You can use the Mandrill by Mailchimp (opens in a new tab) provider to send transactional emails to your customers using the Wolfx Platform with a single API.
Getting Started
To use the Mandrill provider in the email channel, you will need to create a Mandrill account and add your API key to the Mandrill integration on the Wolfx platform.
Generating an API Key
To generate a new API key in Mandrill, you can follow these steps:
- Sign up (opens in a new tab) or Log in (opens in a new tab) to your Mandrill account.
- Navigate to the Settings (opens in a new tab) of your account and look for the API Keys section at the bottom of the settings page.
- Click on the + Add API Key button to create an API key. Copy the generated key immediately and store it in a secure location. You won’t be able to see or copy the key once you finish generating it.
Adding a sending domain
To get started, you’ll need to add the domain that you want to send messages from.
- Navigate to the Settings page (opens in a new tab) and choose Domains
- Type a new domain in the domain input and click Add
- Follow the instructions to verify ownership (opens in a new tab) of your sending domain and update your DNS records (opens in a new tab).
Creating the Mandrill integration with Wolfx
- Visit the Integrations (opens in a new tab) page on Wolfx.
- Click on Add a Provider.
- Select Mandrill service.
- Enter your Mandrill API key.
- 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 asActive
. - Click on the Update button.
- You should now be able to send notifications using Mandrill in Wolfx.