Step 1. Account Setup

  • If you do not have an account with SendGrid yet, create an account here.

  • Next you need to verify your domain. To create and verify a domain, please follow the SendGrid guide here. In the free plan you can send upto 100 emails/day for free.

Step 2. Sendgrid Integration in Raven

KeysDetails
From AddressYour verified “From” email address
From Name”From Name” of your emails. You can also pass this in the Send Event API. Check the Advanced section below.
API KeyYour SendGrid API Key. To get your API key, check here.
Reply to AddressReply email address. You can also pass this in the Send Event API. Check the Advanced section below.

We currently only support sending emails via the SendGrid REST API and not the SMTP interface.

Step 3. Delivery Reports

Follow the steps to setup delivery reports:

  1. On the Raven dashboard, once you successfully add the SendGrid Integration, you will see it in the “Live” tab. Go to the Live tab, and click on SendGrid Email. You will see a URL as Status Webhook, present in the integration. Copy this URL.
  2. Login to SendGrid and go to Settings > Mail Settings. Create an Event Webhook. Follow the steps mentioned here.
  3. Paste the Status Webhook URL copied in Step 1.

💫 Advanced

Send additional parameters to SendGrid

Raven will send the fields present in the Email template to SendGrid by default. Additionally, you can send “cc”, “bcc”, “From Name”, “Reply-to” fields in the Send Event API. This will override the fields added in the Integration. Please check our Override doc here.

IP Whitelisting

You can control access to SendGrid by specifying Raven’s IP address, or make sure Raven’s IP addresses are not blocked. Please follow the SendGrid guide here.

IPs: 65.2.109.100, 65.2.58.233

If you are facing issues with this integration or find something missing, please write to us at support@ravenapp.dev.