Vanilla Forums Emails API

The Emails API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for emails.

Operations 3

POST /emails/preview Generate and Email Preview #
POST /emails/send-test Send out a test email to a specified address #
POST /emails/send-test-digest Send out an email digest for a particular user to a particular email. #

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OpenAPI Specification

vanilla-forums-emails-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: API access to your community.
  title: Vanilla Emails API
  version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: https://open.vanillaforums.com/api/v2
tags:
- name: Emails
paths:
  /emails/preview:
    post:
      summary: Generate and Email Preview
      tags:
      - Emails
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                emailFormat:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmailFormat'
                templateStyles:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/TemplateStyles'
                footer:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Footer'
              required:
              - emailFormat
              - templateStyles
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            text/html:
              example: <html>Email Content Here</html>
              schema:
                type: string
          description: Success
      x-addon: dashboard
      operationId: postEmailsPreview
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /emails/send-test:
    post:
      summary: Send out a test email to a specified address
      tags:
      - Emails
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                destinationAddress:
                  description: Where the email should be sent.
                  type: string
                from:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    supportAddress:
                      type: string
                    supportName:
                      type: string
                emailFormat:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmailFormat'
                templateStyles:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/TemplateStyles'
                footer:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Footer'
              required:
              - destinationAddress
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
          description: Success
      x-addon: dashboard
      operationId: postEmailsSendTest
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /emails/send-test-digest:
    post:
      summary: Send out an email digest for a particular user to a particular email.
      tags:
      - Emails
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                destinationAddress:
                  description: Where the email should be sent.
                  type: string
                destinationUserID:
                  type: integer
                  description: The userID the digest will be calculated for. The user will not receive this email.
                deliveryDate:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                  description: Set a delivery date for the
                from:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    supportAddress:
                      type: string
                    supportName:
                      type: string
                emailFormat:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmailFormat'
                templateStyles:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/TemplateStyles'
                footer:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Footer'
              required:
              - destinationAddress
              - destinationUserID
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
          description: Success
      x-addon: dashboard
      operationId: postEmailsSendTestDigest
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    Footer:
      description: A Rich2 formatted JSON body to use for a footer contents.
      type: string
      x-addon: dashboard
    TemplateStyles:
      description: Configurable style properties on an email template
      type: object
      properties:
        logoUrl:
          type: string
        textColor:
          type: string
        backgroundColor:
          type: string
        containerBackgroundColor:
          type: string
        buttonTextColor:
          type: string
        buttonBackgroundColor:
          type: string
      x-addon: dashboard
    EmailFormat:
      description: The format the email should be in.
      type: string
      enum:
      - html
      - text
      x-addon: dashboard
x-resourceEvents:
  emailTemplates:
    x-feature: Feature.emailTemplates.Enabled
    name: Email Template
    type: emailTemplate
  notification:
    x-addon: dashboard
    name: Notification
    type: notification
  reaction:
    name: Reaction
    type: reaction
  user:
    x-addon: dashboard
    name: User
    type: user
  comment:
    x-addon: vanilla
    name: Comment
    type: comment
  discussion:
    x-addon: vanilla
    name: Discussion
    type: discussion
  escalation:
    x-addon: vanilla
    name: Escalation
    type: cmdEscalation
  report:
    x-addon: vanilla
    name: Report
    type: report
  userNote:
    x-addon: warnings2
    name: User Note
    type: userNote
x-aliases:
  AssetOut:
    type:
      description: The type of the asset.
      type: string
    url:
      type: string
      description: Absolute URL of the asset.
    content-type:
      description: The content-type of the asset.
      type: string
      example: application/json
  StringAssetOut:
    type:
      description: The type of the asset.
      type: string
    url:
      type: string
      description: Absolute URL of the asset.
    content-type:
      description: The content-type of the asset.
      type: string
      example: application/json
    data:
      type: string
      description: Contents of the asset. May require an expand parameter to retreive.
    '200':
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            description: Contents of an asset.
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                description: The type of the asset.
                type: string
                example: html
                enum:
                - html
                - css
                - js
              data:
                type: string
                example: <header>Hello Footer<footer />
                description: Contents of the asset. May require an expand parameter to retreive.
              content-type:
                description: The content-type of the asset.
                type: string
                example: text/html
              url:
                type: string
                description: Absolute URL of the resource.
                example: https://site.com/api/v2/themes/:themeID/assets/:assetName.ext?v=faasdf42d
      description: Success
  ThemeSlug:
    description: Unique theme slug.
    in: path
    name: themeID
    required: true
    schema:
      type: string
  AssetNotFound:
    description: JavaScript could not be found.
    content:
      application/json:
        schema:
          type: object
          properties:
            description:
              description: Verbose description of the error.
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
            message:
              description: Short description of the error.
              type: string
            status:
              description: Status code of the error response.
              type: integer
          required:
          - description
          - message
          - status
  ThemeIDParam:
    description: Unique themeID.
    in: path
    name: themeID
    required: true
    schema:
      type: integer
  StringAssetIn:
    description: An asset to be inserted.
