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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

Authorization
string
header
required

API key from your SendKit dashboard. Pass it as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Body

application/json
name
string
required

The campaign name.

Maximum string length: 255
Example:

"March Newsletter"

Response

Campaign created successfully

id
string<uuid>
Example:

"550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

name
string
Example:

"March Newsletter"

subject
string | null
Example:

"Our latest updates"

preview_text
string | null
Example:

"Check out what's new"

reply_to
string | null
Example:

"support@example.com"

status
enum<string>
Available options:
draft,
scheduled,
sending,
sent,
partial_sent
Example:

"draft"

audience_type
enum<string>
Available options:
all_contacts,
contact_list,
segment
Example:

"contact_list"

audience_id
string<uuid> | null
template
object | null
sender
object | null
total_recipients
integer
Example:

1500

sent_count
integer
Example:

1200

failed_count
integer
Example:

5

scheduled_at
string<date-time> | null
Example:

"2026-03-15 10:00:00"

sent_at
string<date-time> | null
Example:

"2026-03-11 14:30:00"

created_at
string<date-time>
Example:

"2026-03-10 09:00:00"