GraphQL email mail API

Fetch and read emails with Graph-QL mail APIs. Control and inbox using MailSlurp and Graph query language instead of SMTP protocol.

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MailSlurp offers powerful email inbox APIs over REST and GraphQL. The GraphQL API is accessible via HTTP POST at https://graphql.mailslurp.com. Let's see how we can use GraphQL to create email addresses, send and even receive emails and attachments using GraphQL.

Authentication

Note you must set an x-api-key header in your GraphQL client and pass a valid MailSlurp API Key (which you can create for free here). The GraphQL endpoints cover most but not all MailSlurp functionality - for instance file upload/download is exclusive to the REST API and SDK clients.

Explorer

Open GraphQL explorer

Setup code

You can call MailSlurp's GraphQL email API using any React/GraphQL client. This includes fetch, curl etc. An easier way might be using the excellent open source graphql-request library. First install the NPM dependencies

// npm install --save graphql-request
import { gql, GraphQLClient } from 'graphql-request';

Next we need to create a client that sets the x-api-key header using to the value of your MailSlurp account API KEY.

// create a new graphql-request client using the MailSlurp graphql endpoint
// and passing a headers map including your MailSlurp API Key using "x-api-key" header
const client = new GraphQLClient('https://graphql.mailslurp.com', {
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': YOUR_API_KEY,
  },
});

Editor config

If you want to enable auto-complete in gql, VSCode, IntelliJ, or another editor create a .graphqlconfig file in the root of your project and include this endpoint:

{
  "name": "Remote Schema",
  "schemaPath": "remote-schema.graphql",
  "extensions": {
    "endpoints": {
      "mailslurp": {
        "url": "https://graph.mailslurp.com",
        "headers": {
          "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
        },
        "introspect": true
      }
    }
  }
}

Query

You can make queries like so. Note that the example gql method call should use backticks ` to use template string invocation. They are shown below as double quotes " because of formatting issues. Note you can use raw strings without gql too if you prefer.

const query = gql`
  {
    inboxes {
      totalElements
    }
  }
`;
const { inboxes } = await client.request(query);
expect(inboxes.totalElements).toBeGreaterThan(0);

The great thing about graphql is that you can explore the MailSlurp API schema yourself using the provided GraphQL Playground

Mutations

const { createInbox } = await client.request(gql`
  mutation {
    createInbox {
      id
      emailAddress
    }
  }
`);
expect(createInbox.id).toBeTruthy();
expect(createInbox.emailAddress).toContain('@mailslurp');

Send email

const { sendEmail } = await client.request(
  gql`
    mutation SendEmail(
      $fromInboxId: String!
      $to: [String!]!
      $subject: String!
    ) {
      sendEmail(fromInboxId: $fromInboxId, to: $to, subject: $subject) {
        id
      }
    }
  `,
  {
    fromInboxId: createInbox.id,
    to: [createInbox.emailAddress],
    subject: 'Test',
  }
);
expect(sendEmail.id).toBeDefined();