---
title: "Send a direct email to a contact"
method: POST
path: "/v3/contacts/{id}/send-direct-email"
tags: ["Direct Outreach"]
---

# Send a direct email to a contact

`POST /v3/contacts/{id}/send-direct-email`

<small>_Requires the `contacts:operate` scope (or a broader one that includes it)._</small>

Sends a one-off email directly to a contact outside of any sequence

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Request body

- object
  - `emailAccountId` integer, nullable — Email account ID to send from. If not provided, uses the default account.
  - `subject` string, required — Email subject line
  - `body` string, required — Email body (HTML)

## Response `200`

Email sent successfully

- object
  - `status` 'new' | 'sent' — Sending status
  - `messageId` string, nullable — Message ID of the sent email

## Other responses

- `400` — Validation failure on the route parameter or request body, or a business rule rejection (e.g. email account missing, contact in blacklist).
- `401` — Unauthorized. The response body is empty; check the `WWW-Authenticate` header for the expected scheme.
- `403` — User lacks required feature scope to send email
- `404` — Contact not found
- `429` — Too Many Requests

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[API](https://skmtc.net/reply/apis/reply-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/reply/apis/reply-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/reply/reply-api/revisions/1c3d32eaf95e/schema)