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# Submit a custom share event

> Deprecated. Use event-based sharing instead. Records a custom share on behalf of the authenticated advocate and returns a `polling_id` for status polling.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/integration-consumer-to-extole.json post /api/v5/custom/share
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  description: >-
    Consumer-to-Extole integration endpoints: consumer event submission, zone
    rendering, profile management, and SDK-backing operations for browser and
    native app environments.
  title: Integration API - Consumer to Extole
  version: '1.0'
servers:
  - description: Production
    url: https://{brand}.extole.io
    variables:
      brand:
        default: yourcompany
        description: >-
          Your Extole client subdomain (e.g. 'mycompany' for
          mycompany.extole.io)
security:
  - HEADER: []
  - QUERY: []
  - COOKIE: []
tags:
  - name: Authentication
  - name: Content
  - name: Email
  - name: Events
  - name: Persons
  - name: Profile Assets
  - name: Profiles
paths:
  /api/v5/custom/share:
    post:
      tags:
        - Profiles
      summary: Submit a custom share event
      description: >-
        Deprecated. Use event-based sharing instead. Records a custom share on
        behalf of the authenticated advocate and returns a `polling_id` for
        status polling.
      operationId: customShare
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            example:
              advocate_code: advocate_code
              channel: channel
              data:
                data_key: data_key
              message: message
              recipient_email: recipient_email
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomShareRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomShareResponse'
          description: Successful response
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                ADVOCATE_CODE_MISSING:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/ADVOCATE_CODE_MISSING'
                ADVOCATE_CODE_NOT_FOUND:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/ADVOCATE_CODE_NOT_FOUND'
                CHANNEL_MISSING:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/CHANNEL_MISSING'
                INVALID_MESSAGE_LENGTH:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/INVALID_MESSAGE_LENGTH'
                INVALID_RECIPIENT:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/INVALID_RECIPIENT'
                INVALID_SHARE_MESSAGE_CHARACTERS:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/INVALID_SHARE_MESSAGE_CHARACTERS'
                INVALID_SHARE_MESSAGE_LINK:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/INVALID_SHARE_MESSAGE_LINK'
                MISSING_MESSAGE:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/MISSING_MESSAGE'
                MISSING_RECIPIENT:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/MISSING_RECIPIENT'
                binding_error:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/binding_error'
                invalid_json:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/invalid_json'
                invalid_parameter:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/invalid_parameter'
                missing_request_body:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/missing_request_body'
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestExceptionResponse'
          description: Bad Request
        '401':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                method_unauthorized:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/method_unauthorized'
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestExceptionResponse'
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                access_denied:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/access_denied'
                expired_access_token:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/expired_access_token'
                invalid_access_token:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/invalid_access_token'
                jwt_authentication_error:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/jwt_authentication_error'
                method_unauthorized:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/method_unauthorized'
                missing_access_token:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/missing_access_token'
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestExceptionResponse'
          description: Forbidden
        '415':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                unsupported_media_type:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/unsupported_media_type'
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestExceptionResponse'
          description: Unsupported Media Type
        '429':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                too_many_requests:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/too_many_requests'
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestExceptionResponse'
          description: Too Many Requests
      deprecated: true
components:
  schemas:
    CustomShareRequest:
      properties:
        advocate_code:
          type: string
        channel:
          type: string
        data:
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          type: object
        message:
          type: string
        recipient_email:
          type: string
      required:
        - advocate_code
        - channel
        - data
        - message
        - recipient_email
      type: object
    CustomShareResponse:
      properties:
        polling_id:
          type: string
        share_id:
          type: string
      required:
        - polling_id
        - share_id
      type: object
    RestExceptionResponse:
      description: Represents the API error response
      properties:
        code:
          description: Specific error code for this error type, documented per endpoint
          type: string
        http_status_code:
          description: >-
            HTTP status code that was returned with this error, useful if client
            get response code
          format: int32
          type: integer
        message:
          description: User readable English description of the error
          type: string
        parameters:
          additionalProperties:
            description: >-
              Attributes related to the error, varies be error code, documented
              per endpoint
            type: object
          description: >-
            Attributes related to the error, varies be error code, documented
            per endpoint
          type: object
        unique_id:
          description: >-
            Unique id associated with this error, useful for discussions with
            Extole
          type: string
      required:
        - code
        - http_status_code
        - message
        - parameters
        - unique_id
      type: object
  examples:
    ADVOCATE_CODE_MISSING:
      summary: ADVOCATE_CODE_MISSING
      value:
        code: ADVOCATE_CODE_MISSING
        http_status_code: 400
        message: advocate_code is required in the share request.
