Communication as a Service

# settings.py
MAILERS = {
    "default": {
        "BACKEND": "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend",
        "OPTIONS": {
            "host": "smtp.relay.example.com",
            "port": 465,
            "use_ssl": True,
            "username": "acme",
            "password": "<credential key>",
        },
    },
}

# send from anywhere
from django.core.mail import send_mail

send_mail("Invoice 42", "Attached.", "billing@acme.com", ["kim@example.net"])

import nodemailer from "nodemailer";

const transport = nodemailer.createTransport({
  host: "smtp.relay.example.com",
  port: 465,
  secure: true,
  auth: { user: "acme", pass: "<credential key>" },
});

await transport.sendMail({
  from: "billing@acme.com",
  to: "kim@example.net",
  subject: "Invoice 42",
  text: "Attached.",
});

# views.py
import json

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
from standardwebhooks import Webhook


@csrf_exempt
def email_received(request):
    Webhook("<whsec_...>").verify(request.body, request.headers)
    event = json.loads(request.body)  # type == email.received
    # download event["body_url"]
    return HttpResponse(status=204)

// app/api/email/route.ts
import { Webhook } from "standardwebhooks";

export async function POST(req: Request) {
  const raw = await req.text();
  new Webhook("<whsec_...>").verify(raw, Object.fromEntries(req.headers));
  const event = JSON.parse(raw); // type == email.received
  // download event.body_url
  return new Response(null, { status: 204 });
}