# Send Auth0 transactional emails with Resend

[Auth0](https://auth0.com) supports Resend as a built-in email provider. Authentication flows depend on reliable delivery for verification codes, password resets, and other crucial emails.

## Prerequisites

Before you start, you'll need:

- A Resend [API key](/guides/get-started-create-an-api-key)
- A [verified domain](/guides/get-started-add-a-domain)

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## Set up the Resend provider in Auth0

In the Auth0 Dashboard, go to **Branding > Email Provider**, toggle on **Use my own email provider**, and select **Resend**.

Enter your API key and set the **From** address to match your verified domain. Click **Save** to apply the changes.

![Auth0 Resend Integration](../img/site-assets/mintcdn.com/resend/3aaPXnVunyH4ynzk/images/auth0-setup-p147fl.png)

To test that it's working, click **Send Test Email**. The email will appear in your Resend dashboard and email inbox.

:::callout{intent="info"}
For the full setup guide, see the [Auth0
documentation](https://auth0.com/docs/customize/email/smtp-email-providers/resend).
:::

## Send emails with Auth0 Actions (optional)

For more control over delivery, like per-organization sender addresses, conditional routing, or custom logic, you can use an Auth0 Action instead.

In the Auth0 Dashboard, go to **Actions > Library**, create a new Custom action.

![Auth0 Custom Action](../img/site-assets/mintcdn.com/resend/3aaPXnVunyH4ynzk/images/auth0-action-7peb4s.png)

To enable Resend in the Action:

1. Add `resend` as a dependency.
   ![Auth0 Custom Action](../img/site-assets/mintcdn.com/resend/3aaPXnVunyH4ynzk/images/auth0-dependency-1sptpf7.png)
2. Store your API key as a secret named `RESEND_API_KEY`.
   ![Auth0 Custom Action](../img/site-assets/mintcdn.com/resend/3aaPXnVunyH4ynzk/images/auth0-secret-1ekommk.png)

Here's a working example that sends a security alert on first login:

```javascript theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
const { Resend } = require('resend');

exports.onExecutePostLogin = async (event, api) => {
  const resend = new Resend(event.secrets.RESEND_API_KEY);

  if (event.stats.logins_count === 1) {
    await resend.emails.send({
      from: 'Security <security@example.com>',
      to: event.user.email,
      subject: 'New login detected',
      html: `<p>Hi ${event.user.name}, a new login was detected from ${event.request.ip}.</p>`,
    });
  }
};
```

Deploy it by adding the action to the **Post Login** trigger under **Actions > Triggers**.

## Customize Email Templates

To customize the email templates that Auth0 sends out, go to **Branding > Email Templates** in the Auth0 Dashboard and make your changes to the existing templates.

For more advanced templating, consider either [React Email](#react-email) or [Resend Templates](#resend-templates).

### React Email

Auth0 email templates use Liquid syntax for dynamic variables like `{{ user.email }}` and `{{ url }}`. You can author templates with [React Email](https://react.email) and inject Liquid variables before pasting the rendered HTML into Auth0.

Define your Liquid variables as constants to avoid HTML encoding issues during rendering:

```typescript theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
export const VARIABLES = {
  url: '{{ url }}',
  user: { email: '{{ user.email }}' },
  application: { name: '{{ application.name }}' },
};
```

Use them in your React Email components, render to static HTML, and paste the output into **Branding > Email Templates** in Auth0.

### Resend Templates

To use Resend templates with Auth0, define your templates in the [Resend Dashboard](https://resend.com/templates) and reference them in your [Custom OAuth Actions](#send-emails-with-auth0-actions-optional).

For instance, the following code uses a Resend template with the id of `login-detected` that contains two variables (`first_name` and `ip_address`) to be passed in the call. [Learn more about Resend templates](/guides/learn-dashboard-templates-introduction).

```javascript theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"vesper"}}
const { Resend } = require('resend');

exports.onExecutePostLogin = async (event, api) => {
  const resend = new Resend(event.secrets.RESEND_API_KEY);

  if (event.stats.logins_count === 1) {
    await resend.emails.send({
      from: 'Security <security@example.com>',
      to: event.user.email,
      template: {
        id: 'login-detected',
        variables: {
          first_name: event.user.name,
          ip_address: event.request.ip,
        },
      },
    });
  }
};
```

## Debugging Email Delivery

When something goes wrong, it's helpful to see detailed logs across both sides:

- **Auth0 Logs** (**Monitoring > Logs**) shows send events and any errors raised from the Resend integration.
- [**Resend Logs**](https://resend.com/logs) show the delivery side: accepted, delivered, opened, bounced.

Together, you get end-to-end visibility across the entire delivery chain.

## Related pages

- [Send emails with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Customer.io with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-customer-io-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Django with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-django-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Laravel with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-laravel-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Liferay with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-liferay-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Nodemailer with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-nodemailer-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using PHPMailer with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-phpmailer-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Rails with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-rails-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Retool with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-retool-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Supabase with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-supabase-smtp.md)

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