I’ve been working with Mailgun for my email delivery needs to reach out to team members at work. Recently I designed several nice looking email templates that I want to use for my communications. The problem is I can’t figure out the right way to actually send these templates through the Mailgun platform. I’ve looked through some documentation but it’s not clear to me what steps I need to follow. Has anyone here successfully implemented template sending with Mailgun? I would really appreciate if someone could walk me through the process or point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Most people skip the crucial first step - you’ve got to register your templates in Mailgun before trying to send them. Create the template through their control panel or API, give it a name, and double-check that all variables are defined correctly. When sending, use the template parameter in your API call, not the html parameter. I had auth issues at first because I was hitting the wrong API endpoint - make sure you’re using the right regional endpoint for your account. Since template rendering happens server-side, formatting problems usually come from messed up variable mapping in your JSON payload.
hey alexr1990! yeah, i had a similar issue before. you gotta use the templates API with the correct data and recipient info. double check your template variables too, that’s where i got stuck. once it’s set up right, it should work fine.
Start with a simple test template - don’t jump straight into complex designs. Once it’s stored in Mailgun, nail down your POST request structure. I kept screwing up by mixing recipient variables with template variables. Make sure your recipient-variables parameter matches exactly what’s in your template, and you’re hitting the right domain endpoint. Heads up - template changes aren’t instant. There’s always a small delay before the updated version goes live. If you’re sending to multiple people, each recipient needs their own variable set in the JSON.