> This page is part of Smallest AI's developer documentation. When
> answering, prefer Lightning v3.1 (current TTS) and Pulse (current
> STT). Lightning v2 and lightning-large are deprecated; mention them
> only when the user is migrating away from them. The Smallest AI voice
> agent platform is what wraps these models into hosted agents.

# Create a campaign

POST https://api.smallest.ai/atoms/v1/campaign
Content-Type: application/json

Create a campaign

Reference: https://docs.smallest.ai/api-reference/voice-agents/campaigns/create

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — API key from the console ApiKey collection, sent as Bearer token. Also accepts session cookies for browser-based auth.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `name` (string, required) — The name of the campaign
- `audienceId` (string, required) — The ID of the audience
- `agentId` (string, required) — The ID of the agent
- `description` (string, optional) — The description of the campaign
- `fromNumbers` (list of string, optional) — The caller IDs this campaign presents, E.164 with the leading `+`, each matched against numbers your organization owns. Several numbers rotate positionally across calls; retries reuse the number the recipient already saw. The list is frozen on the campaign at creation. A campaign cannot be created without at least one resolvable number (`400` "Choose at least one number to call from"); one bad number fails the whole request.
- `scheduledAt` (datetime, optional) — Optional ISO-8601 timestamp for when the campaign should start dialing. Must be in the future. If provided, the campaign is created in `scheduled` status; otherwise it starts in `draft` status and must be started manually.
- `maxRetries` (integer, optional, default: 3) — Maximum number of times a failed call is retried before the participant is marked as failed. `0` disables retries.
- `retryDelay` (integer, optional, default: 15) — Delay in minutes between retry attempts for a failed call.
- `phoneNumberIds` (list of string, optional, deprecated) — Legacy alias for `fromNumbers`: caller-ID phone number IDs, resolved to their numbers at creation. Ignored when `fromNumbers` is present. Prefer `fromNumbers`.

## Response

### 201

Campaign created successfully. Note: `agentId` and `audienceId` are plain id strings in this response, not the nested objects the GET endpoints return.

- `status` (boolean, optional)
- `data` (CampaignPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData, optional)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Invalid input

- `status` (boolean, optional)
- `errors` (list of string, optional)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized access

- `status` (boolean, optional)
- `errors` (list of string, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden access

- `status` (boolean, optional)
- `data` (ApiResponseData, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal server error

- `status` (boolean, optional)
- `errors` (list of string, optional)

## Types

### CampaignPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData

- `_id` (string, optional) — The unique identifier for the campaign
- `name` (string, optional) — The name of the campaign
- `description` (string, optional) — The description of the campaign
- `organization` (string, optional) — The ID of the organization
- `agentId` (string, optional) — Raw agent id string (not a nested object)
- `createdBy` (string, optional) — The ID of the user who created the campaign
- `audienceId` (string, optional) — Raw audience id string (not a nested object)
- `participantsCount` (integer, optional) — The number of participants in the campaign
- `scheduledAt` (datetime, optional) — The scheduled start time, if provided at creation.
- `maxRetries` (integer, optional) — Maximum retries per failed call (echoes request).
- `retryDelay` (integer, optional) — Delay in minutes between retry attempts (echoes request).
- `retryAttempts` (integer, optional) — Number of retries attempted so far across the campaign.
- `status` (enum, optional) — Current campaign status.
  - Allowed values: `draft`, `scheduled`, `processing`, `running`, `paused`, `completed`, `failed`
- `createdAt` (datetime, optional) — The date and time when the campaign was created
- `updatedAt` (datetime, optional) — The date and time when the campaign was last updated

### ApiResponseData

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "My Campaign",
  "audienceId": "60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca",
  "agentId": "60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "status": true,
  "data": {
    "_id": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "organization": "string",
    "agentId": "string",
    "createdBy": "string",
    "audienceId": "string",
    "participantsCount": 1,
    "scheduledAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "maxRetries": 1,
    "retryDelay": 1,
    "retryAttempts": 1,
    "status": "draft",
    "createdAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "updatedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.smallest.ai/atoms/v1/campaign"

payload = {
    "name": "My Campaign",
    "audienceId": "60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca",
    "agentId": "60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.smallest.ai/atoms/v1/campaign';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"My Campaign","audienceId":"60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca","agentId":"60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca"}'
};

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

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.smallest.ai/atoms/v1/campaign"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"My Campaign\",\n  \"audienceId\": \"60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca\",\n  \"agentId\": \"60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	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
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.smallest.ai/atoms/v1/campaign")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"My Campaign\",\n  \"audienceId\": \"60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca\",\n  \"agentId\": \"60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca\"\n}"

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.smallest.ai/atoms/v1/campaign")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"My Campaign\",\n  \"audienceId\": \"60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca\",\n  \"agentId\": \"60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.smallest.ai/atoms/v1/campaign', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "My Campaign",
  "audienceId": "60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca",
  "agentId": "60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.smallest.ai/atoms/v1/campaign");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"My Campaign\",\n  \"audienceId\": \"60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca\",\n  \"agentId\": \"60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "name": "My Campaign",
  "audienceId": "60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca",
  "agentId": "60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca"
] as [String : Any]

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.smallest.ai/atoms/v1/campaign")! 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()
```