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Any good examples on using templating with variables in SendGrid? The docs are not very clear on that (you call them tags is that it?). I think you can get a lo
by vskarine 11y ago
Any good examples on using templating with variables in SendGrid? The docs are not very clear on that (you call them tags is that it?). I think you can get a lot of users if you show one to one mapping of API and common processes between Mandrill and SendGrid.
- etjossem 11y agoYep, if you're using the SMTP API, see https://sendgrid.com/docs/API_Reference/SMTP_API/substitution_tags.html https://sendgrid.com/docs/API_Reference/SMTP_API/substitutio.... If you're using a wrapper like sendgrid-ruby (https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-ruby https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-ruby), check out its documentation page on GitHub. For instance, here's how to use substitution tags in Ruby: https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-ruby#working-with-templates https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-ruby#working-with-templ...
- yesimahuman 11y agoA few years ago I went with Mandrill over SendGrid because of the lack of templates. I wanted designers/marketers to be able to edit the templates and with sendgrid that was really difficult. A couple years later and you guys caught up and then some. Excited to come back after this Mandrill change!
- compy234 11y agoI am in the same boat. Glad to also give SendGrid a look!
- mrmch 11y agoAlso check us out: https://www.sendwithus.com/docs/templating https://www.sendwithus.com/docs/templating Our template engine (Jinja) is the most advanced of any email platform out there.
- mapunk 11y agoStop spamming your service all throughout the thread. It's annoying and certainly turns me off to it.
- techdragon 11y agoI would say their pricing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11172142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11172142 is more off putting than the spam. Its almost quaint.