    type: object
    properties:
      type:
        description: The type of the asset.
        type: string
        example: html
        enum:
        - html
        - css
        - js
      data:
        type: string
        example: <header>Hello Footer<footer />
        description: Contents of the asset. May require an expand parameter to retreive.
  JsonAssetIn:
    description: An asset to be inserted.
    type: object
    properties:
      type:
        type: string
        example: json
      data:
        type: object
        description: JSON content of the asset.
        example:
          global:
            mainColors:
              primary: '#5cc530'
  JsonAssetOut:
    '200':
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                type: string
                example: json
              data:
                type: object
                description: JSON content of the asset.
                example:
                  global:
                    mainColors:
                      primary: '#5cc530'
              content-type:
                description: The content-type of the asset.
                type: string
                example: application/json
              url:
                type: string
                description: Absolute URL of the resource.
                example: https://site.com/api/v2/themes/:themeID/assets/:assetName.ext?v=faasdf42d
      description: Success
  DeleteAsset:
    parameters:
    - description: Unique themeID.
      in: path
      name: themeID
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    responses:
      '204':
        description: Success
    tags:
    - Theme Assets
    summary: Delete theme asset.
  StringPutAsset:
    parameters:
    - description: Unique themeID.
      in: path
      name: themeID
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    requestBody:
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            description: An asset to be inserted.
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                description: The type of the asset.
                type: string
                example: html
                enum:
                - html
                - css
                - js
              data:
                type: string
                example: <header>Hello Footer<footer />
                description: Contents of the asset. May require an expand parameter to retreive.
    responses:
      '200':
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              description: Contents of an asset.
              type: object
              properties:
                type:
                  description: The type of the asset.
                  type: string
                  example: html
                  enum:
                  - html
                  - css
                  - js
                data:
                  type: string
                  example: <header>Hello Footer<footer />
                  description: Contents of the asset. May require an expand parameter to retreive.
                content-type:
                  description: The content-type of the asset.
                  type: string
                  example: text/html
                url:
                  type: string
                  description: Absolute URL of the resource.
                  example: https://site.com/api/v2/themes/:themeID/assets/:assetName.ext?v=faasdf42d
        description: Success
    tags:
    - Theme Assets
    summary: Set theme asset or replace if already exists.
  HtmlPutAssetContentType:
    parameters:
    - description: Unique themeID.
      in: path
      name: themeID
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    requestBody:
      required: true
      content:
        text/html:
          schema:
            type: string
            description: HTML contents.
            example: <div>Hello HTML Asset!</div>
    responses:
      '200':
        content:
          text/html:
            schema:
              type: string
              description: HTML contents.
              example: <div>Hello HTML Asset!</div>
        description: Success
    tags:
    - Theme Assets
    summary: Set theme asset or replace if already exists.
  JsPutAssetContentType:
    parameters:
    - description: Unique themeID.
      in: path
      name: themeID
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    requestBody:
      required: true
      content:
        application/javascript:
          schema:
            type: string
            description: HTML contents.
            example: console.log('Hello Javascript')
    responses:
      '200':
        content:
          application/javascript:
            schema:
              type: string
              description: HTML contents.
              example: console.log('Hello Javascript')
        description: Success
    tags:
    - Theme Assets
    summary: Set theme asset or replace if already exists.
  CssPutAssetContentType:
    parameters:
    - description: Unique themeID.
      in: path
      name: themeID
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    requestBody:
      required: true
      content:
        text/css:
          schema:
            type: string
            description: HTML contents.
            example: ".class {\n   color: orange;\n}\n"
    responses:
      '200':
        content:
          text/css:
            schema:
              type: string
              description: HTML contents.
              example: ".class {\n   color: orange;\n}\n"
        description: Success
    tags:
    - Theme Assets
    summary: Set theme asset or replace if already exists.
  JsonPutAsset:
    parameters:
    - description: Unique themeID.
      in: path
      name: themeID
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    requestBody:
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            description: An asset to be inserted.
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                type: string
                example: json
              data:
                type: object
                description: JSON content of the asset.
                example:
                  global:
                    mainColors:
                      primary: '#5cc530'
    responses:
      '200':
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                type:
                  type: string
                  example: json
                data:
                  type: object
                  description: JSON content of the asset.
                  example:
                    global:
                      mainColors:
                        primary: '#5cc530'
                content-type:
                  description: The content-type of the asset.
                  type: string
                  example: application/json
                url:
                  type: string
                  description: Absolute URL of the resource.
                  example: https://site.com/api/v2/themes/:themeID/assets/:assetName.ext?v=faasdf42d
        description: Success
    tags:
    - Theme Assets
    summary: Set theme asset or replace if already exists.
  JsonPutAssetContentType:
    parameters:
    - description: Unique themeID.
      in: path
      name: themeID
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    requestBody:
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            description: JSON contents of the asset.
            example:
              hello:
                json:
                  asset: true
    responses:
      '200':
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              description: JSON contents of the asset.
              example:
                hello:
                  json:
                    asset: true
        description: Success
    tags:
    - Theme Assets
    summary: Set theme asset or replace if already exists.