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Klips: Creating SendGrid data sources

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You can set up a connection between Klipfolio® Klips and your SendGrid data to display your email metrics on a dashboard.

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What options do I have for visualizing my SendGrid data?

Create data visualizations based on pre-built options or build your own. The choice is yours!

Pre-built by Klipfolio

Take advantage of our pre-built data sources to gather the data most meaningful to you.

  • SendGrid pre-built data sources: Data sources provide the foundation for Klip® building, so we suggest you create a data source as a first step (before building Klips™ and adding them to your dashboard). Our pre-built data sources focus on the most sought-after SendGrid data and are found on the Service Connectors page, available from this link or from your list of data sources. When you select a service connector from this page, the data source for that service is automatically added.

Custom-built by you

Taking the time to learn how to create your own data sources and Klips unlocks your data and enables you to control, manipulate, and transform it, leading you to unprecedented insights into your business.

  • Custom data sources: When you create a custom data source, you can either use the pre-built data source as a starting point from which to write your own query or you can write your own queries from the ground up and build a data source from scratch. You create custom-built data sources in the Service Connectors page, accessible from this link or from your list of data sources.
  • Custom Klips: Using our Klip Editor, you can construct and manipulate your data, including integrating multiple data sources, to produce unique, custom-built data visualizations. You create custom Klips from either your list of Klips or your Dashboard.

Regardless of whether you choose pre-built, custom-built, or a combination of both, before you can start building Klips and dashboards you need to connect to SendGrid data in Klipfolio.

How do I connect to SendGrid data in Klipfolio?

To connect your SendGrid data to Klipfolio, you will need your API Key.

To get the right data from SendGrid, you use your SendGrid API Key in the queries provided by Klipfolio or in your own query when building data sources.

How do I find my SendGrid API Key?

To find your SendGrid API Key:

  1. Log in to your SendGrid account.
  2. In the left navigation, click Settings > API Keys.
  3. If you don't have any existing API Keys, create a new one by clicking Create API Key.
  4. Enter an API Key Name and select a level of Permission.
  5. Click Create and View and copy your API Key.

How do I add a SendGrid pre-built or custom-built data source?

To add a SendGrid pre-built or custom-built data source:

  1. Navigate to the Service Connectors page in Klipfolio and choose SendGrid from the list.
  2. Select a pre-built data source from the left section of the Choose a pre-built or custom connection page. Alternatively, if you want to create a custom-built data source, click Create a custom SendGrid data source.
  3. If you are creating a custom-built data source, edit the Query URL further to return the data you need. Refer to the SendGrid API documentation for details.
  4. Under Query Parameters, at Parameters > Value, replace the <yourApiToken> placeholder with your API Key.
  5. Click Get data.
  6. Ensure this is the data you’re looking for and, optionally, select the checkbox to Model your data. Learn more about modelling your data source here.
  7. Click Continue.
  8. Name, choose refresh settings, and, optionally, share your data source.
  9. Click Save.

How do I create a SendGrid custom Klip?

You create custom Klips from either your list of Klips or your Dashboard. You choose a data visualization format, for example, a pie chart, gauge, or table, and decide whether you want to use an existing data source or create a new one. In the Klip Editor, there are limitless opportunities to modify, relate, and display your data. See the following related articles for more information and get building!

More about SendGrid's API and queries

Klipfolio connects to hundreds of services in the cloud that have a REST API. If you take the time to learn your service’s API to create queries for the data you want, your possibilities are endless. Here’s a quick overview video on APIs and Klipfolio:

Klipfolio API's 101

If you need assistance using APIs, enlist a data analyst or developer.

Refer to the SendGrid API documentation to discover more data requests.

See the reference table below for API related information and sample queries.

API Documentation SendGrid API documentation
Authentication Method API Key Authentication
Response Format JSON
Sample Queries

For a list of spam reports:

https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/suppression/spam_reports?

To get a list of all invalid emails:

https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/suppression/invalid_emails?

Creating SendGrid data feeds in PowerMetrics

In this article you learned how to connect to SendGrid to create data sources in Klipfolio Klips. You can also connect to SendGrid to create data feeds (and data feed metrics) in Klipfolio PowerMetrics. The method for creating data feeds is similar to the steps described above, with a few exceptions:

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