NotificationAPI Send API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: NotificationAPI REST API
  description: >-
    NotificationAPI is notifications infrastructure for developers. A single
    REST API sends multi-channel notifications - email, SMS, mobile push, web
    push, in-app inbox, automated voice call, and Slack - manages user
    identities, enforces per-user notification preferences and opt-outs,
    schedules and retracts notifications, and exposes delivery logs. All
    endpoints are scoped to your account via the clientId path segment and
    authenticated with HTTP Basic auth using clientId:clientSecret.
  termsOfService: https://www.notificationapi.com/terms
  contact:
    name: NotificationAPI Support
    email: support@notificationapi.com
    url: https://docs.notificationapi.com
  version: '2.8'
servers:
  - url: https://api.notificationapi.com/{clientId}
    description: US region
    variables:
      clientId:
        default: your_client_id
        description: Your NotificationAPI account clientId.
  - url: https://api.eu.notificationapi.com/{clientId}
    description: EU region
    variables:
      clientId:
        default: your_client_id
        description: Your NotificationAPI account clientId.
  - url: https://api.ca.notificationapi.com/{clientId}
    description: Canada region
    variables:
      clientId:
        default: your_client_id
        description: Your NotificationAPI account clientId.
security:
  - basicAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Send
    description: Send and retract notifications across channels.
  - name: Schedule
    description: Update or delete scheduled notifications.
  - name: Users
    description: Identify and manage the users you notify.
  - name: User Preferences
    description: Read and write per-user channel and opt-out preferences.
  - name: Notifications
    description: Configure notifications and their subNotifications.
  - name: In-App Inbox
    description: Read and update a user's in-app (INAPP_WEB) notifications.
  - name: Logs
    description: Query delivery and event logs.
paths:
  /sender:
    post:
      operationId: send
      tags:
        - Send
      summary: Send a notification
      description: >-
        Sends a notification to the specified user across the channels
        configured for the notification type. Supply an ISO 8601 `schedule`
        value to schedule the notification for future delivery instead of
        sending immediately.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SendRequest'
            example:
              type: order_shipped
              to:
                id: user_123
                email: jane@example.com
                number: '+15005550006'
              parameters:
                orderNumber: '1043'
                trackingUrl: https://example.com/track/1043
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Notification accepted for delivery.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SendResponse'
        '202':
          description: Accepted with a warning (e.g., missing channel identifier).
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid credentials.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /sender/retract:
    post:
      operationId: retract
      tags:
        - Send
      summary: Retract a notification
      description: >-
        Un-sends or deletes previously sent notifications for a user - for
        example an in-app notification that is no longer valid.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RetractRequest'
            example:
              notificationId: order_shipped
              userId: user_123
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Notification retracted.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid credentials.
  /schedule/{trackingId}:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TrackingId'
    patch:
      operationId: updateSchedule
      tags:
        - Schedule
      summary: Update a scheduled notification
      description: Updates a previously scheduled notification by its trackingId.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SendRequest'
            example:
              schedule: '2026-08-01T14:38:03.509Z'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Scheduled notification updated.
        '404':
          description: No scheduled notification found for the trackingId.
    delete:
      operationId: deleteSchedule
      tags:
        - Schedule
      summary: Delete a scheduled notification
      description: Cancels a previously scheduled notification by its trackingId.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Scheduled notification deleted.
        '404':
          description: No scheduled notification found for the trackingId.
  /users/{userId}:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserId'
    post:
      operationId: identifyUser
      tags:
        - Users
      summary: Identify a user
      description: >-
        Creates or updates a user record with contact identifiers (email,
        number, push/web-push tokens, timezone, Slack channel). This request is
        authenticated with a per-user HMAC signature in the Authorization
        header (`Basic base64(clientId:userId:hmac)`) so it may also be called
        from trusted server contexts on behalf of a user.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserData'
            example:
              email: jane@example.com
              number: '+15005550006'
              timezone: America/New_York
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User identified (created or updated).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid credentials.
  /users/{userId}/preferences:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserId'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteUserPreferences
      tags:
        - User Preferences
      summary: Delete stored preferences for a user
      description: >-
        Deletes any stored preferences for a user and a given notificationId
        (optionally scoped to a subNotificationId).
      parameters:
        - in: query
          name: notificationId
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: The notification whose stored preferences should be deleted.
