AhaSend Email API

APIs for sending emails

OpenAPI Specification

ahasend-email-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: AhaSend API v2 Accounts Email API
  description: 'The AhaSend API v2 allows you to send transactional emails, manage domains, webhooks, routes, API keys, and view statistics.


    ## Authentication

    All API requests must be authenticated using a Bearer token in the Authorization header:

    ```

    Authorization: Bearer aha-sk-64-CHARACTER-RANDOM-STRING

    ```


    ## Scopes

    API keys have specific scopes that control access to different resources and actions:


    ### Message Scopes

    - `messages:send:all` - Send messages from any domain in the account

    - `messages:send:{domain}` - Send messages from a specific domain

    - `messages:cancel:all` - Cancel messages from any domain

    - `messages:cancel:{domain}` - Cancel messages from a specific domain

    - `messages:read:all` - Read messages from any domain

    - `messages:read:{domain}` - Read messages from a specific domain


    ### Domain Scopes

    - `domains:read` - Read all domains

    - `domains:write` - Create and update domains

    - `domains:delete:all` - Delete any domain

    - `domains:delete:{domain}` - Delete a specific domain


    ### Account Scopes

    - `accounts:read` - Read account information

    - `accounts:write` - Update account settings

    - `accounts:billing` - Access billing information

    - `accounts:members:read` - Read account members

    - `accounts:members:add` - Add account members

    - `accounts:members:update` - Update account members

    - `accounts:members:remove` - Remove account members


    ### Webhook Scopes

    - `webhooks:read:all` - Read all webhooks

    - `webhooks:read:{domain}` - Read webhooks for a specific domain

    - `webhooks:write:all` - Create and update webhooks

    - `webhooks:write:{domain}` - Create and update webhooks for a specific domain

    - `webhooks:delete:all` - Delete any webhook

    - `webhooks:delete:{domain}` - Delete webhooks for a specific domain


    ### Route Scopes

    - `routes:read:all` - Read all routes

    - `routes:read:{domain}` - Read routes for a specific domain

    - `routes:write:all` - Create and update routes

    - `routes:write:{domain}` - Create and update routes for a specific domain

    - `routes:delete:all` - Delete any route

    - `routes:delete:{domain}` - Delete routes for a specific domain


    ### Suppression Scopes

    - `suppressions:read` - Read suppressions

    - `suppressions:write` - Create suppressions

    - `suppressions:delete` - Delete suppressions

    - `suppressions:wipe` - Delete all suppressions (dangerous)


    ### SMTP Credentials Scopes

    - `smtp-credentials:read:all` - Read all SMTP credentials

    - `smtp-credentials:read:{domain}` - Read SMTP credentials for a specific domain

    - `smtp-credentials:write:all` - Create SMTP credentials

    - `smtp-credentials:write:{domain}` - Create SMTP credentials for a specific domain

    - `smtp-credentials:delete:all` - Delete any SMTP credentials

    - `smtp-credentials:delete:{domain}` - Delete SMTP credentials for a specific domain


    ### Statistics Scopes

    - `statistics-transactional:read:all` - Read all transactional statistics

    - `statistics-transactional:read:{domain}` - Read transactional statistics for a specific domain


    ### API Key Scopes

    - `api-keys:read` - Read API keys

    - `api-keys:write` - Create and update API keys

    - `api-keys:delete` - Delete API keys


    ## Rate Limiting

    - General API endpoints: 100 requests per second, 200 burst

    - Statistics endpoints: 1 request per second, 1 burst


    ## Pagination

    List endpoints use cursor-based pagination with the following parameters:

    - `limit`: Maximum number of items to return (default: 100, max: 100)

    - `cursor`: Pagination cursor for the next page


    ## Time Formats

    All timestamps must be in RFC3339 format, e.g., `2023-12-25T10:30:00Z`


    ## Idempotency

    POST requests support idempotency through the optional `Idempotency-Key` header. When provided:

