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# Send email

> Send one raw email (no campaign): to/cc/bcc, custom from-name and reply-to, optional reply threading via replyToMessageId.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /email/send
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Dench API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Versioned Dench workspace API. The operation registry is shared with the
    Dench CLI parity layer, so every CLI command maps to an endpoint here.
servers:
  - url: https://www.dench.com/api/v1
security: []
tags:
  - name: agent-config
    description: Agent Config operations.
  - name: approvals
    description: Approvals operations.
  - name: apps
    description: Apps operations.
  - name: auth
    description: Auth operations.
  - name: billing
    description: Billing operations.
  - name: browser
    description: Browser operations.
  - name: chat
    description: Chat operations.
  - name: crm
    description: Crm operations.
  - name: email
    description: Email operations.
  - name: files
    description: Files operations.
  - name: gateway
    description: Gateway operations.
  - name: local
    description: Local operations.
  - name: memory
    description: Memory operations.
  - name: meta
    description: Meta operations.
  - name: routines
    description: Routines operations.
  - name: workspace
    description: Workspace operations.
paths:
  /email/send:
    post:
      tags:
        - email
      summary: Send email
      description: >-
        Send one raw email (no campaign): to/cc/bcc, custom from-name and
        reply-to, optional reply threading via replyToMessageId.
      operationId: email_send
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                fromEmail:
                  type: string
                  description: Verified sender mailbox.
                fromName:
                  description: Display name override.
                  type: string
                to:
                  minItems: 1
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      email:
                        type: string
                        description: Recipient email address.
                      name:
                        description: Optional display name.
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - email
                    additionalProperties: false
                  description: Primary recipients. to+cc+bcc is capped at 50.
                cc:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      email:
                        type: string
                        description: Recipient email address.
                      name:
                        description: Optional display name.
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - email
                    additionalProperties: false
                bcc:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      email:
                        type: string
                        description: Recipient email address.
                      name:
                        description: Optional display name.
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - email
                    additionalProperties: false
                replyToEmail:
                  type: string
                subject:
                  type: string
                htmlBody:
                  description: HTML body. Provide htmlBody and/or textBody.
                  type: string
                textBody:
                  type: string
                replyToMessageId:
                  description: >-
                    Dench messageId or RFC 5322 Message-ID to thread this send
                    as a reply.
                  type: string
                configurationSetName:
                  type: string
              required:
                - fromEmail
                - to
                - subject
            example:
              fromEmail: founder@example.com
              to:
                - email: ada@lovelace.dev
                  name: Ada
              subject: Quick intro
              htmlBody: <p>Hi Ada — great meeting you!</p>
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
                  messageId:
                    type: string
                    description: Dench message id for `dench email message status`.
                  providerMessageId:
                    type: string
                  rfcMessageId:
                    description: RFC 5322 Message-ID usable for reply threading.
                    type: string
                  recipients:
                    type: number
                  status:
                    type: string
                    const: sent
                  inReplyTo:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - ok
                  - messageId
                  - providerMessageId
                  - recipients
                  - status
                  - message
                additionalProperties: false
              example:
                ok: true
                messageId: emsg_abc123
                providerMessageId: 0100018abc-provider-id
                rfcMessageId: <0100018abc@email.amazonses.com>
                recipients: 1
                status: sent
                message: >-
                  Email sent. Track opens/clicks with `dench email message
                  status`.
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
      security:
        - DenchApiKey: []
        - AgentSession: []
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Invalid request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid authentication
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    NotFound:
      description: Operation or resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    InternalError:
      description: Server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
  schemas:
    ApiError:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - message
            - type
            - code
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
            type:
              type: string
            code:
              type: string
            details: {}
  securitySchemes:
    DenchApiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: DENCH_API_KEY
      description: >-
        Workspace-scoped Dench API key from workspace settings. This is the same
        key used by DENCH_API_KEY in sandboxes.
    AgentSession:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: dch_agent_*
      description: >-
        Agent session token created by `dench signin`. Gateway-backed routes
        exchange this token for the workspace gateway key.

````