SendGrid

Send emails and manage contacts/lists via SendGrid

Overview

The SendGrid tool integrates with the Twilio SendGrid email delivery platform. It supports three resources: (1) Contact — create/update (upsert), get by ID or email, get many with SGQL queries, and delete contacts. Note that contact upsert is a bulk/batch operation that collects all input items into a single API call. (2) List — create, get, get many, update, and delete mailing lists. (3) Mail — send transactional emails with plain text or HTML content, or use dynamic templates with template data. Emails can include binary file attachments from upstream items (base64-encoded in the JSON payload). Supports CC, BCC, reply-to, custom headers, categories, IP pool selection, scheduled send, and sandbox mode. Uses the SendGrid v3 REST API with Bearer token authentication.

Category: Communication
Tool Name: sendgrid
Version: 1

Appearance: Icon: lucide-Mail | Color: #1A82E2

Node Type

Action (Binary) — handles file/binary data operations

Input / Output

Direction	Port(s)
Input	Input
Output	Output, Error

Credentials

This tool requires SendGrid API credentials. See the Credentials Guide for setup instructions.

Resources

Resource	Value
Contact	contact
List	list
Mail	mail

Operations

Operation	Value	Description
Contact: Create or Update	upsert	Create a new contact or update if it already exists (upsert)
Contact: Delete	delete	Delete contacts
Contact: Get	get	Get a contact by ID or email
Contact: Get Many	getAll	Get many contacts
List: Create	create	Create a mailing list
List: Delete	delete	Delete a mailing list
List: Get	get	Get a mailing list
List: Get Many	getAll	Get many mailing lists
List: Update	update	Update a mailing list
Mail: Send	send	Send an email

Parameters

Contact: Create or Update

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Email	string	Yes	—	Primary email for the contact. Supports expressions.
Additional Fields	collection	No	{}	Optional contact details to set alongside the email address.
— First Name	string	No	—	Contact first name.
— Last Name	string	No	—	Contact last name.
— Address Line 1	string	No	—	Street address line 1.
— Address Line 2	string	No	—	Street address line 2.
— City	string	No	—	City.
— Country	string	No	—	Country.
— Postal Code	string	No	—	Postal / ZIP code.
— State/Province/Region	string	No	—	State, province, or region.
— Alternate Emails	string	No	—	Comma-separated list of alternate email addresses for this contact.
— List IDs	string	No	—	Comma-separated list IDs to add the contact to. Get list IDs from List: Get Many.
— Custom Fields (JSON)	json	No	{}	JSON object mapping custom field IDs to values. E.g., {“e1_T”:“value1”,“e2_N”:123}. Get field IDs from GET /marketing/field_definitions.

Contact: Delete

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Delete All	boolean	No	false	Whether to delete all contacts.
Contact IDs	string	No	—	Comma-separated contact IDs to delete. (shown when Delete All is false)

Contact: Get

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
By	options	Yes	id	Look up contact by ID or email.
				Options: id, email
Contact ID	string	Yes	—	The ID of the contact to retrieve. (shown when By is id)
Email	string	Yes	—	The email address of the contact to retrieve. (shown when By is email)

Contact: Get Many

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Return All	boolean	No	false	Whether to return all results or only up to a given limit.
Limit	number	No	100	Max number of results to return. (shown when Return All is false)
Filters	collection	No	{}	Optional filter applied to the contact lookup.
— Query	string	No	—	SGQL query to filter contacts. E.g., “email LIKE ’%@example.com%’”.

List: Create

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Name	string	Yes	—	Name of the mailing list. Supports expressions.

List: Delete

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
List ID	string	Yes	—	ID of the mailing list to delete.
Delete Contacts	boolean	No	false	Whether to also delete all contacts on the list.

List: Get

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
List ID	string	Yes	—	ID of the mailing list.
Contact Sample	boolean	No	false	Whether to include a sample of contacts in the response.

