Developer guide
ParseForce gives backend teams a stable JSON contract for inbound email. Define a schema once, route emails to a mailbox, and receive parsed output at your webhook.
The hard part is not receiving email. It is turning inconsistent message bodies into a JSON payload your backend can trust.
Inbound email is normalized, parsed against the mailbox schema, and forwarded as structured JSON to your application.
Most teams use an email to JSON API to move inbox events into systems that already expect structured inputs.
Example webhook payload shape for this workflow.
json
{
"event": "email.parsed",
"mailboxId": "mbx_42d3",
"parsedData": {
"lead_name": "Avery Stone",
"company": "Northline Labs",
"email": "avery@northline.dev",
"priority": "high",
"use_case": "parse partner invoices into JSON"
},
"rawEmail": {
"from": "website@northline.dev",
"subject": "New automation request"
}
}Minimal Node.js example for consuming ParseForce output.
node.js
import express from "express";
const app = express();
app.use(express.json());
app.post("/webhooks/parseforce", (req, res) => {
if (req.body.event !== "email.parsed") {
return res.status(202).end();
}
const { parsedData, rawEmail } = req.body;
console.log("from:", rawEmail.from);
console.log("lead email:", parsedData.email);
console.log("priority:", parsedData.priority);
return res.status(204).end();
});
app.listen(3000);Related guides
Explore related ParseForce pages for webhook delivery, schema design, and implementation details for adjacent email automation workflows.