---
title: "Batch-schedule drafts for auto-send"
method: POST
path: "/scheduled-messages/schedule"
tags: ["scheduledMessages"]
---

# Batch-schedule drafts for auto-send

`POST /scheduled-messages/schedule`

Schedule existing draft messages for auto-send at a specific time..

## Request body

- object
  - `contactIds` string[] — Schedule all drafts for these contacts
  - `messageIds` string[] — Schedule specific messages
  - `scheduledSendAt` string, required — ISO datetime for sending
  - `editedMessages` object — Map of messageId → new content for last-minute edits before scheduling

## Response `200`

Messages scheduled

- object
  - `success` true, required
  - `scheduled` integer, required — Messages scheduled.
  - `triggerFailures` integer, required — Messages that failed to schedule and were reverted to draft.
  - `retriesPending` integer — Messages whose first trigger failed and are on a delayed retry. Still in flight, not lost.
  - `scheduledSendAt` string, required — ISO datetime for the first send.
  - `scheduleShifted` boolean — True when the server moved the requested send time, so a caller does not report a time that will not happen.
  - `staggerMinutesMin` integer — Shortest gap between two staggered sends. 0 for a single message.
  - `staggerMinutesMax` integer — Longest gap between two staggered sends. The real gap is jittered between the two.
  - `lastSendAt` string, required — ISO datetime the last staggered message is due.
  - `creditsUsed` integer, required — Credits consumed by this call. 0 for free endpoints, cached results, duplicates, and for every query that does not touch LinkedIn.
  - `retryAfter` integer, required — Seconds to wait before another call of the same type. 0 means no wait is needed.
  - `_meta` object — Credit balance carried on every response so a caller never has to ask for it separately. Absent when the caller has no connected account.
    - `credits` object, required
      - `current` number, required — Credits spent this period.
      - `limit` number, nullable, required — Period allowance, or null when unlimited.
      - `remaining` number, nullable, required — Allowance left, or null when unlimited.
      - `percentage` number, required — Share of the allowance spent, 0 to 100.
      - `isUnlimited` boolean, required
      - `accountPlan` string, required — The credential's plan.

## Other responses

- `400` — The server cannot or will not process the request due to something that is perceived to be a client error.
- `401` — Although HTTP specifies "unauthorized", this response means "unauthenticated". Authenticate to continue. NOTE: 401 is also returned with code "linkedin_not_connected" when the caller IS authenticated but has no connected LinkedIn account — connect LinkedIn (not re-authenticate) to continue.
- `403` — The client does not have access rights to the content.
- `404` — The server cannot find the requested resource.
- `409` — The request conflicts with the current state of the server.
- `410` — The requested content has been permanently deleted from the server.
- `422` — The request was well-formed but was unable to be followed due to semantic errors.
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded. Read error.retryAfter for the wait time in seconds.
- `500` — The server encountered a situation it does not know how to handle.
- `502` — LinkedIn returned a server error or the proxy connection failed. Retry after a few seconds.
- `503` — Proxy capacity temporarily exceeded. Retry after a few seconds.

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