List: Get Many

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Return All	boolean	No	false	Whether to return all results or only up to a given limit.
Limit	number	No	100	Max number of results to return. (shown when Return All is false)

List: Update

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
List ID	string	Yes	—	ID of the mailing list to update.
Name	string	Yes	—	New name for the mailing list.

Mail: Send

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Sender Email	string	No	—	Email address of the sender.
Sender Name	string	No	—	Display name of the sender.
Recipient Email	string	No	—	Comma-separated list of recipient email addresses. Supports expressions.
Dynamic Template	boolean	Yes	false	Whether this email will use a dynamic template.
Subject	string	No	—	Subject line of the email. (shown when Dynamic Template is false)
MIME Type	options	No	text/plain	Content type of the email body. (shown when Dynamic Template is false)
				Options: text/plain, text/html
Message Body	string	Yes	—	The body content of the email. (shown when Dynamic Template is false)
Template ID	string	No	—	ID of the dynamic template. Get template IDs from GET /templates?generations=dynamic. (shown when Dynamic Template is true)
Dynamic Template Fields	fixedCollection	No	{}	Merge variables passed to the dynamic template, added under a fields group. (shown when Dynamic Template is true)
— Key	string	No	—	Template variable name.
— Value	string	No	—	Value for the template variable.
Additional Fields	collection	No	{}	Optional delivery settings for the message.
— Attachments	string	No	—	Comma-separated list of binary property names to attach to the email. Names are case-sensitive — see the upstream node’s Binary Data panel for the exact names to use.
— BCC Email	string	No	—	Comma-separated list of BCC recipient email addresses.
— CC Email	string	No	—	Comma-separated list of CC recipient email addresses.
— Categories	string	No	—	Comma-separated list of categories. Each may not exceed 255 characters.
— Enable Sandbox	boolean	No	false	Whether to use the sandbox for testing email-sending functionality.
— Headers	fixedCollection	No	{}	Custom headers added to the message, under a details group.
— — Key	string	No	—	Header key.
— — Value	string	No	—	Header value.
— IP Pool Name	string	No	—	The IP Pool to send this email from.
— Reply-To Email	string	No	—	Comma-separated list of reply-to email addresses.
— Send At	dateTime	No	—	When to deliver the email. Scheduling more than 72 hours in advance is forbidden.

All Operations

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Max Concurrency	number	No	10	Maximum number of items to process concurrently.

Output Data

The SendGrid response is merged onto the item JSON at the top level, so downstream nodes read its fields directly ({{ $json.id }}). The rest of the incoming item JSON passes through unchanged and binary data is forwarded. Most operations produce one output item per input item; the two Get Many operations fan out instead.

Operation	What lands on the output item
contact / upsert	One item per input item. Every input item is collected into a single API call, and that one response is merged onto all of them.
contact / get	One item per input item, carrying the matched contact record. Looking up by email searches and keeps the first match, so an unknown address yields no contact fields.
contact / getAll	Fans out — one output item per contact returned. When nothing matches, a single item is emitted carrying contacts: [].
contact / delete	One item per input item, carrying the delete response.
list / create, get, update	One item per input item, carrying the mailing list record.
list / getAll	Fans out — one output item per mailing list returned. When nothing matches, a single item is emitted carrying lists: [].
list / delete	One item per input item, carrying success: true.
mail / send	One item per input item, carrying messageId — SendGrid’s message ID for the accepted send, or an empty string when the API returns none. The message body itself is not echoed back.

Failed items are routed to the Error port in errorPort mode, carrying an _error object.

