Sending Email with Sendgrid

Here’s how to send an email through Sendgrid using Curl.

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/mail/send \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $SENDGRID" \        
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"personalizations": [{"to": [{"email": "you@example.com"}]}],"from": {"email": "you@example.com"},"subject": "Sending with SendGrid is Fun","content": [{"type": "text/plain", "value": "and easy to do anywhere, even with cURL"}]}'

Sendgrid has a free plan that allows you to send up to 100 email messages pers day. Once you become a subscriber you can send up to 50k email messages for $19.95 per month.

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