Send email with Go

Prerequisites

Before getting started, you’ll need to:

Authorize your sending domain
Create and retrieve your SendLayer API key

Installation

Install the SendLayer Go SDK using the go get command:

go get github.com/sendlayer/sendlayer-go

Usage

After installation, you can use the SDK modules for sending emails, managing webhooks, and retrieving email events.

Send email in Go

Initialize the client and call sl.Emails.Send() with a SendEmailRequest.

sendEmail.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/sendlayer/sendlayer-go"
)

func main() {
	// Initialize the client with your API key
	sl := sendlayer.New("your-api-key")

	// Send an email
	resp, err := sl.Emails.Send(&sendlayer.SendEmailRequest{
		From:    "sender@example.com",
		To:      "recipient@example.com",
		Subject: "Test Email",
		Text:    "This is a test email",
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Println("Email sent! Message ID:", resp.MessageID)
}

Send HTML emails in Go

To send HTML emails, set the Html field in the request payload.

sendEmail.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/sendlayer/sendlayer-go"
)

func main() {
	sl := sendlayer.New("your-api-key")

	// Send an HTML email
	resp, err := sl.Emails.Send(&sendlayer.SendEmailRequest{
		From:    "sender@example.com",
		To:      "recipient@example.com",
		Subject: "Test Email",
		Text:    "Plain text fallback",
		Html:    "<html><body><p>This is a test email sent with the <a href=\"https://sendlayer.com\">SendLayer</a> API!</p></body></html>",
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Println("Email sent! Message ID:", resp.MessageID)
}

You can include both Text and Html to send plain text and HTML versions of the same email.

Send email to multiple recipients

Use EmailAddress objects to send to multiple recipients, including Cc, Bcc, and ReplyTo.

sendEmail.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/sendlayer/sendlayer-go"
)

func main() {
	sl := sendlayer.New("your-api-key")

	// Send to multiple recipients
	resp, err := sl.Emails.Send(&sendlayer.SendEmailRequest{
		From: sendlayer.EmailAddress{
			Email: "sender@example.com",
			Name:  "Sender Name",
		},
		To: []sendlayer.EmailAddress{
			{Email: "recipient1@example.com", Name: "Recipient 1"},
			{Email: "recipient2@example.com", Name: "Recipient 2"},
		},
		Subject: "Complex Email",
		Text:    "This is a test email!",
		Html:    "<p>This is a <strong>test email</strong>!</p>",
		Cc:      []sendlayer.EmailAddress{{Email: "cc@example.com", Name: "CC Recipient"}},
		Bcc:     []sendlayer.EmailAddress{{Email: "bcc@example.com", Name: "BCC Recipient"}},
		ReplyTo: sendlayer.EmailAddress{Email: "reply@example.com", Name: "Reply To"},
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Println("Email sent! Message ID:", resp.MessageID)
}

From and To accept either a string email or EmailAddress values. Cc, Bcc, and ReplyTo support the same flexible format.

There are limits to the number of email recipients you can add to a single request. See our rate limiting guide to learn more.

Include attachments in email

Include attachments by setting the Attachments field in SendEmailRequest.

sendEmail.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/sendlayer/sendlayer-go"
)

func main() {
	sl := sendlayer.New("your-api-key")

	// Send email with attachments
	resp, err := sl.Emails.Send(&sendlayer.SendEmailRequest{
		From: sendlayer.EmailAddress{Email: "sender@example.com", Name: "Sender Name"},
		To: []sendlayer.EmailAddress{
			{Email: "recipient1@example.com", Name: "Recipient"},
		},
		Subject: "Complex Email",
		Text:    "Plain text fallback",
		Html:    "<p>This is a <strong>test email</strong>!</p>",
		Attachments: []sendlayer.Attachment{
			{Path: "path/to/file.pdf", Type: "application/pdf"},
		},
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Println("Email sent! Message ID:", resp.MessageID)
}

The maximum email size SendLayer allows is 10MB. This includes both the message as well as attachment files.

