Automating transactional email template updates using GitHub Actions and AutoSend REST API

API & SMTP Integration
1

What is the best workflow to store HTML email templates in Git repositories and deploy template updates to AutoSend automatically during CI/CD?

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CI/CD for Email Templates

Managing email templates in Git ensures version control, peer review via Pull Requests, and automated deployments to AutoSend.

GitHub Actions Workflow (.github/workflows/deploy-templates.yml):

name: Deploy AutoSend Templates

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
    paths:
      - 'templates/**'

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Deploy Templates to AutoSend
        env:
          AUTOSEND_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.AUTOSEND_API_KEY }}
        run: |
          for file in templates/*.html; do
            template_id=$(basename "$file" .html)
            content=$(jq -Rs . < "$file")
            
            curl -X PUT "https://api.autosend.com/v1/templates/$template_id" \
                 -H "Authorization: Bearer $AUTOSEND_API_KEY" \
                 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                 -d "{\"html\": $content}"
          done

Benefits:

  • Eliminates manual copy-pasting of HTML between local code editors and dashboard UI.
  • Enables unit testing of local email templates before merging.