Send one of the organization's templates

POST /email-templates/{templateId}/test

Send one of the organization's templates, at its latest version and rendered with its kind's sample, to the person asking — at the address they signed in with, never one typed, since a template is the organization's own content — from the organization's sender as it stands, subject prefixed [Test].

It goes while the organization is read-only. Appends notifications.requested (kind template-test, naming the template version), then notifications.sent or notifications.failed. 409 SenderNotConfigured until the sender is saved; 422 TemplateInvalid if it no longer renders. Keyed on notificationId, the caller-minted ntf_ id: a retry answers the notification as recorded and never sends a second message.

Access

Requires notifications:write.

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

Retries

Keyed on notificationId, the caller-minted ntf_ id: a retry answers the notification as recorded and never sends a second message.

A retry with the same key answers 200, with what the first call recorded.

Why every write carries a key: Idempotency and retries.

Facts appended

notifications.requested
notifications.sent
notifications.failed

What a fact is: Facts and the journal.

AI agent tool

Agents call this as notifications_send_email_template_test (Notifications: Send me an email template test), in the notifications toolset.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

curl

curl -X POST 'https://notifications.getmanifold.io/email-templates/etp_01a15a02-7c41-7a6e-9d10-3f6c2b8e4a11/test' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "notificationId": "ntf_01a157ae-4288-7f3b-bb14-41f2affd24eb"
}'

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://notifications.getmanifold.io/email-templates/etp_01a15a02-7c41-7a6e-9d10-3f6c2b8e4a11/test", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "notificationId": "ntf_01a157ae-4288-7f3b-bb14-41f2affd24eb"
  }),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Request body · application/json

{
  "notificationId": "ntf_01a157ae-4288-7f3b-bb14-41f2affd24eb"
}

Response · 200 · application/json

{
  "id": "ntf_01a157ae-4288-7f3b-bb14-41f2affd24eb",
  "kind": "template-test",
  "channel": "email",
  "status": "sent",
  "to": [
    "maya@ridgeline-outdoor.example"
  ],
  "cc": [],
  "from": "\"Ridgeline Outdoor\" <accounts@ridgeline-outdoor.example>",
  "replyTo": "accounts@ridgeline-outdoor.example",
  "subject": "[Test] Invoice INV-1042 from Ridgeline Outdoor",
  "source": {
    "kind": "email-template",
    "id": "etp_01a15a02-7c41-7a6e-9d10-3f6c2b8e4a11"
  },
  "requestedBy": {
    "_tag": "user",
    "id": "usr_01a15709-7582-7646-b491-261a138f0650"
  },
  "requestedAt": "2026-10-20T05:40:11.000Z",
  "sentAt": "2026-10-20T05:40:12.000Z",
  "providerMessageId": "0108019a2b3c4d5e-01a1587e-cd9b-7f2a-9b3c-4d5e6f7a8b9c-000000",
  "steps": [
    {
      "status": "requested",
      "at": "2026-10-20T05:40:11.000Z"
    },
    {
      "status": "sent",
      "at": "2026-10-20T05:40:12.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "template": {
    "templateId": "etp_01a15a02-7c41-7a6e-9d10-3f6c2b8e4a11",
    "version": 2
  }
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: notifications-manager.openapi.json. Base URL https://notifications.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing.

`400`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`RecipientInvalid` channel, to, reason	The request was refused. `reason` says why.	Fix the request. Sending it again unchanged gets the same answer.

`401`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`Unauthorized` reason	The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.	Get a fresh token and send the call again.
`TokenAlreadyUsed` tokenId	A single-use app token was already spent.	Mint a new token for this call.

`402`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SubscriptionRequired` status	The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.	An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

`403`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`TenantRequired` userId	The token names no organization.	Choose the organization, then get a new token.
`ScopeRequired` required	The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.	Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

`404`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`EmailTemplateNotFound` templateId	No such record in this organization.	Check the id in the path or the body.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SenderNotConfigured` reason	The organization has no sender set up for mail.	Set up a sending domain first.
`MirroredFromSource` source	This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.	Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

`422`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`TemplateInvalid` stage, reason, line, column	The request was refused. `reason` says why.	Fix the request. Sending it again unchanged gets the same answer.

`503`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`MailProviderUnavailable` reason	The mail provider did not answer, so nothing was sent.	Send the same request again, with the same key.
`RequestLogUnavailable` tokenId, reason	The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.	Send the same request again, with the same key.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.

Used in

Design your own emails, step 8: Send yourself a test