# Transactional Messaging API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-marketing-cloud/transactional-messaging-api/  
**Provider:** Salesforce Marketing Cloud — https://apis.io/providers/salesforce-marketing-cloud/  
**Base URL:** https://YOUR_SUBDOMAIN.rest.marketingcloudapis.com/messaging/v1  
**Documentation:** https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/transactional-messaging-api.html

Transactional Messaging API is one of 17 APIs that [Salesforce Marketing Cloud](https://apis.io/providers/salesforce-marketing-cloud/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Messaging, Transactional, and Triggered. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a getting-started guide, and best-practice docs.

Specialized API for sending triggered, transactional messages including order confirmations, password resets, and real-time notifications.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/transactional-messaging-api.html
- **GettingStarted** — https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/getting-started-spec.html
- **BestPractices** — https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/transactional-messaging-best-practices.html

## Other Salesforce Marketing Cloud APIs (12)

- [SOAP API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-marketing-cloud/soap-api/)
- [Journey Builder API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-marketing-cloud/journey-builder-api/)
- [Data Extensions API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-marketing-cloud/data-extensions-api/)
- [Email Send Definition API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-marketing-cloud/email-send-definition-api/)
- [Mobile Push API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-marketing-cloud/mobile-push-api/)
- [SMS/MMS API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-marketing-cloud/smsmms-api/)
- [Asset API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-marketing-cloud/asset-api/)
- [Einstein Recommendations API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-marketing-cloud/einstein-recommendations-api/)
- [Content Builder API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-marketing-cloud/content-builder-api/)
- [Contacts API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-marketing-cloud/contacts-api/)
- [Automation Studio API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-marketing-cloud/automation-studio-api/)
- [Campaign API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-marketing-cloud/campaign-api/)

## Tags

Messaging, Transactional, Triggered

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