Usage Examples

• Send an HTML email with a PDF attachment via SendGrid
• Send a dynamic template email with merge variables
• Create or update a marketing contact in SendGrid
• Get all contacts matching an SGQL query
• Create a new mailing list
• Delete a mailing list and its contacts
• Send a scheduled email with CC and BCC recipients

Example Configuration

Create or update a marketing contact from each incoming item and add it to a list:

{
  "type": "sendgrid",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "contact",
    "operation": "upsert",
    "email": "{{ $json.email }}",
    "additionalFields": {
      "firstName": "{{ $json.firstName }}",
      "lastName": "{{ $json.lastName }}",
      "city": "{{ $json.city }}",
      "listIds": "{{ $json.listId }}",
      "customFields": "{\"e1_T\": \"{{ $json.company }}\"}"
    }
  }
}

Look a contact up by email address:

{
  "type": "sendgrid",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "contact",
    "operation": "get",
    "by": "email",
    "email": "{{ $json.email }}"
  }
}

Fetch contacts matching an SGQL query, one output item per contact:

{
  "type": "sendgrid",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "contact",
    "operation": "getAll",
    "returnAll": false,
    "limit": 100,
    "filters": {
      "query": "email LIKE '%@company.com%'"
    }
  }
}

Delete specific contacts by ID:

{
  "type": "sendgrid",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "contact",
    "operation": "delete",
    "deleteAll": false,
    "ids": "{{ $json.contactIds }}"
  }
}

Create a mailing list:

{
  "type": "sendgrid",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "list",
    "operation": "create",
    "name": "Newsletter Subscribers"
  }
}

Rename an existing mailing list:

{
  "type": "sendgrid",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "list",
    "operation": "update",
    "listId": "{{ $json.id }}",
    "name": "Updated Newsletter List"
  }
}

Delete a mailing list along with the contacts on it:

{
  "type": "sendgrid",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "list",
    "operation": "delete",
    "listId": "{{ $json.id }}",
    "deleteContacts": true
  }
}

Send an HTML email with an upstream file attached, a CC address and a custom header:

{
  "type": "sendgrid",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "mail",
    "operation": "send",
    "fromEmail": "billing@company.com",
    "fromName": "Billing Department",
    "toEmail": "{{ $json.email }}",
    "dynamicTemplate": false,
    "subject": "Your invoice {{ $json.invoiceNumber }}",
    "contentType": "text/html",
    "contentValue": "<p>Please find your invoice attached.</p>",
    "additionalFields": {
      "attachments": "data",
      "ccEmail": "accounting@company.com",
      "categories": "billing,invoice",
      "headers": {
        "details": [
          {
            "key": "X-Invoice-Number",
            "value": "{{ $json.invoiceNumber }}"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Send a dynamic template email with merge variables, a BCC archive address and a scheduled delivery time:

{
  "type": "sendgrid",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "mail",
    "operation": "send",
    "fromEmail": "orders@shop.com",
    "fromName": "Online Shop",
    "toEmail": "{{ $json.email }}",
    "dynamicTemplate": true,
    "templateId": "d-123456789",
    "dynamicTemplateFields": {
      "fields": [
        {
          "key": "customerName",
          "value": "{{ $json.name }}"
        },
        {
          "key": "orderNumber",
          "value": "{{ $json.orderId }}"
        }
      ]
    },
    "additionalFields": {
      "bccEmail": "orders-archive@shop.com",
      "sendAt": "{{ $json.deliverAt }}"
    }
  }
}

Error Handling

Mode	Behavior
stop	Halts workflow on first error
continue	Skips failed items, passes successful ones through
errorPort	Routes failed items to Error output port

Tips

Manage SendGrid contacts, mailing lists, and send transactional or template-based emails with binary file attachments.

Notes

• Create or Update is a batch call. Every input item reaching the node is folded into one contact upsert request, and the List IDs supplied by all of those items are combined into a single set applied to the whole batch. Every item still gets an output item.
• Attachments name binary properties, not files. Put the property names from the upstream node’s Binary Data panel in Attachments — for example data — not file paths. A name that is not on the item is skipped, and the send still goes out.
• Attachment size is capped. The node refuses a send whose attachments total more than 25 MB of raw bytes, because base64 encoding inflates them past SendGrid’s request size limit.
• Dynamic Template switches the whole content model. With it on, Subject, MIME Type and Message Body disappear and the template plus its merge fields supply the content; with it off, Template ID and Dynamic Template Fields disappear.
• Sandbox mode validates without delivering. Turn on Enable Sandbox to exercise a send end to end without SendGrid actually mailing anyone.