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    ADVOCATE_CODE_NOT_FOUND:
      summary: ADVOCATE_CODE_NOT_FOUND
      value:
        code: ADVOCATE_CODE_NOT_FOUND
        http_status_code: 400
        message: Advocate code not found
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    CHANNEL_MISSING:
      summary: CHANNEL_MISSING
      value:
        code: CHANNEL_MISSING
        http_status_code: 400
        message: Channel is missing
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    INVALID_MESSAGE_LENGTH:
      summary: INVALID_MESSAGE_LENGTH
      value:
        code: INVALID_MESSAGE_LENGTH
        http_status_code: 400
        message: Share message cannot exceed 2048 characters
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    INVALID_RECIPIENT:
      summary: INVALID_RECIPIENT
      value:
        code: INVALID_RECIPIENT
        http_status_code: 400
        message: Recipient has a wrong syntax.
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    INVALID_SHARE_MESSAGE_CHARACTERS:
      summary: INVALID_SHARE_MESSAGE_CHARACTERS
      value:
        code: INVALID_SHARE_MESSAGE_CHARACTERS
        http_status_code: 400
        message: Sorry, we can not put these characters in a share message.
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    INVALID_SHARE_MESSAGE_LINK:
      summary: INVALID_SHARE_MESSAGE_LINK
      value:
        code: INVALID_SHARE_MESSAGE_LINK
        http_status_code: 400
        message: Sorry, we can not put that link in a share message.
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    MISSING_MESSAGE:
      summary: MISSING_MESSAGE
      value:
        code: MISSING_MESSAGE
        http_status_code: 400
        message: Share message is missing.
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    MISSING_RECIPIENT:
      summary: MISSING_RECIPIENT
      value:
        code: MISSING_RECIPIENT
        http_status_code: 400
        message: Recipient is missing.
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    binding_error:
      summary: binding_error
      value:
        code: binding_error
        http_status_code: 400
        message: Argument is not of the expected type
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    invalid_json:
      summary: invalid_json
      value:
        code: invalid_json
        http_status_code: 400
        message: JSON is invalid
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    invalid_parameter:
      summary: invalid_parameter
      value:
        code: invalid_parameter
        http_status_code: 400
        message: Parameter is invalid.
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    missing_request_body:
      summary: missing_request_body
      value:
        code: missing_request_body
        http_status_code: 400
        message: Missing request body
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    method_unauthorized:
      summary: method_unauthorized
      value:
        code: method_unauthorized
        http_status_code: 401
        message: Unauthorized access to this endpoint
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    access_denied:
      summary: access_denied
      value:
        code: access_denied
        http_status_code: 403
        message: >-
          The access_token provided is not permitted to access the specified
          resource.
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    expired_access_token:
      summary: expired_access_token
      value:
        code: expired_access_token
        http_status_code: 403
        message: The access_token provided with this request has expired.
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    invalid_access_token:
      summary: invalid_access_token
      value:
        code: invalid_access_token
        http_status_code: 403
        message: The access_token provided with this request is invalid.
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    jwt_authentication_error:
      summary: jwt_authentication_error
      value:
        code: jwt_authentication_error
        http_status_code: 403
        message: The jwt authentication failed.
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    missing_access_token:
      summary: missing_access_token
      value:
        code: missing_access_token
        http_status_code: 403
        message: No access_token was provided with this request.
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    unsupported_media_type:
      summary: unsupported_media_type
      value:
        code: unsupported_media_type
        http_status_code: 415
        message: Request had an unsupported or no media type
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    too_many_requests:
      summary: too_many_requests
      value:
        code: too_many_requests
        http_status_code: 429
        message: >-
          The server is unable to process your request at the moment, please
          retry later.
        parameters: {}
        unique_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
  securitySchemes:
    HEADER:
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      type: apiKey
      x-bearer-format: bearer
    QUERY:
      in: query
      name: access_token
      type: apiKey
    COOKIE:
      in: cookie
      name: extole_token
      type: apiKey

````