Set Path to your local file path or hosted file URL, then set the file Type (MIME type). SendLayer SDK supports both local and remote file attachments and allows you to add multiple attachment files. See our tutorial to learn more about attaching files to emails.

Email request parameters

The table below contains the supported fields in SendEmailRequest.

Field	Type	Required	Description
`From`	`string` or `EmailAddress`	Yes	Sender email, as a plain email string or `EmailAddress` (`Email` + optional `Name`)
`To`	`string`, `EmailAddress`, or `[]EmailAddress`	Yes	Recipient email(s), as one address or multiple addresses
`Subject`	`string`	Yes	Email subject line
`Text`	`string`	Yes	Plain text body
`Html`	`string`	No	HTML body
`Cc`	`EmailAddress` or `[]EmailAddress`	No	Carbon-copy recipients
`Bcc`	`EmailAddress` or `[]EmailAddress`	No	Blind carbon-copy recipients
`ReplyTo`	`EmailAddress` or `[]EmailAddress`	No	Reply-to recipient(s)
`Attachments`	`[]Attachment`	No	File attachments with `Path` and MIME `Type`
`Headers`	`map[string]string`	No	Custom email headers
`Tags`	`[]string`	No	Tags for categorizing emails

Manage webhooks in Go

With the SendLayer Go SDK, you can create, list, and delete webhooks.

Create a new webhook

Call Webhooks.Create() with a WebhookCreateRequest.

webhooks.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/sendlayer/sendlayer-go"
)

func main() {
	sl := sendlayer.New("your-api-key")

	// Create a webhook
	webhook, err := sl.Webhooks.Create(&sendlayer.WebhookCreateRequest{
		WebhookURL: "https://your-domain.com/webhook",
		Event:      "open",
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Println("Webhook created! ID:", webhook.WebhookID)
}

The Event field accepts the following values:

bounce
click
open
unsubscribe
complaint
delivery

Example success response for new webhook:

{
   "NewWebhookID": 23718
}

Get all webhooks

To view all the webhooks you’ve created, use the Webhooks.Get() method.

webhooks.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/sendlayer/sendlayer-go"
)

func main() {
	sl := sendlayer.New("your-api-key")

	// Get all webhooks
	webhooks, err := sl.Webhooks.Get()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Println("Webhooks:", webhooks)
}

Example response:

{
  "Webhooks": [
    {
      "WebhookID": "23718",
      "CreatedAt": "2025-04-11 09:43:07",
      "UpdatedAt": "2025-04-11 09:43:07", 
      "Status": "Enabled",
      "WebhookURL": "http://example.com/webhook",
      "Event": "delivered",
      "LastResponseCode": "0",
      "LastResponseBody": "",
      "LastResponseAt": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
      "LastResponseTryCounter": "0"
    }
  ]
}

Delete a webhook

To delete a specific webhook, pass the webhook ID to Webhooks.Delete().

Deleting a webhook cannot be undone.

webhooks.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/sendlayer/sendlayer-go"
)

func main() {
	sl := sendlayer.New("your-api-key")

	// Delete a webhook
	webhookId := 23718
	err := sl.Webhooks.Delete(webhookId)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Println("Webhook deleted successfully")
}

Webhook request parameters

The table below contains the supported inputs in the Webhooks module.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`WebhookURL`	`string`	Yes (create)	Webhook endpoint URL where SendLayer sends events
`Event`	`string`	Yes (create)	Event type for the webhook subscription
`webhookId`	`int`	Yes (delete)	Unique webhook ID to delete

Retrieve email events

Use the Events module to retrieve email delivery and engagement events.