    - The same request can be safely retried multiple times

    - Duplicate requests return the same response with `Idempotent-Replayed: true`

    - In-progress requests return HTTP 409 with `Idempotent-Replayed: false`

    - Failed requests return HTTP 412 with `Idempotent-Replayed: false`

    - Idempotency keys expire after 24 hours

    '
  version: 2.0.0
  contact:
    email: support@ahasend.com
  license:
    name: MIT
    identifier: MIT
servers:
- url: https://api.ahasend.com
  description: Production server
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Email
  description: APIs for sending emails
  externalDocs:
    description: Find out more
    url: https://ahasend.com
paths:
  /email/send:
    post:
      tags:
      - Email
      summary: AhaSend Send Emails
      description: You can send emails to up to 100 recipients using this API at the same time.
      operationId: sendEmail
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: Content-Type
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Only application/json is supported
        example: application/json
      requestBody:
        description: Email object.
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Email'
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Request was accepted. This doesn't necessarily mean immediate delivery or even queueing of the emails for delivery. It just means that the request was well-formed and accepted, but you need to check the response for success_count and fail_count to make sure about the status of your request.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessfulResponse'
              examples:
                sendEmail201Example:
                  summary: Default sendEmail 201 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    success_count: 1
                    fail_count: 1
                    failed_recipients:
                    - example_value
                    errors:
                    - example_value
        '400':
          description: The request is malformed and could not be validated.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BadRequestResponse'
              examples:
                sendEmail400Example:
                  summary: Default sendEmail 400 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    status: example_value
        '403':
          description: You are not allowed to send for any reason such as invalid credentials, not having access to the sending domain, etc.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccessDeniedResponse'
              examples:
                sendEmail403Example:
                  summary: Default sendEmail 403 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    status: example_value
      security:
      - api_key:
        - write:email
        - read:email
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    AccessDeniedResponse:
      type: object
      example:
        status: invalid credentials
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          description: The reason your request failed.
          examples:
          - invalid credentials
          - domain DNS config is not valid
          example: example_value
    Contact:
      type: object
      required:
      - email
      properties:
        email:
          type: string
          examples:
          - john@nasa.gov
          - jane@nasa.gov
          example: user@example.com
        name:
          type: string
          examples:
          - John Smith
          - Jane Williams
          example: Example Name
    BadRequestResponse:
      type: object
      example:
        status: bad request
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          examples:
          - domain is not yours
          - domain DNS config is not valid
          example: example_value
    Email:
      required:
      - from
      - recipients
      - content
      type: object
      properties:
        from:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Contact'
        recipients:
          type: array
          description: Specifies the list of recipients to which message will be sent.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Contact'
          example:
          - email: user@example.com
            name: Example Name
        content:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Content'
    SuccessfulResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        success_count:
          type: integer
          description: Number of messages that were queued for sending.
          example: 1
        fail_count:
          type: integer
          description: Number of messages that failed to be queued for sending.
          example: 1
        failed_recipients:
          type: array
          description: List of email addresses that the email was not sent to.
          example:
          - john@nasa.gov
          items:
            type: string
        errors:
          type: array
          example:
          - 'john@nasa.gov: The email account that you tried to reach does not exist.'
          items:
            type: string
            description: The reason the email failed to be sent to a recipient.
    Attachment:
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      - file_name
      - content_type
      properties:
        data:
          type: string
          examples:
          - R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
          description: The attachment data. If the base64 field is true, this data must be encoded using base64. Otherwise, it will be interpreted as UTF-8.
          example: example_value
        base64:
          type: boolean
          examples:
          - true
          - false
          description: If set to true, data needs to be encoded using base64. Otherwise data will be interpreted as UTF-8.
          example: true
        content_type:
          type: string
          examples:
          - image/gif
          example: example_value
        content_id:
          type: string
          examples:
          - my-image
          description: If specified, this attachment will be added as an inline attachment and a multipart/related MIME container will be generated in the message to hold it and the textual content.
          example: '500123'
        file_name:
          type: string
          examples:
          - my_image.gif
          example: Example Name
    Content:
      type: object
      required:
      - subject
      properties:
        subject:
          type: string
          examples:
          - Sample subject
          example: example_value
        text_body:
          type: string
          description: Plaintext body of the email
          examples:
          - Sample email body
          example: example_value
        html_body:
          type: string
          description: HTML body of the email
          examples:
          - <p>Sample email body</p>
          example: example_value
        attachments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Attachment'
          example:
          - data: example_value
            base64: true
            content_type: example_value
            content_id: '500123'
            file_name: Example Name
        reply_to:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Contact'
        headers:
          type: object
          description: Specify arbitary headers.
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          example:
            X-My-Mail-ID: '12345'
            X-Comment-ID: '456789'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: aha-sk-64-CHARACTER-RANDOM-STRING
      description: API key for authentication