TypeScript · Astro

Send an email from an Astro API route with @messagebird/sdk. You need a Bird API key: create one in Developers > API keys (Send your first email walks through it), then put it in .env as BIRD_API_KEY.

1. Install

Codevoorbeeld

npm create astro@latest my-app -- --template minimal --install --no-git --no-ai --yes
cd my-app
npm install @messagebird/sdk

2. Send

Create src/pages/api/send.ts. prerender = false makes this route render on the server, on demand; Astro exposes .env values on import.meta.env, and BIRD_API_KEY has no PUBLIC_ prefix, so it stays server-only:

Codevoorbeeld

import type { APIRoute } from "astro";
import { BirdClient } from "@messagebird/sdk";

export const prerender = false;

const bird = new BirdClient({ apiKey: import.meta.env.BIRD_API_KEY! });

export const POST: APIRoute = async () => {
  const msg = await bird.email.send({
    from: "onboarding@messagebird.dev",
    to: ["delivered@messagebird.dev"],
    subject: "Hello from Bird",
    html: "<p>My first Bird email.</p>",
  });

  console.log(msg.id, msg.status); // "em_…", "accepted"
  return Response.json({ id: msg.id, status: msg.status });
};

onboarding@messagebird.dev is Bird's shared onboarding sender and delivered@messagebird.dev is a sandbox recipient that always delivers: no domain verification needed. The SDK infers the region from your key's bk_us1_ / bk_eu1_ prefix (no base URL to configure) and auto-generates an Idempotency-Key per call, so retried sends are safe.

3. Try it

Run the dev server and POST to the route:

Codevoorbeeld

npm run dev
curl -X POST http://localhost:4321/api/send

Bird accepts the email with a 202 and delivers it asynchronously; your route returns the em_ ID and status:

Codevoorbeeld

{
  "id": "em_01ky7ma8y2es1s2akzk53tmjn0",
  "status": "accepted"
}

To deploy on-demand routes to production, add a server adapter such as @astrojs/node or @astrojs/vercel. Static-only builds cannot run them.

Next steps

TypeScript email SDK: the full email surface (send, get, list) and the error model.
Send your first email: creating an API key and the full set of sandbox addresses.
Sending domains: verify your own domain for production sending.
Email API reference: the full request and response schema.

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Bekijk de gidsGetting started with email Begrijp het conceptShould I use a Bird SDK or call the API directly?Ontdek de mogelijkheidEmail Volg het leerpadBuild your first integration

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