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# Schedule campaign

> Schedule a draft campaign for a date, time and timezone. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/emailoctopus/schedule_campaign

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Schedule a draft campaign for a date, time and timezone.

EmailOctopus API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/emailoctopus.md

`POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/emailoctopus/campaigns/{campaign_id}/schedule`

Access: write. Confirm: waits for the user's OK before it runs.

Does what the Schedule button does: it sets the sending date, time and timezone and returns the scheduled time. The campaign must have a subject, a sender, a design and recipients, and the account must be allowed to send. Once scheduled it goes to your contacts at that time unless you call unschedule_campaign first. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `campaign_id` | string | yes | Campaign ID from list_campaigns. |
| `date` | date | yes | Sending date, YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `time` | string | yes | Sending time, HH:MM, 24-hour. |
| `timezone` | string | yes | Timezone name, for example Europe/London. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/emailoctopus/campaigns/d5e8a3b1-62c9-4e70-8a14-9f0b7c2d6e83/schedule \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"date":"2026-10-22","time":"09:00","timezone":"Europe/London"}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("emailoctopus", "schedule_campaign", {"campaign_id":"d5e8a3b1-62c9-4e70-8a14-9f0b7c2d6e83","date":"2026-10-22","time":"09:00","timezone":"Europe/London"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('emailoctopus', 'schedule_campaign', {"campaign_id":"d5e8a3b1-62c9-4e70-8a14-9f0b7c2d6e83","date":"2026-10-22","time":"09:00","timezone":"Europe/London"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call emailoctopus schedule_campaign --data '{"campaign_id":"d5e8a3b1-62c9-4e70-8a14-9f0b7c2d6e83","date":"2026-10-22","time":"09:00","timezone":"Europe/London"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "campaign_id": "d5e8a3b1-62c9-4e70-8a14-9f0b7c2d6e83",
  "name": "Autumn offer, last chance",
  "status": "scheduled",
  "scheduled_for": "2026-10-22T09:00:00+01:00",
  "timezone": "Europe/London"
}
```

Previous: [Set campaign recipients](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/emailoctopus/set_campaign_recipients.md)
Next: [Send campaign](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/emailoctopus/send_campaign.md)

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