DevOps & monitoring

Datadog

Monitoring platform.

Email capabilities

  • Own email API
  • Sends notifications
  • Webhooks

Connection methods

  • API
  • Webhook

Datadog is a cloud monitoring platform that sends monitor alerts via its own infrastructure and integrates with PagerDuty and Slack.

Connect Datadog to MailKite

Trigger MailKite sends from Datadog monitor webhooks.

Receive email into Datadog via MailKite

A minimal, copy-paste starter. Swap in your own domain and API key.

webhook.ts
import { verifyWebhook } from "@mailkite/client";

// MailKite POSTs every inbound email at your domain as JSON.
// Point a route at this handler in the MailKite dashboard.
export default async function handler(req: Request) {
const raw = await req.text();
const sig = req.headers.get("x-mailkite-signature") ?? "";

// Reject anything not signed by your webhook secret
const ok = await verifyWebhook(sig, raw, process.env.MK_WEBHOOK_SECRET!);
if (!ok) return new Response("bad signature", { status: 401 });

const email = JSON.parse(raw);
// Route into Datadog: open a ticket, create a task, store a record
await routeIntoName(email); // email.from · email.subject · email.text

return new Response(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }));
}
Read the inbound webhooks guide
Email tools

Commonly paired with Datadog

Connect Datadog to MailKite today

Point a domain, set one SMTP endpoint, send your first email in minutes. Unlimited domains, no credit card.