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# Send Manual Notification

POST http://localhost:8080/api/v3/notifications
Content-Type: application/json

Reference: https://apidocs.sare.africa/sare-core-api/notifications/manual-notifications/send-manual-notification

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `title` (string, required)
- `channel` (string, required)
- `entityId` (string, required)
- `variables` (object, required)
  - `otp` (string, required)
- `entityType` (string, required)
- `moduleName` (string, required)
- `recipients` (list of object, required)
  - `message` (string, required)
  - `identifier` (string, required)
- `templateKey` (string, required)
- `idempotencyKey` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

OK

- `code` (integer, required)
- `data` (list of object, required)
  - `created` (boolean, required)
  - `outboxId` (string, required)
  - `notificationId` (string, required)
- `message` (string, required)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "title": "OTP Code",
  "channel": "SMS",
  "entityId": "b1e7f6a0-9d2b-4a5b-9c3d-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "variables": {
    "otp": "123456"
  },
  "entityType": "WALLET",
  "moduleName": "wallet",
  "recipients": [
    {
      "message": "Your OTP is 123456",
      "identifier": "254712345678"
    }
  ],
  "templateKey": "otp_sms",
  "idempotencyKey": "notif-2026-09-17-001"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "code": 200,
  "data": [
    {
      "created": true,
      "outboxId": "outbox-2b3c4d5e-6f7a-4b8c-9d0e-1f2a3b4c5d6e",
      "notificationId": "notif-1a2b3c4d-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5f"
    }
  ],
  "message": "Notifications published successfully"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Notifications_Manual Notifications_Send Manual Notification_example
import requests

url = "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/notifications"

payload = {
    "title": "OTP Code",
    "channel": "SMS",
    "entityId": "b1e7f6a0-9d2b-4a5b-9c3d-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
    "variables": { "otp": "123456" },
    "entityType": "WALLET",
    "moduleName": "wallet",
    "recipients": [
        {
            "message": "Your OTP is 123456",
            "identifier": "254712345678"
        }
    ],
    "templateKey": "otp_sms",
    "idempotencyKey": "notif-2026-09-17-001"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Notifications_Manual Notifications_Send Manual Notification_example
const url = 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/notifications';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"title":"OTP Code","channel":"SMS","entityId":"b1e7f6a0-9d2b-4a5b-9c3d-1a2b3c4d5e6f","variables":{"otp":"123456"},"entityType":"WALLET","moduleName":"wallet","recipients":[{"message":"Your OTP is 123456","identifier":"254712345678"}],"templateKey":"otp_sms","idempotencyKey":"notif-2026-09-17-001"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Notifications_Manual Notifications_Send Manual Notification_example
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/notifications"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"title\": \"OTP Code\",\n  \"channel\": \"SMS\",\n  \"entityId\": \"b1e7f6a0-9d2b-4a5b-9c3d-1a2b3c4d5e6f\",\n  \"variables\": {\n    \"otp\": \"123456\"\n  },\n  \"entityType\": \"WALLET\",\n  \"moduleName\": \"wallet\",\n  \"recipients\": [\n    {\n      \"message\": \"Your OTP is 123456\",\n      \"identifier\": \"254712345678\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"templateKey\": \"otp_sms\",\n  \"idempotencyKey\": \"notif-2026-09-17-001\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Notifications_Manual Notifications_Send Manual Notification_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/notifications")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"title\": \"OTP Code\",\n  \"channel\": \"SMS\",\n  \"entityId\": \"b1e7f6a0-9d2b-4a5b-9c3d-1a2b3c4d5e6f\",\n  \"variables\": {\n    \"otp\": \"123456\"\n  },\n  \"entityType\": \"WALLET\",\n  \"moduleName\": \"wallet\",\n  \"recipients\": [\n    {\n      \"message\": \"Your OTP is 123456\",\n      \"identifier\": \"254712345678\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"templateKey\": \"otp_sms\",\n  \"idempotencyKey\": \"notif-2026-09-17-001\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Notifications_Manual Notifications_Send Manual Notification_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/notifications")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"title\": \"OTP Code\",\n  \"channel\": \"SMS\",\n  \"entityId\": \"b1e7f6a0-9d2b-4a5b-9c3d-1a2b3c4d5e6f\",\n  \"variables\": {\n    \"otp\": \"123456\"\n  },\n  \"entityType\": \"WALLET\",\n  \"moduleName\": \"wallet\",\n  \"recipients\": [\n    {\n      \"message\": \"Your OTP is 123456\",\n      \"identifier\": \"254712345678\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"templateKey\": \"otp_sms\",\n  \"idempotencyKey\": \"notif-2026-09-17-001\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php Notifications_Manual Notifications_Send Manual Notification_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/notifications', [
  'body' => '{
  "title": "OTP Code",
  "channel": "SMS",
  "entityId": "b1e7f6a0-9d2b-4a5b-9c3d-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "variables": {
    "otp": "123456"
  },
  "entityType": "WALLET",
  "moduleName": "wallet",
  "recipients": [
    {
      "message": "Your OTP is 123456",
      "identifier": "254712345678"
    }
  ],
  "templateKey": "otp_sms",
  "idempotencyKey": "notif-2026-09-17-001"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Notifications_Manual Notifications_Send Manual Notification_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/notifications");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"title\": \"OTP Code\",\n  \"channel\": \"SMS\",\n  \"entityId\": \"b1e7f6a0-9d2b-4a5b-9c3d-1a2b3c4d5e6f\",\n  \"variables\": {\n    \"otp\": \"123456\"\n  },\n  \"entityType\": \"WALLET\",\n  \"moduleName\": \"wallet\",\n  \"recipients\": [\n    {\n      \"message\": \"Your OTP is 123456\",\n      \"identifier\": \"254712345678\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"templateKey\": \"otp_sms\",\n  \"idempotencyKey\": \"notif-2026-09-17-001\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Notifications_Manual Notifications_Send Manual Notification_example
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [
  "title": "OTP Code",
  "channel": "SMS",
  "entityId": "b1e7f6a0-9d2b-4a5b-9c3d-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "variables": ["otp": "123456"],
  "entityType": "WALLET",
  "moduleName": "wallet",
  "recipients": [
    [
      "message": "Your OTP is 123456",
      "identifier": "254712345678"
    ]
  ],
  "templateKey": "otp_sms",
  "idempotencyKey": "notif-2026-09-17-001"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/notifications")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```