Get all events

Initialize the client and call Events.Get(nil) to retrieve recent events.

events.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/sendlayer/sendlayer-go"
)

func main() {
	sl := sendlayer.New("your-api-key")

	// Get all events
	events, err := sl.Events.Get(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Println("Total events:", events.TotalRecords)
}

Example response:

{
  "totalRecords": 5,
  "events": [
    {
      "Event": "delivered",
      "LoggedAt": 1746340896,
      "LogLevel": "info",
      "Message": {
        "Headers": {
          "MessageId": "06e4491f-fc5a-49cb-bc57-xxxxxx",
          "From": [["", "sender@example.com"]],
          "ReplyTo": [],
          "To": [["", "recipient@example.com"]],
          "Cc": [],
          "Bcc": []
        },
        "Size": 2004,
        "Transport": "api"
      },
      "Recipient": "recipient@example.com",
      "Reason": "Email has been delivered."
    }
  ]
}

Filter events

Pass a GetEventsRequest to filter by date range and event type.

events.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"time"

	"github.com/sendlayer/sendlayer-go"
)

func main() {
	sl := sendlayer.New("your-api-key")

	// Filter events for the last 24 hours
	endDate := time.Now()
	startDate := endDate.Add(-24 * time.Hour)
	event := "opened"

	events, err := sl.Events.Get(&sendlayer.GetEventsRequest{
		StartDate: &startDate,
		EndDate:   &endDate,
		Event:     event,
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Println("Filtered events:", events.TotalRecords)
}

Event request parameters

The table below contains supported fields in GetEventsRequest.

Field	Type	Required	Description
`StartDate`	`*time.Time`	No	Start date for filtering events
`EndDate`	`*time.Time`	No	End date for filtering events
`Event`	`string`	No	Filter by event type (for example, `opened`)
`MessageID`	`string`	No	Filter by SendLayer message ID
`StartFrom`	`*int`	No	Starting offset for paginated event results
`RetrieveCount`	`*int`	No	Number of records to return

Error handling

The SDK returns typed errors you can inspect with errors.As.

package main

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/sendlayer/sendlayer-go"
)

func main() {
	sl := sendlayer.New("your-api-key")

	resp, err := sl.Emails.Send(&sendlayer.SendEmailRequest{
		From:    "sender@example.com",
		To:      "recipient@example.com",
		Subject: "Test Email",
		Text:    "This is a test email",
	})
	if err != nil {
		var apiErr *sendlayer.SendLayerAPIError
		var valErr *sendlayer.SendLayerValidationError
		if errors.As(err, &apiErr) {
			fmt.Println("API error:", apiErr.Message, apiErr.StatusCode)
			return
		}
		if errors.As(err, &valErr) {
			fmt.Println("Validation error:", valErr.Error())
			return
		}
		fmt.Println("Unexpected error:", err)
		return
	}

	fmt.Println("Email sent! Message ID:", resp.MessageID)
}

Here is an example error response:

Error: Invalid event name - 'opened' is not a valid event name

More examples

SendLayer Go SDK

View more details and examples on GitHub.

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Prerequisites

Installation

Usage

Send email in Go

Send HTML emails in Go

Send email to multiple recipients

Include attachments in email

Email request parameters

Manage webhooks in Go

Create a new webhook

Get all webhooks

Delete a webhook

Webhook request parameters

Retrieve email events

Get all events

Filter events

Event request parameters

Error handling

More examples

SendLayer Go SDK

​Prerequisites

​Installation

​Usage

​Send email in Go

​Send HTML emails in Go

​Send email to multiple recipients

​Include attachments in email

​Email request parameters

​Manage webhooks in Go

​Create a new webhook

​Get all webhooks

​Delete a webhook

​Webhook request parameters

​Retrieve email events

​Get all events

​Filter events

​Event request parameters

​Error handling

​More examples

SendLayer Go SDK

Prerequisites

Installation

Usage

Send email in Go

Send HTML emails in Go

Send email to multiple recipients

Include attachments in email

Email request parameters

Manage webhooks in Go

Create a new webhook

Get all webhooks

Delete a webhook

Webhook request parameters

Retrieve email events

Get all events

Filter events

Event request parameters

Error handling

More examples