Automations

Bulk-set step props

PATCH
/api/v1/automations/steps

Refreshes props_overrides across send steps by position — the content-pipeline path for a recurring automation whose copy changes per edition. merge: true shallow-merges into the existing overrides instead of replacing them.

Authorization

bearerAuth write
headerAuthorizationBearer <token>

An API key from the dashboard under Settings → API keys, sent as Authorization: Bearer aem_….

Authorization has two independent axes.

The scope is ranked — a key satisfies any requirement at or below its own tier:

  • read — see messages, contacts and metrics. Changes nothing, and cannot send.
  • write — everything read does, plus managing templates, contacts, automations, segments and suppressions. This is what editing a template needs.
  • admin — everything write does, plus sending configuration: domains, senders, webhook registration, kill switch, daily cap, brand.

There is no approve scope. It was a rung once; it is not one now, and a key requested with it is rejected.

The approval grant (can_approve) is a separate boolean, not a rung. Delivering mail to a real inbox needs write and the grant. Keeping them on separate axes is what makes the review gate a control rather than a convention: a key that may propose is not automatically a key that may approve its own proposal.

Give your application the lowest tier that works. Most need write and the grant — the dashboard mints that combination as Send + manage; Manage only is the same rung with the grant withheld.

Scope: write

Request Body

application/json
  1. body
automation*string

Automation id or name.

Length1 <= length
updates*array<>

One entry per send step, addressed by its global position.

Items1 <= items <= 200
merge?boolean

Shallow-merge into existing overrides instead of replacing them.

Response Body

Steps updated.

application/json
  1. response
updated?integer
positions?array<integer>
Example Request
curl -X PATCH 'https://sendandretain.com/api/v1/automations/steps' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "automation": "Weekly digest",  "updates": [    {      "position": 1,      "props_overrides": {        "headline": "This week in Acme"      }    }  ],  "merge": true}'
Example Response
{  "updated": 1,  "positions": [    1  ]}