Create a topic
key is the stable, project-unique name every preference form and integration refers to, so it survives a rename of name and cannot be edited afterwards.
default_opt_in is the field worth thinking about: it decides what SILENCE means for every contact who never answers. Leave it true for a topic introduced over a list you already have — those contacts consented to hear from you, and inventing an opt-out they never asked for would mute mail they expect. Set it false for anything a person has to ask for, and absence then means not asked rather than no.
Requires the topics:write scope — Create and edit topics, and change what your contacts are subscribed to — this decides who your campaigns reach.
API key authentication. Use a sk_* (FULL) or pk_* (SENDING_ONLY) key as the bearer token. Public keys (pk_*) are restricted to the email-send endpoints and the self-serve list subscribe/unsubscribe pair; every other endpoint — event tracking included — answers 403 for them. In scope terms (used by /api/v1/* operations): FULL keys hold every scope; SENDING_ONLY keys hold only emails:send.
In: header
Request Body
application/json
TypeScript Definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
Response Body
application/json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
curl -X POST "https://example.com/api/v1/topics" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "key": "string", "name": "string" }'{
"id": "string",
"key": "string",
"name": "string",
"description": "string",
"default_opt_in": true,
"archived": true,
"subscribed_count": 0,
"unsubscribed_count": 0,
"created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
}{
"type": "http://example.com",
"title": "string",
"status": 0,
"detail": "string",
"instance": "string",
"code": "string",
"request_id": "string",
"errors": [
{
"pointer": "string",
"code": "string",
"message": "string"
}
]
}{
"type": "http://example.com",
"title": "string",
"status": 0,
"detail": "string",
"instance": "string",
"code": "string",
"request_id": "string",
"errors": [
{
"pointer": "string",
"code": "string",
"message": "string"
}
]
}{
"type": "http://example.com",
"title": "string",
"status": 0,
"detail": "string",
"instance": "string",
"code": "string",
"request_id": "string",
"errors": [
{
"pointer": "string",
"code": "string",
"message": "string"
}
]
}{
"type": "http://example.com",
"title": "string",
"status": 0,
"detail": "string",
"instance": "string",
"code": "string",
"request_id": "string",
"errors": [
{
"pointer": "string",
"code": "string",
"message": "string"
}
]
}{
"type": "http://example.com",
"title": "string",
"status": 0,
"detail": "string",
"instance": "string",
"code": "string",
"request_id": "string",
"errors": [
{
"pointer": "string",
"code": "string",
"message": "string"
}
]
}