and pull requests. We would love to hear your feedback.
How to Contribute
We encourage contribution to our libraries (you might even score some nifty swag), please see our CONTRIBUTING guide for details.
Quick links:
- Feature Request
- Bug Reports
- Improvements to the Codebase
- Review Pull Requests
- Sign the CLA to Create a Pull Request
Troubleshooting
Please see our troubleshooting guide for common library issues.
About
sendgrid-python is guided and supported by the Twilio Developer Experience Team.
Email the Developer Experience Team here in case of any queries.
sendgrid-python is maintained and funded by Twilio SendGrid, Inc. The names and logos for sendgrid-python are trademarks of Twilio SendGrid, Inc.