Create an audience
POST/v1/audiences
An audience is a list of contacts you send broadcasts to. A project can have 20.
Required scope: contacts:manage
Request body
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
namerequired | string |
Unknown fields are rejected, so a typo never silently does nothing.
Example
curl -X POST 'https://api.sendsend.email/v1/audiences' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SENDSEND_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"name": "Customers"
}'Response 201
{
"id": "aud_7Qe2…",
"object": "audience",
"name": "Customers",
"created_at": "2026-10-06T15:00:00.000Z"
}Errors
| Status | Code | When |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | validation_error | The request body or parameters are invalid. The message says which field. |
| 401 | unauthorized | The API key is missing, invalid or revoked. |
| 403 | forbidden | The key does not have the scope this endpoint needs. |
Every error has the same shape. See Errors.