OIC - Initiate Twilio SendGrid Message Export & Identify Target Email

🔎 Use Case

Trigger SendGrid email activity export via API and check:

Which email will receive the CSV

Which API key (token) is being used

🚀 API Call Endpoint

POST https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/messages/download

Authorization

Bearer <SendGrid API Key>

Sample Body

Json

{

  "query": "last_event_time BETWEEN TIMESTAMP \"2026-02-01T00:00:00Z\" AND TIMESTAMP \"2026-02-06T23:59:59Z\""

}

✅ Response

Json

{

  "status": "pending",

  "message": "An email will be sent to qa@abc.com.hk when the CSV is ready to download."

}

HTTP Status: 202 Accepted

📬 What This Means

202 → Export request accepted.

The response message clearly shows which email will receive the CSV.

The Bearer Token (API Key) used determines:

The SendGrid account/subuser

The email that gets the notification

Permission scope

🏢 OIC Tip

Store API key in Vault, log the response, and extract the email dynamically for tracking.

Simple, automated, and no need to check SendGrid UI manually. 🚀