# Send a guest invite

> Source: /api-reference/partner/explorer/vguests/send-invite
> Emails a verified-guest invitation. Requires both `partner:guests:read` (declared on the controller) and `partner:guests:pii:read` (on the handler) — the guard ANDs them.
> Full spec: https://docs.journey.com/openapi/partner.v1.json

## `POST /v1/partner/vguests/guest-invites`

```json
{
  "description": "Emails a verified-guest invitation. Requires both `partner:guests:read` (declared on the controller) and `partner:guests:pii:read` (on the handler) — the guard ANDs them.",
  "operationId": "guestInvitesPartner_sendInvite",
  "parameters": [],
  "requestBody": {
    "content": {
      "application/json": {
        "schema": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SendGuestInviteDto"
        }
      }
    },
    "required": true
  },
  "responses": {
    "201": {
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SendGuestInviteResponseDto"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "The created invitation."
    },
    "400": {
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PartnerErrorResponse"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Request validation failed. `errors` lists the offending fields."
    },
    "401": {
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PartnerErrorResponse"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "No usable credential. Send `Authorization: Bearer <jwt>` or `X-API-Key: jny_...`."
    },
    "403": {
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PartnerErrorResponse"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "The credential authenticated but lacks the scopes in `x-required-scopes`, or the resource belongs to another organization."
    },
    "404": {
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PartnerErrorResponse"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "No such resource, or it is outside the organization the credential resolves to."
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "partnerBearer": []
    },
    {
      "partnerApiKey": []
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Send a guest invite",
  "tags": [
    "partner/vguests"
  ],
  "x-required-scopes": [
    [
      "partner:guests:read"
    ],
    [
      "partner:guests:pii:read"
    ]
  ]
}
```