Mailgun

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.