Send an email with Thinwrap (Gleam)
Send transactional email via thinwrap_notifications's send_email/2 in Gleam — one call shape for SendGrid, AWS SES, Resend and 7 more.
1. Install
gleam add thinwrap_notifications gleam_erlang envoy2. Send the call
import envoy
import gleam/dynamic.{type Dynamic}
import gleam/dynamic/decode
import gleam/erlang/atom
import gleam/io
import gleam/list
@external(erlang, "thinwrap_notifications", "send_email")
fn send_email(config: Dynamic, input: Dynamic) -> Result(Dynamic, Dynamic)
pub fn main() -> Nil {
let assert Ok(api_key) = envoy.get("SENDGRID_API_KEY")
let config =
obj([
#("provider", atom("sendgrid")),
#("api_key", dynamic.string(api_key)),
#("from", dynamic.string("noreply@example.com")),
])
let input =
obj([
#("to", dynamic.string("user@example.com")),
#("subject", dynamic.string("Hello from Thinwrap")),
#("text", dynamic.string("Hello world")),
])
case send_email(config, input) {
// status is sent | queued | rejected | suppressed | unknown
// provider_message_id is the upstream message id, or ""
Ok(res) -> {
let sent = {
use status <- decode.field(key("status"), atom.decoder())
use id <- decode.field(key("provider_message_id"), decode.string)
decode.success(atom.to_string(status) <> " " <> id)
}
let assert Ok(line) = decode.run(res, sent)
io.println(line)
}
Error(err) -> io.println(describe(err))
}
}
// The library speaks atom-keyed Erlang maps; these helpers build and read them.
fn key(name: String) -> atom.Atom {
atom.create(name)
}
fn atom(name: String) -> Dynamic {
atom.to_dynamic(atom.create(name))
}
fn obj(fields: List(#(String, Dynamic))) -> Dynamic {
dynamic.properties(list.map(fields, fn(f) { #(atom(f.0), f.1) }))
}
fn describe(err: Dynamic) -> String {
let error = {
use code <- decode.field(key("code"), atom.decoder())
use message <- decode.field(key("message"), decode.string)
decode.success(atom.to_string(code) <> ": " <> message)
}
let assert Ok(line) = decode.run(err, error)
line
}
Same code works for all supported providers — just change the provider ID.