## Create a draft email

`client.email.draft(EmailDraftParamsbody, RequestOptionsoptions?): EmailDraftResponse`

**post** `/v1/emails/draft`

Creates a draft in the connected email account that owns the `from` address. Mirrors native email-client behavior: only `from` is required — `to`, `cc`, `bcc`, `subject`, `messageBody`, and `attachments` are all optional. At least one of those optional fields must be populated; sending only `from` returns a 400.

Supports idempotency via the `Idempotency-Key` header.

**[Required scope](/using-the-api/scopes/):** `emails:create`

**[Rate limit category](/using-the-api/rate-limits/):** Write

### Parameters

- `body: EmailDraftParams`

  - `from: string`

    Bare email address (no display name). Must match a connected email account owned by the API key user. Compared case-insensitively. Mailbox where the draft is created.

  - `attachments?: Array<string>`

    Optional list of file IDs (uploaded via the Files API) to attach to the draft. Maximum 5 attachments per draft, each ≤ 3MB.

  - `bcc?: Array<string>`

    Bcc recipients (same shape as `to`).

  - `cc?: Array<string>`

    Cc recipients (same shape as `to`).

  - `messageBody?: MessageBody`

    Email message body (HTML or plain text).

    - `content: string`

      Email body content.

    - `contentType?: "HTML" | "TEXT"`

      Defaults to `HTML`.

      - `"HTML"`

      - `"TEXT"`

  - `subject?: string`

    Email subject.

  - `to?: Array<string>`

    Recipient email addresses (bare, no display names). Up to 500.

### Returns

- `EmailDraftResponse`

  - `draftedAt: string`

    ISO 8601 timestamp of when the draft was created.

### Example

```typescript
import Lightfield from 'lightfield';

const client = new Lightfield({
  apiKey: 'My API Key',
});

const emailDraftResponse = await client.email.draft({ from: 'sales@acme.com' });

console.log(emailDraftResponse.draftedAt);
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "draftedAt": "draftedAt"
}
```