Creating and Sending Email Broadcast

Create and send an email broadcast to every contact in a contact list with a single API request.

Before you begin

Create a Contact List with a column that stores each contact’s email address.
Copy the list’s unique identifier (listId). You use this ID to target contacts in that list.

The following request sends "Welcome to EliPackage! This is a test" to each contact in the list.

Create and send an email broadcast

Send a request to POST /broadcasts with the following request body:

{
  "deliveryMethod": "EMAIL",
  "campaignName": "Email Broadcast",
  "description": "Sending Broadcast now",
  "listId": 95830,
  "listField": "email",
  "message": "<p>Welcome to EliPackage!</p> <p>This is a test</p>",
  "origin": "[email protected]",
  "scheduleWithoutDate": false,
  "subject": "Email Test"
}

The following parameters are shown in the request body example:

Parameter	Required	Description
deliveryMethod	Yes	Specifies the type of delivery channel which the message will be sent: `"SMS"` ,`"EMAIL"`, `"RCS"`, `"WHATSAPP"`. In this case, we enter the `"EMAIL"` value to send the Email message.
campaignName	Yes	Name of the broadcast used as the main identifier.
description	Yes	Description of the broadcast.
listId	Yes	Enter the unique identifier of the list which contains the Recipients (contacts) of the broadcast.
listField	Yes	Name of the column defined when creating the contact list that contains the emails of the contacts.
message	Yes	Content of the Email message that will be sent to the contacts. This can be a simple text or HTML format.
origin	Yes	Source address of the broadcast.
scheduleWithoutDate	Yes	Define the Date & Time of your broadcast `true`: Define the date and time when sending the Email messages. `false`: Send the Email messages once the API Call is executed. By default is `false`
subject	Yes	Headline of the email.
broadcastDate	No	Applies only when the `"scheduleWithoutDate"` is true. That is, when you want to define the date and time when sending the SMS messages. Set the date and time when the SMS messages will be sent in UTC format: (yyyy-mm-dd-Thh:mm:ss.ssZ). If you do not set the date, the sending of the broadcast will be pending.
filters	No	Set the filter you want to apply on the message.
filterName	No	Filter Name. The content is the name of the filter applied on the message.
throttle	No	Message delivery speedometer. By default, 160 messages are sent per second.
clientId	No	Unique user identifier that can be used for reporting purposes.

Response

After you create and send the email broadcast, the response body contains the following data:

{
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": 1689879000421,
    "transactionId": "98835d43-46a0-474b-a768"
  },
  "data": {
    "id": 84288,
    "beginDate": "2023-07-20T18:50:00.383688185Z",
    "deliveryMethod": "EMAIL",
    "campaignName": "Email Broadcast",
    "createdBy": "[email protected]",
    "operator": "[email protected]",
    "description": "Sending Broadcast now",
    "listId": 95830,
    "listSize": 1,
    "listField": "email",
    "message": "<p>Welcome to EliPackage!</p> <p>This is a test</p>",
    "origin": "[email protected]",
    "broadcastDate": "2023-07-20T18:50:00.383677863Z",
    "broadcastStatus": "SENDING",
    "createdAt": "2023-07-20T18:50:00.378087288Z",
    "scheduleWithoutDate": false,
    "throttle": 160,
    "notSentCounter": 1,
    "messagesSentCounter": 0,
    "subject": "Email Test"
  }
}

The following parameters are shown in the response body example:

Parameter	Description
data	Data contained once the broadcast was created and sent.
data. id	Unique identifier of the broadcast.
data. beginDate	Date on which the creation and sending of the Broadcast begins.
data. deliveryMethod	Delivery channel which the message will be sent: `"SMS"` ,`"EMAIL"`, `"RCS"`, `"WHATSAPP"`. In this case, we enter the `"EMAIL"` value to send the EMAIL message.
data. campaignName	Name of the broadcast used as the main identifier.
data. createdBy	User who created and sent the broadcast.
data. operator	User who is a member of the owner or creator of the broadcast.
data. description	Description of the broadcast.
data. listId	Unique identifier of the list which contains the Recipients (contacts) of the broadcast.
data. listSize	Total number of lines read in the list.
data. listField	Name of the column defined when creating the contact list that contains the emails of the contacts.
data. message	Content of the Email message that will be sent to the contacts. This can be a simple text or HTML format.
data. origin	Source address of the broadcast.
data. broadcastDate	Optional. Applies only when the `"scheduleWithoutDate"` is true. That is, when you want to define the date and time when sending the Email messages. Set the date and time when the Email messages will be sent in UTC format: (yyyy-mm-dd-Thh:mm:ss.ssZ). If you do not set the date, the sending of the broadcast will be pending.
data. broadcastStatus	When the broadcast is created and sent, the system assigns one of the following possible statuses to a Broadcast: `"DONE"`: Broadcast sent. `"PENDING"`: The broadcast was created without a sending date → scheduleWithoutDate in true. `"SCHEDULE"`: scheduled delivery. `"SENDING"`: sending in progress. `"SUSPENDED"`: sending suspended (the broadcast was scheduled and was suspended) `"PAUSE"`: sending paused/stopped (the broadcast was in progress and was paused). Everything that was in transit will be processed. `"DONE_WITH_FLAWS"`: eady sent. Some recipients did not have the sending field (email or phone number). `"FATAL_ERROR"`: execution error. Contact support.
data. createdAt	Date when the broadcast was created and sent .
data. scheduleWithoutDate	Date & Time of your broadcast `true`: Define the date and time when sending the Email messages. `false`: Send the Email messages once the API Call is executed. By default is `false`
data. throttle	Optional. Message delivery speedometer. By default, 160 messages are sent per second.
data. notSentCounter	Total unsent messages.
data. messagesSentCounter	Total sent messages.
data. subject	Headline of the email.