SendGrid New Features 2016
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The document discusses new features and improvements to SendGrid's email delivery API and marketing campaigns product. It provides an overview of the new API V3 and its features like personalization, content formatting, attachments. It notes that API V3 is currently in beta. It also outlines upcoming improvements to SendGrid's marketing campaigns product like list segmentation, a responsive drag-and-drop editor, and subscriber management tools.
![# POST /v3/mail/send/beta
+ Request (application/json)
+ Headers
Authorization: Bearer SG.API_KEY
+ Body
{
"from": {"name": "Scott", "email": "scott@example.com"},
"subject": "Hello World",
"personalization": [
{
"to": [
{"name": "Test", "email": "test@sendgrid.com"}
]
}
],
"content": [
{"type": "text/plain", "value": "Hello World"},
{"type": "text/html", "value": "<h1>Hello World</h1>"}
]
}
V3 Example](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sendgrid-newfeatures2016-160524111003/85/SendGrid-New-Features-2016-14-320.jpg)
![{
"from": {"email": "scott@sendgrid.com"},
"personalization": [{
"to": [{"email": "john@sendgrid.com"}],
"substitutions": {
"%name%": "John"
},
"subject": "Hello John"
}, {
"to": [{"email": "steve@sendgrid.com"}],
"substitutions": {
"%name%": "Steve"
},
"subject": "Hello Steve"
}],
"content": [{
"type": "text/plain",
"value": "Hello %name%"
}, {
"type": "text/html",
"value": "<h1>Hello %name%</h1>"
}]
}
Personalization Example](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sendgrid-newfeatures2016-160524111003/85/SendGrid-New-Features-2016-16-320.jpg)
![{
…
"content": [{
"type": "text/plain",
"value": "You’re Invited!"
}, {
"type": "text/html",
"value": "<h1>You’re Invited!</h1>"
}, {
"type": "text/calendar",
"value": "BEGIN:VEVENTnSUMMARY:SendGrid NightnUID:
5248nDESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hello WorldnDTSTART;TZID=/US/Eastern:
20131109T100000nDTEND;TZID=/US/Eastern:20131109T113000END:VEVENT"
}]
}
Content Example](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sendgrid-newfeatures2016-160524111003/85/SendGrid-New-Features-2016-18-320.jpg)
![{
…
"attachments": [{
"content": "YWJjMTIzIT8kKiYoKSctPUB+",
"type": "application/pdf",
"filename": "document.pdf",
"disposition": "attachment"
}]
}
Attachment Example](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sendgrid-newfeatures2016-160524111003/85/SendGrid-New-Features-2016-20-320.jpg)
SendGrid New Features 2016
- 1. New Features
- 2. Scott Kawai Senior Product Support Engineer SendGrid, Inc. ▪ With SendGrid for 3 years ▪ Support product design and new features ▪ Help train people on using SendGrid
- 4. ▪ SendGrid is used to send a lot of important email. Account information emails Forgot password emails. ▪ SendGrid is always looking for ways to help you protect your account and emails (i.e. 2FA and API Keys). Account Security
- 5. ▪ Allows you to specify specific IP addresses that can access your account. ▪ All other IPs will be denied access, even if they have the correct credentials. ▪ Restricts access to the website, SMTP, and API calls. IP Access Management
- 7. ▪ Provides a list of recent access attempts. ▪ Email alerts when an unauthorized IP attempts to login. Historical Log
- 8. ▪ Only whitelist “static” IP addresses that are yours. i.e. Do not whitelist the IP address of a hotel you’re staying at. ▪ Be sure to whitelist all the IP addresses you access your account from (including apps that are sending through SMTP or API). ▪ The feature can be disabled, but you have to log in to the account from a whitelisted IP first. Warnings
- 9. API V3 Mail Send
- 10. Sending Email Through SendGrid SMTP API ● Email Standard ● Easily integrates with many solutions ● “Chatty” ○ There is a lot of back and forth communication between servers ● Not a standard ● Uses HTTP requests ● Faster
- 11. ▪ Sent billions of emails. ▪ Multiple libraries available for multiple languages. ▪ Uses SendGrid’s “X-SMTPAPI” feature. Web API V2
- 12. ▪ Standardize (RESTful) ▪ Upfront validation ▪ Optimized for developers Web API V3
- 13. # POST /api/mail.send.json + Request (application/x-www-form-urlencoded) + Body api_user=username&api_key=password&from=scott %example.com&text=Hello+World&subject=Hello%21&to=test %40example.com&html=%3Ch1%3EHello+World%3C%2Fh1%3E V2 Example
- 14. # POST /v3/mail/send/beta + Request (application/json) + Headers Authorization: Bearer SG.API_KEY + Body { "from": {"name": "Scott", "email": "scott@example.com"}, "subject": "Hello World", "personalization": [ { "to": [ {"name": "Test", "email": "test@sendgrid.com"} ] } ], "content": [ {"type": "text/plain", "value": "Hello World"}, {"type": "text/html", "value": "<h1>Hello World</h1>"} ] } V3 Example
- 15. ▪ Set up shared properties of an email. ▪ Add personalizations for individual recipients. ▪ Subject, From, CC, BCC, and headers can be personalized. Personalization
- 16. { "from": {"email": "scott@sendgrid.com"}, "personalization": [{ "to": [{"email": "john@sendgrid.com"}], "substitutions": { "%name%": "John" }, "subject": "Hello John" }, { "to": [{"email": "steve@sendgrid.com"}], "substitutions": { "%name%": "Steve" }, "subject": "Hello Steve" }], "content": [{ "type": "text/plain", "value": "Hello %name%" }, { "type": "text/html", "value": "<h1>Hello %name%</h1>" }] } Personalization Example
- 17. ▪ Supports plain text and HTML emails ▪ Allows multipart MIME content (for example, ICS content for calendar invites). Content
- 18. { … "content": [{ "type": "text/plain", "value": "You’re Invited!" }, { "type": "text/html", "value": "<h1>You’re Invited!</h1>" }, { "type": "text/calendar", "value": "BEGIN:VEVENTnSUMMARY:SendGrid NightnUID: 5248nDESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hello WorldnDTSTART;TZID=/US/Eastern: 20131109T100000nDTEND;TZID=/US/Eastern:20131109T113000END:VEVENT" }] } Content Example
- 19. ▪ Easily add attachments within the JSON body. ▪ Base64 encode that attachment’s data. ▪ Supports inline image attachments (CID). Attachments
- 20. { … "attachments": [{ "content": "YWJjMTIzIT8kKiYoKSctPUB+", "type": "application/pdf", "filename": "document.pdf", "disposition": "attachment" }] } Attachment Example
- 21. ▪ V3 is currently in beta. ▪ Not recommended for production use. ▪ General availability in the coming months. Public Beta
- 23. ▪ Better contact management with list segmentation. ▪ Responsive drag and drop editor. ▪ Subscriber management. Improvements
- 24. ▪ Allows you to create a dynamic list based off of search criteria. ▪ For instance, you can create a segment for only recipients that have opened your email in the past. List Segmentation
- 25. ▪ Drag and drop editor. ▪ Custom code editor. ▪ Drag and drop designs are automatically responsive for mobile devices. Campaign Editor
- 27. ▪ Split testing. ▪ Detailed analytics. ▪ Premade templates. ▪ Custom fields for contacts. Other Features
- 28. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING &