# Send a broadcast

> Sends a draft broadcast now, or at scheduled_at (ISO 8601 or natural language, within 30 days). The broadcast needs a segment, a subject, html or text, and a from on a verified domain. Only…

Source: https://docs.pidgely.com/api-reference/broadcasts/send/

`POST https://api.pidgely.com/broadcasts/{id}/send`

Sends a draft broadcast now, or at `scheduled_at` (ISO 8601 or natural language, within 30 days). The broadcast needs a segment, a subject, `html` or `text`, and a `from` on a verified domain. Only subscribed contacts in the segment receive it; suppressed addresses are skipped.

**Authorization:** `Bearer pdg_…`. An API key with `full_access`. A `sending_access` key gets `401 restricted_api_key`.

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | string | Yes | Resource id UUID. |

## Body parameters

JSON object.

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `scheduled_at` | string | No | ISO 8601 or natural language (`in 1 hour`, `tomorrow at 9am`, UTC), within 30 days. |

## Request

```js tab="Node.js"
import { Pidgely } from 'pidgely';

const pidgely = new Pidgely(process.env.PIDGELY_API_KEY);

const { data, error } = await pidgely.broadcasts.send('0199d7f6-4c8d-7e1a-9b3f-2d6a5c0e7f19', {
  scheduledAt: 'tomorrow at 9am',
});
console.log(data ?? error);
```

```python tab="Python"
import os
import pidgely

pidgely.api_key = os.environ["PIDGELY_API_KEY"]

result = pidgely.Broadcasts.send("0199d7f6-4c8d-7e1a-9b3f-2d6a5c0e7f19", {
    "scheduled_at": "tomorrow at 9am",
})
print(result)
```

```php tab="PHP"
<?php

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$pidgely = Pidgely::client(getenv('PIDGELY_API_KEY'));

$result = $pidgely->broadcasts->send('0199d7f6-4c8d-7e1a-9b3f-2d6a5c0e7f19', [
    'scheduled_at' => 'tomorrow at 9am',
]);
var_dump($result);
```

```go tab="Go"
package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/pidgely/pidgely-go"
)

func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()
	client := pidgely.NewClient(os.Getenv("PIDGELY_API_KEY"))

	result, err := client.Broadcasts.Send(ctx, "0199d7f6-4c8d-7e1a-9b3f-2d6a5c0e7f19", &pidgely.SendBroadcastRequest{
		ScheduledAt: "tomorrow at 9am",
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(result)
}
```

```ruby tab="Ruby"
require "pidgely"

Pidgely.api_key = ENV["PIDGELY_API_KEY"]

result = Pidgely::Broadcasts.send("0199d7f6-4c8d-7e1a-9b3f-2d6a5c0e7f19", {
  scheduled_at: "tomorrow at 9am"
})
puts result
```

```bash tab="cURL"
curl -X POST 'https://api.pidgely.com/broadcasts/0199d7f6-4c8d-7e1a-9b3f-2d6a5c0e7f19/send' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PIDGELY_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "scheduled_at": "tomorrow at 9am"
}'
```

## Response

`200 OK`

```json
{
  "id": "0199d7f6-4c8d-7e1a-9b3f-2d6a5c0e7f19"
}
```

### Response fields

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | string | Yes | Unique id (UUID). UUID. |

## Errors

Errors have the shape `{"statusCode", "name", "message"}`. See [Errors](https://docs.pidgely.com/errors/) for the full list.

| Status | Name | When |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | `missing_api_key`, `restricted_api_key` | No `Authorization: Bearer` header, or a `sending_access` key called an endpoint that needs `full_access`. |
| 403 | `invalid_api_key`, `validation_error` | The API key is invalid or revoked, or the request is not allowed for this account (unverified domain, plan limit, paused account). |
| 404 | `not_found` | The resource does not exist in this account (or the id is not a valid UUID). |
| 422 | `validation_error` | A field is missing or invalid; `message` names it. |
| 429 | `rate_limit_exceeded` | Too many requests per second. Wait for `Retry-After` seconds. |
| 409 | `broadcast_not_draft` | The broadcast was already sent or scheduled. |