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# Send an email with curl # Copy and paste this into terminal curl "https://api.postmarkapp.com/email" \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "X-Postmark-Server-Token: server token" \ -d '{ "From": "sender@example.com", "To": "receiver@example.com", "Subject": "Postmark test", "TextBody": "Hello dear Postmark user.", "HtmlBody": "<html><body><strong>Hello</strong> dear Postmark user.</body></html>", "MessageStream": "outbound" }'
// Send an email with the Postmark.js library // Learn more ->
https://postmarkapp.com/developer/integration/official-libraries#node-js
// Install with npm npm install postmark --save // Require var postmark = require("postmark"); // Example request var client = new postmark.ServerClient("server token"); client.sendEmail({ "From": "sender@example.com", "To": "receiver@example.com", "Subject": "Test", "TextBody": "Hello from Postmark!" });
# Requirements: Python 3.10+ # Install from PyPI as postmark-python (the Python package you import is still postmark): # pip install postmark-python import asyncio import postmark async def main(): async with postmark.ServerClient("111-YOUR-SERVER-TOKEN-0000-000000") as client: response = await client.outbound.send({ "sender": "sender@example.com", "to": "recipient@example.com", "subject": "Hello from Postmark", "text_body": "Sent with the Postmark Python SDK.", }) print(f"Accepted: {response.success}") print(f"Message ID: {response.message_id}") asyncio.run(main())
# Send an email with the Postmark Rails Gem # Learn more ->
https://postmarkapp.com/developer/integration/official-libraries#rails-gem
# Add this to your gemfile gem 'postmark-rails' # Add this to your config/application.rb file: config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :postmark config.action_mailer.postmark_settings = { :api_token => "POSTMARK_API_TEST" } # Send the email class TestMailer < ActionMailer::Base def hello mail( :subject => 'Hello from Postmark', :to => 'receiver@example.com', :from => 'sender@example.com', :html_body => '<strong>Hello</strong> dear Postmark user.', :track_opens => 'true' ) end end
# Send an email with the Postmark Ruby Gem # Learn more ->
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# Add the Postmark Ruby Gem to your Gemfile gem 'postmark' # Require gem require 'postmark' # Create an instance of Postmark::ApiClient client = Postmark::ApiClient.new('POSTMARK_API_TEST') # Example request client.deliver( from: 'sender@example.com', to: 'receiver@example.com', subject: 'Hello from Postmark', html_body: '<strong>Hello</strong> dear Postmark user.', track_opens: true )
// Send an email with the Postmark-PHP library // Learn more ->
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// Install with composer composer require wildbit/postmark-php // Import use Postmark\PostmarkClient; // Example request $client = new PostmarkClient("server token"); $sendResult = $client->sendEmail( "sender@example.com", "receiver@example.com", "Hello from Postmark!", "This is just a friendly 'hello' from your friends at Postmark." );
// Send an email with the Postmark .NET library // Learn more ->
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// Install with NuGet PM> Install-Package Postmark // Import using PostmarkDotNet; // Example request PostmarkMessage message = new PostmarkMessage { From = "sender@example.com", To = "receiver@example.com", Subject = "Hello from Postmark", HtmlBody = "<strong>Hello</strong> dear Postmark user.", TextBody = "Hello dear postmark user.", ReplyTo = "reply@example.com", TrackOpens = true, Headers = new NameValueCollection {{ "CUSTOM-HEADER", "value" }} }; PostmarkClient client = new PostmarkClient("POSTMARK_API_TEST"); PostmarkResponse response = client.SendMessage(message); if(response.Status != PostmarkStatus.Success) { Console.WriteLine("Response was: " + response.Message); }
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