Sendgrid Python Examples

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Set up your SendGrid account

1. Create a sendgrid account
2. Make sure you go through all the steps to set up a verified sender
3. Create a restricted API key and enable the needed permissions
4. Create an unsubscribe group
5. Create a dynamic template

Running the examples locally

1. Clone the repository
2. Create a .env file with the following variables

SEND_GRID_API_KEY=<YOUR API KEY HERE>
FROM_EMAIL=<YOUR FROM EMAIL HERE>
TO_EMAIL=<YOUR TO EMAIL HERE>
UNSUBSCRIBE_GROUP_ID=<YOUR GROUP ID HERE>
DYNAMIC_TEMPLATE_ID=<YOUR DYNAMIC TEMPLATE ID HERE>

3. Create a virtual environment with venv: python3 -m venv venv
4. Activate the virtual environment: source ./venv/bin/activate
5. Install packages pip install -r requirements.txt
6. Run the desired example (e.g. python examples-python/send-basic.py)