Create a campaign
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "March Newsletter"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns"
payload = { "name": "March Newsletter" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({name: 'March Newsletter'})
};
fetch('https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'March Newsletter'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"March Newsletter\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"March Newsletter\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"March Newsletter\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"name": "March Newsletter",
"subject": "Our latest updates",
"preview_text": "Check out what's new",
"reply_to": "support@example.com",
"status": "draft",
"audience_type": "contact_list",
"audience_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"template": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"name": "Newsletter Template"
},
"sender": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"name": "Marketing Team",
"email": "marketing@example.com"
},
"total_recipients": 1500,
"sent_count": 1200,
"failed_count": 5,
"scheduled_at": "2026-03-15 10:00:00",
"sent_at": "2026-03-11 14:30:00",
"created_at": "2026-03-10 09:00:00"
}{
"message": "Invalid API key."
}{
"message": "The email field is required."
}Campaigns
Create a campaign
Create a new campaign in draft status. Only a name is required initially. Use the update endpoint to configure the template, sender, audience, and other settings.
POST
/
campaigns
Create a campaign
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "March Newsletter"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns"
payload = { "name": "March Newsletter" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({name: 'March Newsletter'})
};
fetch('https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'March Newsletter'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"March Newsletter\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"March Newsletter\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.sendkit.dev/campaigns")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"March Newsletter\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"name": "March Newsletter",
"subject": "Our latest updates",
"preview_text": "Check out what's new",
"reply_to": "support@example.com",
"status": "draft",
"audience_type": "contact_list",
"audience_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"template": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"name": "Newsletter Template"
},
"sender": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"name": "Marketing Team",
"email": "marketing@example.com"
},
"total_recipients": 1500,
"sent_count": 1200,
"failed_count": 5,
"scheduled_at": "2026-03-15 10:00:00",
"sent_at": "2026-03-11 14:30:00",
"created_at": "2026-03-10 09:00:00"
}{
"message": "Invalid API key."
}{
"message": "The email field is required."
}Authorizations
API key from your SendKit dashboard. Pass it as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.
Body
application/json
The campaign name.
Maximum string length:
255Example:
"March Newsletter"
Response
Campaign created successfully
Example:
"550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
Example:
"March Newsletter"
Example:
"Our latest updates"
Example:
"Check out what's new"
Example:
"support@example.com"
Available options:
draft, scheduled, sending, sent, partial_sent Example:
"draft"
Available options:
all_contacts, contact_list, segment Example:
"contact_list"
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Example:
1500
Example:
1200
Example:
5
Example:
"2026-03-15 10:00:00"
Example:
"2026-03-11 14:30:00"
Example:
"2026-03-10 09:00:00"

