Campaigns

POST /v1/campaigns/{campaignId}/test

Send one real message on the channel the campaign will actually use.

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Authentication

Send an API key as a bearer token. The endpoint checks campaigns.send; a key without it is refused with 403, not 404.

Where your organisation id goes

This endpoint takes org_id as a field in the JSON body.

Your organisation id is on the API keys screen in your dashboard, beside the key itself. It is the same id in every call you make.

Try it

Replace anything in angle brackets with your own values, and the key placeholder with a key from your dashboard.

curl -X POST https://api.zinndigital.com/v1/campaigns/{campaignId}/test \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer zdk_live_…" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{  }'

Signed in? The API console in your dashboard fills in your real organisation id and your own key, and runs the request against the live API so you can see the actual response. Open this endpoint in the API console

Details

A real send through the real provider, not a preview. The value of a test send is that it proves the account, the domain, the From header and the rendering all work together — which a preview cannot, because it touches none of them. ⛔ It goes out on the channel the CAMPAIGN uses. A campaign whose channels are ["slack"] has no account, no domain and no From header to prove, so an e-mailed test would exercise nothing the send would do; it posts to a verified connected destination instead. to is therefore required only when the campaign sends by e-mail — for a connected channel the destination is the organisation's own verified connection and is never accepted from the caller.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredWhat it is
campaignId (path)stringYes—

Request body

NameTypeRequiredWhat it is
tostringNoRequired when the campaign sends by e-mail; ignored otherwise.
org_idstringNo—

Response

NameTypeRequiredWhat it is
sentbooleanYes—
providerstringYes—
channelstringYesThe channel the test actually went out on.
tostringYesWhere it went. ⛔ Not format: email — on a connected channel this is the destination (#announcements, a chat id), and declaring it an e-mail address would make a truthful…
fromstringYesEmpty on a connected channel, which has no From header.

Errors this endpoint can return

401 · 403 · 404 · 422