        - in: query
          name: subNotificationId
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
          description: Optional subNotification scope.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Preferences deleted.
  /user_preferences/{userId}:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserId'
    post:
      operationId: setUserPreferences
      tags:
        - User Preferences
      summary: Set user preferences
      description: >-
        Sets per-notification, per-channel delivery preferences and opt-outs for
        a user. The body is an array of preference objects.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserPreference'
            example:
              - notificationId: order_shipped
                channel: EMAIL
                delivery: 'off'
              - notificationId: weekly_digest
                channel: EMAIL
                delivery: weekly
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Preferences saved.
  /notifications/{notificationId}/subNotifications/{subNotificationId}:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NotificationId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SubNotificationId'
    put:
      operationId: createSubNotification
      tags:
        - Notifications
      summary: Create a subNotification
      description: >-
        Creates a subNotification (a subcategory within a notification), for
        example a per-project or per-topic channel a user can subscribe to
        independently.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - title
              properties:
                title:
                  type: string
                  description: Human-readable title for the subNotification.
            example:
              title: Project Apollo updates
      responses:
        '200':
          description: subNotification created.
    delete:
      operationId: deleteSubNotification
      tags:
        - Notifications
      summary: Delete a subNotification
      description: Deletes a subNotification from a notification.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: subNotification deleted.
  /users/{userId}/notifications/INAPP_WEB:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserId'
    get:
      operationId: getInAppNotifications
      tags:
        - In-App Inbox
      summary: Get a user's in-app notifications
      description: >-
        Returns the in-app (INAPP_WEB) notification inbox for a user, ordered
        newest first, for rendering the in-app inbox component. Supports
        pagination with `before` and `count`. Authenticated with the per-user
        HMAC Authorization header.
      parameters:
        - in: query
          name: count
          required: false
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 50
          description: Maximum number of notifications to return.
        - in: query
          name: before
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date-time
          description: >-
            Return notifications older than this ISO 8601 timestamp, for
            pagination.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The user's in-app notifications.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InAppNotificationsResponse'
    patch:
      operationId: updateInAppNotifications
      tags:
        - In-App Inbox
      summary: Update in-app notifications
      description: >-
        Marks one or more in-app notifications (by trackingId) as opened,
        clicked, archived, or actioned, or attaches a reply. Authenticated with
        the per-user HMAC Authorization header.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/InAppNotificationPatchRequest'
            example:
              trackingIds:
                - 3f9c1b2a-7d4e-4a0b-9f21-8c6e2d1a0b34
              opened: '2026-07-01T12:00:00.000Z'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: In-app notifications updated.
  /logs/query:
    post:
      operationId: queryLogs
      tags:
        - Logs
      summary: Query logs
      description: >-
        Queries delivery and event logs with optional filters by date range,
        notification, channel, user, status, and trackingId.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryLogsRequest'
            example:
              dateRangeFilter:
                startTime: 1719792000
                endTime: 1719878400
              channelFilter:
                - EMAIL
                - SMS
              statusFilter:
                - sent
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching log entries.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryLogsResponse'
components:
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: >-
        HTTP Basic authentication. For account-level calls the username is your
        clientId and the password is your clientSecret. Per-user calls (identify
        user, in-app inbox, delete preferences) use `base64(clientId:userId:hmac)`
        where hmac is HMAC-SHA256(userId) keyed with the clientSecret.
  parameters:
    UserId:
      in: path
      name: userId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The ID of the user in your system.
    NotificationId:
      in: path
      name: notificationId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The ID of the notification in NotificationAPI.
    SubNotificationId:
      in: path
      name: subNotificationId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The subNotification (subcategory) identifier.
    TrackingId:
      in: path
      name: trackingId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The trackingId of a scheduled notification.
