Eloqua API “EmailTestDeployment” report shows as live send

Question

I'm using the REST API 2.0 for sending quick tests but they're coming through as 'live' sends in the reports. Surely there's a way for it show up as a test, right? I feel like I'm missing something simple but not sure what it is. Here's the object I'm passing in the request body:

{
   "type": "EmailTestDeployment",
   "name": "REST Test 01",
   "contactId": selectedContact[0].id,
   "sendFromUserId": null,
   "email": {
      "type": "Email",
      "id": email.id,
      "name": email.name
   },
   "sendOptions": {
      "allowResend": "true",
      "allowSendToUnsubscribe": "true"
   }
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Answer 1

Sending a test email is only available through the user interface. I would recommend creating a test copy of the email for API test sends so it does not muddle your reporting as much.