Email Webhook API
for Modern Developers

Convert any email address into a powerful HTTP webhook endpoint. Get structured email data, reliable delivery, and full TypeScript support. Built for developers who need programmatic email processing.

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No credit card required • 1,000 webhooks/month free • TypeScript SDK included

How Email Webhooks Work

1. Email Arrives

Someone sends an email to your configured address (e.g. support@yourapp.com)

2. Parse & Structure

inbound parses the email into clean, structured JSON with headers, content, and attachments

3. HTTP Webhook

Structured data is sent to your webhook URL as an HTTP POST with full type safety

Professional Email Webhook Features

TypeScript SDK

Full type safety with IntelliSense support. Never guess webhook payload structure again.

Structured Email Data

Parsed headers, body content, attachments, and metadata in clean JSON format.

Reliable Delivery

Automatic retries, exponential backoff, and 99.9% webhook delivery success rate.

Real-time Processing

Webhooks delivered within 2 seconds of email receipt. No delays or queuing.

Email Threading

Automatic conversation threading and In-Reply-To tracking for context-aware apps.

AI Ready

Perfect for feeding emails to AI models, ChatGPT integrations, and automation workflows.

Simple Email Webhook Integration

Set up email webhooks in minutes with our TypeScript SDK. No complex configuration required.

Complete Email Webhook Setup

import { createInboundClient } from '@inboundemail/sdk'

const inbound = createInboundClient({
  apiKey: process.env.INBOUND_API_KEY
})

// 1. Create webhook endpoint
const webhook = await inbound.webhooks.create({
  name: 'Support Emails',
  url: 'https://api.yourapp.com/webhooks/email'
})

// 2. Setup email address  
await inbound.emails.create({
  email: 'support@yourapp.com',
  webhookId: webhook.id
})

// 3. Handle incoming webhooks
app.post('/webhooks/email', (req, res) => {
  const { email }: InboundWebhookPayload = req.body
  
  // Fully typed, structured data
  console.log('From:', email.parsedData.from.address)
  console.log('Subject:', email.parsedData.subject)
  console.log('Content:', email.parsedData.textBody)
  
  // Process attachments
  email.parsedData.attachments.forEach(attachment => {
    console.log('File:', attachment.filename)
    console.log('Size:', attachment.size)
  })
  
  res.status(200).json({ success: true })
})

Email Webhook Use Cases

Customer Support Automation

Turn support emails into tickets, route to the right team, and trigger automated responses.

Auto-create tickets

Route by subject/content

Auto-reply with AI

Lead Generation & CRM

Capture leads from contact forms, qualify automatically, and sync to your CRM.

Parse contact forms

Extract lead data

Sync to CRM/database

AI & Automation

Feed emails to AI models for classification, sentiment analysis, and automated processing.

AI classification

Sentiment analysis

Auto-responses

System Monitoring

Parse system alerts, create incidents, and integrate with DevOps workflows.

Parse alerts

Create incidents

Slack/Discord integration

Rich Webhook Payload

Unlike basic email forwarding services, inbound delivers structured, typed data perfect for modern applications.

Example Webhook Payload

{
  "event": "email.received",
  "timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "email": {
    "id": "email_abc123",
    "messageId": "<abc@example.com>",
    "from": "customer@company.com",
    "to": ["support@yourapp.com"],
    "subject": "Integration help needed",
    "receivedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    
    "parsedData": {
      "messageId": "<abc@example.com>",
      "from": {
        "address": "customer@company.com",
        "name": "John Smith"
      },
      "to": [{"address": "support@yourapp.com"}],
      "subject": "Integration help needed",
      "textBody": "Hi, I need help with...",
      "htmlBody": "<p>Hi, I need help with...</p>",
      "attachments": [
        {
          "filename": "screenshot.png",
          "contentType": "image/png", 
          "size": 45234,
          "url": "https://..."
        }
      ],
      "headers": {"X-Custom": "value"},
      "inReplyTo": null,
      "references": [],
      "date": "2024-01-15T10:29:00Z"
    }
  }
}

Quick Start Guide

Get your first email webhook working in under 5 minutes.

Install & Setup

$ bun add @inboundemail/sdk

import { createInboundClient } from '@inboundemail/sdk'

Create Webhook

const webhook = await inbound.webhooks.create({

name: 'My Webhook',

url: 'https://api.yourapp.com/webhook'

})

Handle Webhooks

app.post('/webhook', (req, res) => {

const { email } = req.body

// Fully typed data

console.log(email.parsedData.from.address)

console.log(email.parsedData.subject)

res.json({ success: true })

})

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