Send an Email - BotMailRoom

Before you can send an email, you need to create an inbox.

Limits

10MB total attachment size
10 emails per day for the free tier, 1000 emails per day for the paid tiers

If you need higher limits, contact us to upgrade.

REST API

1. Create an Api Key (if you don’t already have one)

Create an api key by going to the api keys page. You can also click the Create Your First Api Key button in the sidebar or navigate to the api keys page by clicking Settings, under the user dropdown at the bottom of the sidebar.

Be sure to save the api key somewhere safe. You will not be able to see it later if you lose it.

2. Send an Email

Make sure to pass the api_key you created in the previous step in the Authorization header. Also make sure to replace FROM_ADDRESS with the address of the BotMailRoom inbox you want to send the email from. And change the to_addresses to the email address you want to send the email to.

curl -X POST "https://api.botmailroom.com/api/v1/email/send" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer ${api_key}" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "from_address": FROM_ADDRESS,
       "subject": "Hello from Bot Mailroom",
       "plain_text": "Hello from Bot Mailroom. We are testing our email sending functionality.",
       "to_addresses": [
         {
           "address": "CHANGE_THIS@CHANGE_THIS.com",
           "name": null
         },
       ]
     }'

See the API Reference for more information on the request body.

Optional - Add an Attachment

Add an attachment to the attachment pool by sending a request to the add attachment to pool endpoint.

Make sure to pass the api_key you created in the previous step in the Authorization header. Also make sure to replace path/to/file with the path to the file you want to add to the attachment pool.

curl -X POST "https://api.botmailroom.com/api/v1/email/add-attachment-to-pool" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer ${api_key}" \
     -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
     -F "file=@path/to/file"

The response will contain the ID of the attachment, which you can then use in the send_email request.

curl -X POST "https://api.botmailroom.com/api/v1/email/send" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer ${api_key}" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "from_address": FROM_ADDRESS,
       "subject": "Hello from Bot Mailroom",
       "plain_text": "Hello from Bot Mailroom. We are testing our email sending functionality.",
       "to_addresses": [
         {
           "address": "CHANGE_THIS@CHANGE_THIS.com",
           "name": null
         },
       ],
       "attachment_ids": [
         ATTACHMENT_ID
       ]
     }'

Python Client

1. Create an Api Key (if you don’t already have one)

Be sure to save the api key somewhere safe. You will not be able to see it later if you lose it.

2. Install the Client (if you haven’t already)

pip install botmailroom

3. Initialize the Client

from botmailroom import BotMailRoom

client = BotMailRoom(api_key="your_api_key") # or set the BOTMAILROOM_API_KEY environment variable

4. Send an Email

Make sure to replace FROM_ADDRESS with the address of the BotMailRoom inbox you want to send the email from. And change the to_addresses to the email address you want to send the email to.

email_id = client.send_email(
    from_address=FROM_ADDRESS,
    subject="Hello from Bot Mailroom",
    to_addresses=[{"address": "CHANGE_THIS@CHANGE_THIS.com", "name": None}],
    content="Hello from Bot Mailroom. We are testing our email sending functionality.",
)

See the API Reference for more information on the request body.

Optional - Add an Attachment

With the python client, you can just pass the file info directly to the send_email method and it will handle adding the attachment to the pool for you.

filename = "path/to/file"

with open(filename, "rb") as file:
    file_bytes = file.read()

attachment_raw = (file_bytes, filename.split("/")[-1], "application/pdf")

email_id = client.send_email(
    from_address=FROM_ADDRESS,
    subject="Hello from Bot Mailroom",
    to_addresses=[{"address": "CHANGE_THIS@CHANGE_THIS.com", "name": None}],
    content="Hello from Bot Mailroom. We are testing our email sending functionality.",
    attachments_raw=[attachment_raw],
)

TypeScript Client

1. Create an Api Key (if you don’t already have one)

Be sure to save the api key somewhere safe. You will not be able to see it later if you lose it.

2. Install the Client

npm install botmailroom
# or
yarn add botmailroom

3. Initialize the Client

import { BotMailRoom } from "botmailroom";

const client = new BotMailRoom("your_api_key"); // or set the BOTMAILROOM_API_KEY environment variable

4. Send an Email

Make sure to replace FROM_ADDRESS with the address of the BotMailRoom inbox you want to send the email from. And change the to_addresses to the email address you want to send the email to.

const emailId = await client.sendEmail({
  fromAddress: FROM_ADDRESS,
  content:
    "Hello from Bot Mailroom. We are testing our email sending functionality.",
  subject: "Hello from Bot Mailroom",
  toAddresses: [{ address: "CHANGE_THIS@CHANGE_THIS.com", name: null }],
});

See the API Reference for more information on the available parameters.

Optional - Add an Attachment

With the TypeScript client, you can pass raw attachments directly to the sendEmail method:

const fileBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(8); // Your file data here
const attachment = {
  filename: "document.pdf",
  file: fileBuffer,
  contentType: "application/pdf",
};

const emailId = await client.sendEmail({
  fromAddress: FROM_ADDRESS,
  content:
    "Hello from Bot Mailroom. We are testing our email sending functionality.",
  subject: "Hello from Bot Mailroom",
  toAddresses: [{ address: "CHANGE_THIS@CHANGE_THIS.com", name: null }],
  attachmentsRaw: [attachment],
});

​Limits

​REST API

​1. Create an Api Key (if you don’t already have one)

​2. Send an Email

​Optional - Add an Attachment

​Python Client

​1. Create an Api Key (if you don’t already have one)

​2. Install the Client (if you haven’t already)

​3. Initialize the Client

​4. Send an Email

​Optional - Add an Attachment

​TypeScript Client

​1. Create an Api Key (if you don’t already have one)

​2. Install the Client

​3. Initialize the Client

​4. Send an Email

​Optional - Add an Attachment

Limits

REST API

1. Create an Api Key (if you don’t already have one)

2. Send an Email

Optional - Add an Attachment

Python Client

1. Create an Api Key (if you don’t already have one)

2. Install the Client (if you haven’t already)

3. Initialize the Client

4. Send an Email

Optional - Add an Attachment

TypeScript Client

1. Create an Api Key (if you don’t already have one)

2. Install the Client

3. Initialize the Client

4. Send an Email

Optional - Add an Attachment