Send email with Remix
A server-side call to the SendSend API from your Remix app.
- Create a test API key in the dashboard first: it never delivers real email. Switch to a live key once your domain is verified.
- Add SENDSEND_API_KEY to .env and to your host’s environment variables.
- Add this to
app/routes/send.tsx:
import type { ActionFunctionArgs } from '@remix-run/node';
export async function action({ request }: ActionFunctionArgs) {
const form = await request.formData();
const res = await fetch('https://api.sendsend.email/v1/emails', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SENDSEND_API_KEY}`,
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Idempotency-Key': crypto.randomUUID(),
},
body: JSON.stringify({ from: 'Acme <hello@mail.acme.com>', to: [String(form.get('email'))], subject: 'Welcome', html: '<p>Thanks for signing up!</p>' }),
});
return Response.json(await res.json(), { status: res.status });
}Good to know
- A
202response means the message was queued, not delivered. See message states and webhooks. - Always send an Idempotency-Key, so a retry cannot send twice.
- Check the response status. Errors have one shape: see Errors.
- More options: attachments, scheduling, headers, templates and React Email.