---
title: "Send a test snapshot"
method: POST
path: "/templates/{id}/test"
tags: ["Hosted templates"]
---

# Send a test snapshot

`POST /templates/{id}/test`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://sendhq.cc/api/v1`
- URL: `https://sendhq.cc/api/v1/templates/{id}/test`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/sendhq/apis/sendhq-api/docs/templates/:id/test/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Send a test snapshot

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `to` string[], required
  - `from` string, email, required
  - `data` object, required
    - `first_name` string, required

## Response `201`

Successful response

- object
  - `id` string, required
  - `isTest` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request
- `401`: Missing or invalid authentication
- `402`: A paid entitlement is required for this recipient or feature
- `403`: The workspace, domain, policy, or suppression state forbids the operation
- `404`: Tenant-scoped resource not found
- `409`: Resource state or idempotency conflict
- `413`: Attachment count or bytes exceed the accepted limit
- `422`: Request validation or suppression check failed
- `423`: Sending is paused for this sender identity or workspace; the message gives the reason and how to appeal
- `429`: A monthly, daily, or trial usage limit was reached
- `500`: Unexpected server error
- `502`: An upstream provider operation failed
- `503`: A required provider or signing configuration is unavailable
- `default`: An error response using SendHQ's standard JSON envelope

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/sendhq/apis/sendhq-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/sendhq/apis/sendhq-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/sendhq/apis/sendhq-api/revisions/98e39e48cb9a?raw)