ClickSend Post Letter API

Print and mail physical letters.

Operations 5

POST /post/letters/send Print and mail one or more letters from an uploaded PDF. #
POST /post/letters/price Calculate the price of a letter before sending. #
GET /post/letters/history Get a paginated list of sent letters. #
POST /post/letters/detect-address Detect and validate a delivery address on an uploaded letter PDF. #
POST /uploads Upload a media file (PDF, image) to reference in post, MMS, or campaigns. #

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OpenAPI Specification

clicksend-post-letter-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ClickSend v3 Account Post Letter API
  description: Representative OpenAPI 3.x description of the ClickSend v3 REST API, a single cloud communications API for SMS, MMS, voice / text-to-speech, transactional email, and physical post (letters and postcards), plus contacts and lists, delivery receipts, inbound handling, and account/balance. All requests use HTTP Basic authentication with your ClickSend username and API key. This document models a representative subset of the documented endpoints; see the official reference for the complete surface.
  termsOfService: https://www.clicksend.com/au/legal/terms-of-service/
  contact:
    name: ClickSend Support
    email: support@clicksend.com
    url: https://developers.clicksend.com/
  version: '3.1'
servers:
- url: https://rest.clicksend.com/v3
  description: ClickSend v3 production API
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Post Letter
  description: Print and mail physical letters.
paths:
  /post/letters/send:
    post:
      tags:
      - Post Letter
      operationId: postLettersSendPost
      summary: Print and mail one or more letters from an uploaded PDF.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostLetter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Letters queued for print and mail.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
  /post/letters/price:
    post:
      tags:
      - Post Letter
      operationId: postLettersPricePost
      summary: Calculate the price of a letter before sending.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostLetter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Price calculated.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
  /post/letters/history:
    get:
      tags:
      - Post Letter
      operationId: postLettersHistoryGet
      summary: Get a paginated list of sent letters.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of letters.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
  /post/letters/detect-address:
    post:
      tags:
      - Post Letter
      operationId: postLettersDetectAddressPost
      summary: Detect and validate a delivery address on an uploaded letter PDF.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file_url:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Address detection result.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
  /uploads:
    post:
      tags:
      - Post Letter
      operationId: uploadsPost
      summary: Upload a media file (PDF, image) to reference in post, MMS, or campaigns.
      parameters:
      - name: convert
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - mms
          - post
          - campaign
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Upload'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: File uploaded; returns a referenceable URL.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    Upload:
      type: object
      properties:
        content:
          type: string
          description: Base64-encoded or hosted file content reference.
      required:
      - content
    PostRecipient:
      type: object
      properties:
        address_name:
          type: string
        address_line_1:
          type: string
        address_line_2:
          type: string
        address_city:
          type: string
        address_state:
          type: string
        address_postal_code:
          type: string
        address_country:
          type: string
        return_address_id:
          type: integer
        schedule:
          type: integer
      required:
      - address_name
      - address_line_1
      - address_city
      - address_postal_code
      - address_country
    ApiResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        http_code:
          type: integer
          example: 200
        response_code:
          type: string
          example: SUCCESS
        response_msg:
          type: string
        data:
          type: object
    PostLetter:
      type: object
      properties:
        file_url:
          type: string
          description: URL of the uploaded PDF to print and mail.
        template_used:
          type: integer
        colour:
          type: integer
          description: 1 for colour, 0 for black and white.
        duplex:
          type: integer
          description: 1 for double-sided, 0 for single-sided.
        priority_post:
          type: integer
        recipients:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostRecipient'
      required:
      - file_url
      - recipients
  parameters:
    page:
      name: page
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 1
      description: Page number for paginated results.
    limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 10
      description: Number of results per page.
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic authentication using your ClickSend username and API key. The username is your ClickSend account username; the password is your API key from the ClickSend dashboard.