# Newsletter programs: import, send

URL: /code/mcp/newsletter/verbs · Id: `page:code/mcp/newsletter/verbs`

> The Newsletter Verbs import, send as MCP do programs, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Newsletter](/business/nouns/newsletter), one group of [Newsletter programs](/code/mcp/newsletter).

### Newsletter.import
Import adds subscribers from a CSV File, keeping each one’s consent basis and the date they subscribed. [Verb page](/business/nouns/newsletter/import?interface=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Newsletter.import(input)
```

Emits [`Newsletter.imported`](/business/events/Newsletter.imported).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `newsletter` | [Newsletter](/business/nouns/newsletter) | Yes | The Newsletter. |
| `file` | [File](/business/nouns/file) | Yes | The CSV, one subscriber per row. |
| `basis` | `string` | Yes | How they consented, as the old tool recorded it. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `newsletter` | [Newsletter](/business/nouns/newsletter) | Yes | The Newsletter, with its new subscribers counted. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |
| A row with no email, and skips a suppressed address | [`refused`](/code/api/errors/refused) | Clear what the check names, then call it again. | None. |

**Example**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Newsletter.import({ newsletter: 'newsletter_FLjN3aQujc', file: 'file_V1AuhyCTsH', basis: 'Example basis' })"
  }
}
```

### Newsletter.send
Send emails one issue, a piece of Content, to every subscribed Contact, and a paid issue only to those whose Offer covers it. [Verb page](/business/nouns/newsletter/send?interface=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Newsletter.send(input)
```

Emits [`Newsletter.sent`](/business/events/Newsletter.sent).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `newsletter` | [Newsletter](/business/nouns/newsletter) | Yes | The Newsletter. |
| `content` | [Content](/business/nouns/content) | Yes | The issue to send. |
| `at` | `datetime` | No | When to send it. Unset: now. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `newsletter` | [Newsletter](/business/nouns/newsletter) | Yes | The Newsletter, with the issue in its archive. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Newsletter.send({ newsletter: 'newsletter_FLjN3aQujc', content: 'content_HYlnoorBdP' })"
  }
}
```