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SparkPost Python API client

The super-mega-official Python package for using the SparkPost API.

Installation

Install from PyPI using pip:

$ pip install sparkpost

Get a key

Go to API & SMTP in the SparkPost app and create an API key. We recommend using the SPARKPOST_API_KEY environment variable:

from sparkpost import SparkPost
sp = SparkPost() # uses environment variable

Alternatively, you can pass the API key to the SparkPost class:

from sparkpost import SparkPost
sp = SparkPost('YOUR API KEY')

Send a message

Here at SparkPost, our messages are known as transmissions. Let's use the underlying transmissions API to send a friendly test message:

from sparkpost import SparkPost

sp = SparkPost()

response = sp.transmissions.send(
    recipients=['[email protected]'],
    html='<p>Hello world</p>',
    from_email='[email protected]',
    subject='Hello from python-sparkpost'
)

print(response)
# outputs {u'total_accepted_recipients': 1, u'id': u'47960765679942446', u'total_rejected_recipients': 0}

Django Integration

The SparkPost python library comes with an email backend for Django. Put the following configuration in settings.py file.

SPARKPOST_API_KEY = 'API_KEY'
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'sparkpost.django.email_backend.SparkPostEmailBackend'

Replace API_KEY with an actual API key that you've generated in Get a Key section. Check out the full documentation on the Django email backend.

Documentation

• Documentation for python-sparkpost
• SparkPost API Reference

Contribute

1. Check for open issues or open a fresh issue to start a discussion around a feature idea or a bug.
2. Fork the repository on GitHub and make your changes in a branch on your fork
3. Write a test which shows that the bug was fixed or that the feature works as expected.
4. Send a pull request. Make sure to add yourself to AUTHORS.