Question

I have built a email template in MailChimp using their template builder.

I want to send this email to individuals on certain events. For example, if someone forgets their password, I want to send them the ‘Forgot Password’ template I created in MailChimp.

I’ve looked at MailChimp’s API, but it doesn’t seem too friendly to non-bulk email sending. How would I send transactional emails like this, using an HTML template created from MailChimp but using SendGrid for SMTP?

The code would look something like this:

if action == 'forgot_password':
    email = mailchimp.get_template(forgot_password)
    sendgrid.send_mail(user, subject, email, from)

Answer 1

That’s exactly what MailChimp’s Mandrill transactional mail service is for – it also allows for some levels of template reuse.