The Invites APIs allow you to manage and send invitations to your end-users directly from your website or application, without the need to access the Smile Developer Portal manual functionality. This facilitates an automated process and experience for your end users.

The API also makes use of predefined Invite Templates that you can use in order to customize the content of the invite email sent to your user.

Sending Invites

To send an invite via the API, you need the following information:

Attribute	Type	Description
fullName	string	The full name of the person to be invited. Required
firstName	string	The first name of the person to be invited
lastName	string	The last name of the person to be invited
email	string	The email address the invite should be send to. Required
templateId	string	The invite template ID to use, usually in the format `tpl-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78`. Required
winkTemplateId	string	The Wink Widget template ID to use, usually in the format `wtpl-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78`

You may manage your email invite templates via the Invite Templates API.

See the Create Invite endpoint for more information on creating and sending invites via API.

Fallback Methods

If you cannot use the Invites API to create automated emails sent to your end users, you may also access the Smile Developer Portal to send invites manually via the Users section. Note that you must be on Production mode to use this functionality.

The Invites object

Attribute	Type	Description
id	string	Unique ID of the invite sent on the Smile Network
createdAt	datetime	Date and time the invite was created
fullName	string	The full name of the person to be invited. Required
firstName	string	The first name of the person to be invited
lastName	string	The last name of the person to be invited
email	string	The email address the invite should be send to. Required
templateId	string	The invite template ID to use, usually in the format `tpl-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78`. Required
winkTemplateId	string	The Wink Widget template ID to use, usually in the format `wtpl-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78`
userId	string	The invitee's Smile Network unique user ID, created when the invite is sent
status	string	Status of the invite. Possible values: `INVITED`, `LINKED`
updatedAt	datetime	Date and time the invite was last updated
invitedAt	datetime	Date and time the invite was sent
linkedAt	datetime	Date and time the invited user has linked an account
inviteLandingPageUrl	string	URL of the unique landing page for the invited user to connect their accounts

Sample Invites data

{
    "id": "iv-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78",
    "createdAt": "2023-02-02T02:35:01Z",
    "fullName": "George Palomero Jr",
    "firstName": "George",
    "lastName": "Palomero",
    "email": "gpalomero123@email.com",
    "templateId": "tpl-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78",
    "winkTemplateId": "wtpl-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78",
    "userId": "tenantId-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78",
    "status": "INVITED",
    "updatedAt": "2023-02-02T02:35:01Z",
    "invitedAt": "2023-02-02T02:35:01Z",
    "linkedAt": null
}

Endpoints

Endpoint
List all inviites	`GET /invites`
Create and send an invite	`POST /invites`
Retrieve one invite	`GET /invites/{id}`

Webhooks

`INVITE_INVITED`

Sent when an invitation is sent out to a user successfully.

{
  "id": "et-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78",
  "version": 1,
  "type": "INVITE_INVITED",
  "createdAt": "2021-04-14T09:30:24Z",
  "data": {
    "userId": "tenantId-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78",
    "inviteId": "iv-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78"
  }
}

`INVITE_LINKED`

Sent when a user that has been sent an invitation is able to link their work account successfully.

{
  "id": "et-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78",
  "version": 1,
  "type": "INVITE_LINKED",
  "createdAt": "2021-04-14T09:30:24Z",
  "data": {
    "userId": "tenantId-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78",
    "inviteId": "iv-123abc456def789abc123def456abc78"
  }
}