send_email
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Send a transactional email through Send16. Provide html, text, or both (text-only is fine for OTPs/receipts/alerts). from_email must belong to a domain that is verified in the workspace — call whoami for the account and list_domains to see which senders are allowed; a send from an unverified domain returns a clear error, not a silent failure. For a zero-setup first send, use from_email onboarding@send16.com — the sandbox sender delivers with no DNS, but only to your own account email.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| to | any | yes | Recipient email address or array of addresses (max 50) |
| subject | string | yes | Email subject line |
| html | string | no | HTML body content |
| text | string | no | Plain text body content |
| from_name | string | no | Sender display name (e.g. "Acme Co") |
| from_email | string | no | Sender email address (must be from a verified domain) |
| reply_to | string | no | Reply-to email address |
| template | string | no | Transactional template slug to use instead of inline content |
| variables | object | no | Template variables for merge tags |
| apiKey | string | no | Send16 API key (overrides SEND16_API_KEY env var) |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"to": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string",
"format": "email",
"pattern": "^(?!\\.)(?!.*\\.\\.)([A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-\\.]*)[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\\-]*\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$"
},
{
"minItems": 1,
"maxItems": 50,
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"format": "email",
"pattern": "^(?!\\.)(?!.*\\.\\.)([A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-\\.]*)[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\\-]*\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$"
}
}
],
"description": "Recipient email address or array of addresses (max 50)"
},
"subject": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 255,
"description": "Email subject line"
},
"html": {
"description": "HTML body content",
"type": "string"
},
"text": {
"description": "Plain text body content",
"type": "string"
},
"from_name": {
"description": "Sender display name (e.g. \"Acme Co\")",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 255
},
"from_email": {
"description": "Sender email address (must be from a verified domain)",
"type": "string",
"format": "email",
"pattern": "^(?!\\.)(?!.*\\.\\.)([A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-\\.]*)[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\\-]*\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$"
},
"reply_to": {
"description": "Reply-to email address",
"type": "string",
"format": "email",
"pattern": "^(?!\\.)(?!.*\\.\\.)([A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-\\.]*)[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\\-]*\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$"
},
"template": {
"description": "Transactional template slug to use instead of inline content",
"type": "string"
},
"variables": {
"description": "Template variables for merge tags",
"type": "object",
"propertyNames": {
"type": "string"
},
"additionalProperties": {}
},
"apiKey": {
"description": "Send16 API key (overrides SEND16_API_KEY env var)",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"to",
"subject"
]
}