---
title: "POST /v1/{+resource}/contacts:sendTestMessage"
method: POST
path: "/v1/{+resource}/contacts:sendTestMessage"
tags: ["organizations"]
---

# POST /v1/{+resource}/contacts:sendTestMessage

`POST /v1/{+resource}/contacts:sendTestMessage`

Allows a contact admin to send a test message to contact to verify that it has been configured correctly.

## Path parameters

- `resource` string, required

## Request body

- GoogleCloudEssentialcontactsV1SendTestMessageRequest — Request message for the SendTestMessage method.
  - `contacts` string[] — Required. The list of names of the contacts to send a test message to. Format: organizations/{organization}/contacts/{contact}, folders/{folder}/contacts/{contact} or projects/{project}/contacts/{contact} (where {project} is the project number)
  - `notificationCategory` 'NOTIFICATION_CATEGORY_UNSPECIFIED' | 'ALL' | 'SUSPENSION' | 'SECURITY' | 'TECHNICAL' | 'BILLING' | 'LEGAL' | 'PRODUCT_UPDATES' | 'TECHNICAL_INCIDENTS' — Required. The notification category to send the test message for. All contacts must be subscribed to this category.

## Response `200`

Successful response

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[API](https://skmtc.net/google/apis/essentialcontacts.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/google/apis/essentialcontacts/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/google/essentialcontacts/versions/fbaa8091a93a/schema)