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        error:
          type: string
    User:
      type: object
      description: A user you notify.
      required:
        - id
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the user in your system.
        email:
          type: string
          description: Required for email notifications, otherwise optional.
        number:
          type: string
          description: >-
            E.164 phone number for SMS/CALL, e.g. +15005550006. Common US/Canada
            formats are also accepted.
        timezone:
          type: string
          description: The user's IANA timezone, e.g. America/New_York.
        slackChannel:
          type: string
          description: Destination Slack channel, channel ID, or user ID for Slack notifications.
        pushTokens:
          type: array
          description: Mobile push tokens (APN/FCM), one per device.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PushToken'
        webPushTokens:
          type: array
          description: Web push subscription tokens, one per browser.
          items:
            type: object
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    UserData:
      type: object
      description: The mutable fields of a user, used on identify.
      properties:
        email:
          type: string
        number:
          type: string
        timezone:
          type: string
        slackChannel:
          type: string
        pushTokens:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PushToken'
        webPushTokens:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
    PushToken:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
        - token
        - device
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - FCM
            - APN
          description: The push provider the token belongs to.
        token:
          type: string
          description: The full push token string.
        device:
          type: object
          properties:
            device_id:
              type: string
            platform:
              type: string
            app_id:
              type: string
    SendRequest:
      type: object
      description: >-
        A request to send (or schedule) a notification. `type` names the
        notification configured in your dashboard; `to` is the recipient;
        `parameters` are merged into the templates.
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: The notification type to send (formerly notificationId).
        to:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
        parameters:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
          description: Values merged into the notification templates (formerly mergeTags).
        forceChannels:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Channel'
          description: Override the channels used for this notification.
        templateId:
          type: string
          description: Force a specific template instead of the channel default.
        subNotificationId:
          type: string
          description: Target a subcategory within the notification.
        schedule:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: ISO 8601 datetime to schedule delivery, e.g. 2026-08-01T14:38:03.509Z.
        email:
          type: object
          description: Inline email content overrides.
          properties:
            subject:
              type: string
            html:
              type: string
            previewText:
              type: string
            senderName:
              type: string
            senderEmail:
              type: string
        sms:
          type: object
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
        call:
          type: object
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
        inapp:
          type: object
          properties:
            title:
              type: string
            url:
              type: string
            image:
              type: string
        web_push:
          type: object
          properties:
            title:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
            icon:
              type: string
            url:
              type: string
        mobile_push:
          type: object
          properties:
            title:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
        options:
          type: object
          description: >-
            Per-channel delivery options such as email reply-to, cc/bcc,
            fromName/fromAddress, attachments, and push priority.
    SendResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        trackingId:
          type: string
          description: Identifier for this send, usable to retract, schedule, or query logs.
    RetractRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - notificationId
        - userId
      properties:
        notificationId:
          type: string
          description: The notification to retract.
        userId:
          type: string
          description: The user the notification was sent to.
        subNotificationId:
          type: string
          description: Optional subcategory scope.
    UserPreference:
      type: object
      required:
        - notificationId
      properties:
        notificationId:
          type: string
          description: The notification the preference applies to.
        channel:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Channel'
        delivery:
          type: string
          enum:
            - 'off'
            - instant
            - hourly
            - daily
            - weekly
            - monthly
          description: Delivery cadence, or off to opt out of the channel.
        subNotificationId:
          type: string
          description: Optional subcategory scope.
    Channel:
      type: string
      enum:
        - EMAIL
        - INAPP_WEB
        - SMS
        - CALL
        - PUSH
        - WEB_PUSH
    InAppNotificationPatchRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - trackingIds
      properties:
        trackingIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The trackingIds of the in-app notifications to update.
        opened:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        clicked:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        archived:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        actioned1:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        actioned2:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        reply:
          type: object
          properties:
            date:
              type: string
              format: date-time
            message:
              type: string
    InAppNotificationsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        notifications:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InAppNotification'
        oldestReceived:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Timestamp of the oldest returned notification, for pagination.
    InAppNotification:
      type: object
      properties:
        trackingId:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
        image:
          type: string
        date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        opened:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        clicked:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        archived:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    QueryLogsRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        dateRangeFilter:
          type: object
          properties:
            startTime:
              type: integer
              description: Unix timestamp start of the range.
            endTime:
              type: integer
              description: Unix timestamp end of the range.
        notificationFilter:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        channelFilter:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Channel'
        userFilter:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        statusFilter:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        trackingIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    QueryLogsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        logs:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              trackingId:
                type: string
              notificationId:
                type: string
              userId:
                type: string
              channel:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Channel'
              status:
                type: string
              date:
                type: string
                format: date-time