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# Create Sender

> Create a new sender identity with email address and display name using the AutoSend API.

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request POST \
    --url https://api.autosend.com/v1/senders \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data '{
    "email": "hello@example.com",
    "name": "Example Team",
    "replyTo": "support@example.com"
  }'
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  url = "https://api.autosend.com/v1/senders"

  headers = {
      "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
  }

  payload = {
      "email": "hello@example.com",
      "name": "Example Team",
      "replyTo": "support@example.com"
  }

  response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
  print(response.json())
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  fetch('https://api.autosend.com/v1/senders', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer <token>',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      email: 'hello@example.com',
      name: 'Example Team',
      replyTo: 'support@example.com'
    })
  })
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  <?php

  $url = 'https://api.autosend.com/v1/senders';

  $data = [
      'email' => 'hello@example.com',
      'name' => 'Example Team',
      'replyTo' => 'support@example.com'
  ];

  $ch = curl_init($url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
      'Authorization: Bearer <token>',
      'Content-Type: application/json'
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($ch);
  curl_close($ch);

  echo $response;
  ?>
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

  import (
      "bytes"
      "encoding/json"
      "fmt"
      "net/http"
  )

  func main() {
      url := "https://api.autosend.com/v1/senders"

      payload := map[string]interface{}{
          "email":   "hello@example.com",
          "name":    "Example Team",
          "replyTo": "support@example.com",
      }

      jsonData, _ := json.Marshal(payload)

      req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(jsonData))
      req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
      req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

      client := &http.Client{}
      resp, err := client.Do(req)
      if err != nil {
          fmt.Println("Error:", err)
          return
      }
      defer resp.Body.Close()

      fmt.Println("Response Status:", resp.Status)
  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  import java.io.OutputStream;
  import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
  import java.net.URL;
  import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

  public class CreateSender {
      public static void main(String[] args) {
          try {
              URL url = new URL("https://api.autosend.com/v1/senders");
              HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

              con.setRequestMethod("POST");
              con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
              con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
              con.setDoOutput(true);

              String jsonInputString = "{\n" +
                  "  \"email\": \"hello@example.com\",\n" +
                  "  \"name\": \"Example Team\",\n" +
                  "  \"replyTo\": \"support@example.com\"\n" +
                  "}";

              try (OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream()) {
                  byte[] input = jsonInputString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                  os.write(input, 0, input.length);
              }

              int status = con.getResponseCode();
              System.out.println("Response Status: " + status);

          } catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
      }
  }
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'net/http'
  require 'json'
  require 'uri'

  uri = URI('https://api.autosend.com/v1/senders')

  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
  http.use_ssl = true

  request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
  request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer <token>'
  request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'

  request.body = {
    email: 'hello@example.com',
    name: 'Example Team',
    replyTo: 'support@example.com'
  }.to_json

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.body
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "success": true,
    "data": {
      "sender": {
        "id": "60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b4567",
        "email": "hello@example.com",
        "name": "Example Team",
        "replyTo": "support@example.com"
      },
      "projectId": "60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b1234"
    },
    "message": "Authenticated sender added successfully"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

### Authorizations

<ParamField path="Authorizations" type="string | header" required>
  Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer `<token>`, where `<token>` is your auth token.
</ParamField>

### Body

Sender data for creating a new authenticated sender. The email domain must match a verified domain on the project.

<ParamField path="email" type="string" required>
  Email address for the sender. The domain portion must match a verified domain on the project.

  Must be a valid email address.

  Example: `"hello@example.com"`
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="name" type="string">
  Display name for the sender (max 200 characters). Shown as the "from" name in recipients' email clients.

  Maximum length: `200`

  Example: `"Example Team"`
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="replyTo" type="string">
  Reply-to email address. When recipients reply to emails from this sender, replies go to this address.

  Must be a valid email address.

  Example: `"support@example.com"`
</ParamField>

### Response

<span className="text-sm">Sender created successfully</span>

<ResponseField name="success" type="boolean">
  Indicates if the request was successful

  Example: `true`
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data" type="object">
  <Expandable title="child attributes">
    <ResponseField name="data.sender" type="object">
      The created sender object

      <Expandable title="child attributes">
        <ResponseField name="sender.id" type="string">
          Unique sender identifier

          Example: `"60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b4567"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="sender.email" type="string">
          Sender email address

          Example: `"hello@example.com"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="sender.name" type="string">
          Display name for the sender

          Example: `"Example Team"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="sender.replyTo" type="string">
          Reply-to email address

          Example: `"support@example.com"`
        </ResponseField>
      </Expandable>
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="data.projectId" type="string">
      ID of the project the sender belongs to

      Example: `"60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b1234"`
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="message" type="string">
  Confirmation message

  Example: `"Authenticated sender added successfully"`
</ResponseField>

#### Error Responses

<ResponseField name="400 - Domain not verified" type="object">
  Returned when the sender's email domain does not match any verified domain on the project.

  ```json theme={null}
  {
    "success": false,
    "error": "A verified domain is required before adding an authenticated sender"
  }
  ```
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="409 - Duplicate sender" type="object">
  Returned when a sender with the same email already exists on the project.

  ```json theme={null}
  {
    "success": false,
    "error": "An authenticated sender with this email already exists"
  }
  ```
</ResponseField>


## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /senders
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: AutoSend API
  description: AutoSend REST API for managing authenticated senders
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.autosend.com/v1
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /senders:
    post:
      summary: Create Sender
      description: >-
        Creates a new authenticated sender. The sender's email domain must match
        a verified domain on the project.
components: {}

````