# Send the confirmation link for a sample

> POST /v1/sample-requests/{id}/email. The person's work email address, from the calling server's own form, never through a model.

Source: https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/reference/rest/create-sample-request-email

`POST /v1/sample-requests/{id}/email`

The person's work email address, from the calling server's own form, never through a model. A one-time link is emailed; the answer is the same whether the address was accepted or refused (suppressed, objecting, over a limit), so it cannot be used to test addresses. Free webmail and malformed addresses get 422.

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Endpoint | `POST https://mydatahub.emailmovers.com/v1/sample-requests/{id}/email` |
| Operation id | `createSampleRequestEmail` |
| Cost | Free (0 credits) |
| Access | An API key or an OAuth 2.1 token with the scope `samples:request`. |
| Tag | Samples |

> **Not yet live.** MyDataHub v2 is built and tested locally and is not yet live. The v2 hosts open at launch, date to confirm. This page describes the contract the API is tested against.

## Request

### Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | path | string | yes | Format: a sample request id: smr_ followed by a 26 character ULID in upper case Crockford base32, such as smr_01JB4P2Q5W8ZAK8Q2V7XN3M9R6. |
| `MyDataHub-Version` | header | string | no | The dated API version, pinned per key when left out. Non-breaking changes ship as new dates; the path major changes only for breaking changes, with a 12 month deprecation window. |

### Body

| Member | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `email` | string (email) | yes | The person's work email address, sent by the calling server from its own form, never through a model. Free webmail addresses are refused. |
| `follow_up` | boolean | yes | Whether the person ticked the box allowing Emailmovers to email them about the sample. |
| `wording` | string | yes | The version of the wording the person saw beside the field and the box. |

## Example request

```bash
curl -X POST "https://mydatahub.emailmovers.com/v1/sample-requests/smr_01JB4P2Q5W8ZAK8Q2V7XN3M9R6/email" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MYDATAHUB_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "email": "jordan.hale@example.co.uk",
  "follow_up": false,
  "wording": "2026-10-11"
}'
```

## Responses

### 202: Taken: the person checks their inbox.

Headers: `RateLimit`, `RateLimit-Policy`.

| Member | Type | Always present | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `status` | `check_your_inbox` | yes | The same answer whether the address was accepted or refused (a suppressed address, an objection, a limit), so the call cannot be used to test addresses. |

#### Example response

```json
{
  "status": "check_your_inbox"
}
```

## Errors

Every error is a problem object with a `code` and a `next_step`. Every response carries the `RateLimit` and `RateLimit-Policy` headers; see [Rate limits](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/rate-limits.md).

| Status | Problem codes | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 400 | [`invalid-request`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/invalid-request.md), [`idempotency-key-required`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/idempotency-key-required.md), [`unsupported-version`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/unsupported-version.md) | The request could not be read, or an Idempotency-Key is missing. |
| 401 | [`authentication-required`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/authentication-required.md), [`account-required`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/account-required.md) | Sign in (OAuth) or send an API key (authentication-required), or create a free account for what the anonymous tier does not cover (account-required). |
| 403 | [`insufficient-scope`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/insufficient-scope.md), [`confirmation-required`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/confirmation-required.md), [`business-details-required`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/business-details-required.md), [`licence-acceptance-required`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/licence-acceptance-required.md), [`dpa-acceptance-required`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/dpa-acceptance-required.md), [`agent-budget-exceeded`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/agent-budget-exceeded.md) | The token lacks a scope (insufficient-scope, with required_scope and a WWW-Authenticate step-up challenge); no person confirmed the spend and no agent key covers it (confirmation-required, with an approval_url); an agent key's per-order cap or monthly budget does not cover it (agent-budget-exceeded); an account made by self-serve sign-up has not yet confirmed its business name and that it is a UK business, which its first order needs (business-details-required); the order needs the Data Licence and Sharing Agreement accepted at the version in force (licence-acceptance-required); or a suppression upload comes before the organisation has accepted the Article 28 data processing agreement in force (dpa-acceptance-required). Nothing is charged. |
| 404 | [`not-found`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/not-found.md) | No such object for this organisation. |
| 422 | [`validation-failed`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/validation-failed.md), [`quote-required`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/quote-required.md), [`dataset-unavailable`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/dataset-unavailable.md) | The request is not valid. errors lists every problem with a JSON pointer and did_you_mean. |
| 429 | [`rate-limited`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/rate-limited.md) | Too many requests. Wait for Retry-After. |
| Any other failure | [`internal-error`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/internal-error.md), [`service-unavailable`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/service-unavailable.md), [`tps-screen-expired`](https://emailmovers.com/mydatahub/docs/errors/tps-screen-expired.md) | Something failed on our side (500 internal-error) or the service is briefly unavailable (503 service-unavailable, with Retry-After). Nothing was charged; retry with the same Idempotency-Key. A count, sample, quote or order with telephone in play is also refused with 503 tps-screen-expired, with no Retry-After, while the dataset version's TPS and CTPS screen is more than 28 days old. |