🔌Connect Sparkpost API

API integrations are bidirectional

To track real-time delivery progress natively in your platform including bounce and complaint rates, use an API implementation such as Mailgun, Sparkpost, or Amazon SES.

Velocity MTA, which comes free with your platform, also tracks real-time delivery over your own IP Addresses.

Name

Give your API connection an internal name. This will only be seen by you and is for management purposes only.

Create an API Key

Create an API Key in SparkPost and copy it into your platform configuration.

Leave 'Allowed IPs' blank, unless you know what you're doing.

Copy your API Key from SparkPost and paste it into your emaildelivery.com SparkPost API configuration.

Adding a sending domain to SparkPost

Before you can use your sending domain through the SparkPost API, you must add your domain to SparkPost and verify you're the owner.

Enter a base domain or subdomain

Most mailbox providers such as Gmail recommend using a subdomain, however, this decision is based on your own preferences and goals. Using 'sp' or 'sparkpost' is a common subdomain seen with SparkPost customers.

Domain Alignment

You'll receive a popup window after continuing. We recommend selecting 'no' on strict alignment.

Verify ownership by adding DKIM authentication

Follow SparkPost's instruction for adding DKIM verification records to your DNS provider.

White-label tracking links

Unless you change your link domain, your admin_url domain will be used for your tracking links in your email messages. You can add a custom link to automatically match your domain branding for mail sent through this API connection. No further action is required beyond this step.

Next Steps

Return to the getting ready to send page and follow the instructions to start using your newly configured Mailgun API connection.