Resend Node SDK: the send never throws on API errors, check the error half or failures go silent
# Node SDK: always branch on the error half
`resend.emails.send` resolves to an object with two halves. API-level failures
(unknown domain, bad from address, rate limits) arrive in `error`, not as a
thrown exception. Code that only reads `data` treats failures as successes.
## The shape
```js
import { Resend } from 'resend';
const resend = new Resend(process.env.RESEND_API_KEY);
const { data, error } = await resend.emails.send({
from: '[SENDER]',
to: ['[RECIPIENT]'],
subject: 'Hello World',
html: '<strong>It works!</strong>',
});
if (error) {
console.error(error);
process.exitCode = 1;
} else {
console.log('sent', data.id);
}
```
## Checklist
- Read the key from `process.env.RESEND_API_KEY`. Never paste the key into source.
- Branch on `error` immediately after every send. `data` is only meaningful when
`error` is empty.
- `data.id` is the id of the created email. Log it; you will need it when
debugging delivery later.
- A try/catch around the call still makes sense for transport failures (DNS,
network), but it will not catch API errors. You need both.
- The from address must belong to a verified domain, or the error half tells
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