Programmable email · Python

Programmable email in Python

Drive email entirely from Python: send with one call, receive every inbound message as parsed JSON on a webhook, and give any app or AI agent its own inbox on a domain you control — with no mail server to run.

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Install

Add the Python library:

install · Python

pip install mailkite-dev

Send an email

One endpoint, one API key — over your own authenticated domain. Send API reference →

send · Python

import os
from mailkite import MailKite

mk = MailKite(os.environ["MAILKITE_API_KEY"])

res = mk.send({
    "from": "hello@myapp.ai",
    "to": "ada@example.com",
    "subject": "Your invoice #1042",
    "html": "<p>Thanks! Receipt attached.</p>",
})

Receive email as a webhook

Point your domain's MX at MailKite and every message arrives as parsed JSON — verify the signature, then handle it. No IMAP, no mail server.

receive · Python

import os
from flask import Flask, request, abort
from mailkite import verify_webhook, reply_ok

SECRET = os.environ["MAILKITE_WEBHOOK_SECRET"]
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.post("/hooks/mailkite")
def hook():
    sig = request.headers.get("x-mailkite-signature", "")
    if not verify_webhook(sig, request.get_data(), SECRET):
        abort(401)
    event = request.get_json()
    # ...handle event["type"] == "email.received"
    # Confirm receipt: returns the JSON body {"status":"ok"}.
    return reply_ok(), 200, {"content-type": "application/json"}

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