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Using templates

Design a message once, then send it with Liquid variables.

A template is a reusable subject, HTML body, plain-text body, and global CSS. You write it in the dashboard editor or the API. You send it by passing template.id and a variables object instead of html and text.

Use templates for mail you send often:

  • Login and password reset
  • Onboarding
  • Receipts
  • Notifications

PostShiba renders Liquid at send time, injects CSS, and inlines it for the inbox.

Lifecycle

State Can send?
Draft No
Published Yes

Editing a published template updates the draft only. Sends keep using the published snapshot until you publish again.

Send with a template

id is the alias or the public template id. variables is the Liquid assign hash. Do not pass html or text in the same request.

send-template.sh
1 curl -sS -X POST \
2 -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
3 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
4 -d '{
5 "from": "hello@mail.example.com",
6 "to": ["you@example.com"],
7 "template": {
8 "id": "welcome",
9 "variables": {
10 "name": "Ada",
11 "body": "Your account is ready."
12 }
13 }
14 }' \
15 https://app.postshiba.com/api/v1/emails

from, subject, and reply_to on the request override the template. If the template has no From, the send still needs a verified From (or the platform default).

SMTP and HTTP inject still take a full MIME body. Render in your app for those paths, or send templates over REST.

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