Mailgun

Learn how to use the Mailgun provider to send email notifications using Novu

You can use the Mailgun provider to send transactional emails to your customers using the Novu Platform with a single API to create multi-channel experiences.

Getting Started

To use the Mailgun provider in the email channel, you will need to create a Mailgun account and add your API key and domain name to the Mailgun integration on the Novu platform.

Generating an API Key

To generate a new API key in Mailgun, you can follow these steps:

• Sign up or Log in to your Mailgun account.
• Click on the Profile section in the top right corner of the screen, and then click “API Keys” from the drop-down menu.
• On the API Keys page, copy the generated Private API Key

Adding a new domain name

Mailgun recommends that you add a subdomain as a domain name. To do so:

• Visit the page to add a domain name.
  • During this process, you will need to choose a region for the domain name which is between US and EU. The default is US.
• Follow the instructions to verify the domain name.

Creating a Mailgun integration with Novu

• Visit the Integrations page on Novu.
• Click on Add a Provider.
• Select Mailgun service.
• Enter your Mailgun API Key.
• Enter your Base URL.
  • For domains created in the EU region, the base URL is: https://api.eu.mailgun.net/
  • Otherwise, leave the base URL blank.
• Fill in the Username.
• Fill in the Domain name registered on Mailgun.
• Fill in the From email address field using the authenticated email from the previous step.
• Fill in the Sender's name.
• Click on the Disabled button and mark it as Active.
• Click on the Update button.
• You should now be able to send notifications using Mailgun in Novu.