Mandrill

Learn how to use the Mandrill provider to send email notifications using Novu

You can use the Mandrill by Mailchimp provider to send transactional emails to your customers using the Novu 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 Novu platform.

Generating an API Key

To generate a new API key in Mandrill, you can follow these steps:

• Sign up or Log in to your Mandrill account.
• Navigate to the Settings 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 and choose Domains
• Type a new domain in the domain input and click Add
• Follow the instructions to verify ownership of your sending domain and update your DNS records.

Creating the Mandrill integration with Novu

• Visit the Integrations page on Novu.
• 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 as Active.
• Click on the Update button.
• You should now be able to send notifications using Mandrill in Novu.