# Adding contact with API and automate sending welcome email

**URL:** <https://community.brevo.com/t/adding-contact-with-api-and-automate-sending-welcome-email/953>\
**Category:** Automations\
**Created:** [Mars 13, 2024, 12:18 UTC](https://community.brevo.com/t/adding-contact-with-api-and-automate-sending-welcome-email/953 "2024-03-13T12:18:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![hardik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/919ad9/32.png) [@hardik](https://community.brevo.com/u/hardik)\
**Post date:** [Mars 13, 2024, 12:18 UTC](https://community.brevo.com/t/adding-contact-with-api-and-automate-sending-welcome-email/953/1 "2024-03-13T12:18:16Z")

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Hi,  
Currently we send welcome email from our app backend when user creates profile on our website.  
Instead, I want to :

1. Add user as a contact on Brevo via API
2. Welcome email should be sent to this contact immediately
3. Then user should get series of emails every few days or once a week.  
First step I am able to figure out. But for step 2, should I send transactional welcome email by API or I can automate it other way. Also how do I automate step 3?

Thanks,  
Hardik

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**Author:** ![ahudavert](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.brevo.com/ahudavert/32/14_2.png) [@ahudavert](https://community.brevo.com/u/ahudavert)\
**Post date:** [Mars 13, 2024, 12:37 UTC](https://community.brevo.com/t/adding-contact-with-api-and-automate-sending-welcome-email/953/2 "2024-03-13T12:37:32Z")

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Hi @hardik , thanks for posting on this community!

1. Perfect
2. Yes you can do so via an automation, with these settings:

- starting point: contact added to a list (you’ll be able to choose the name of the list)
- action: send an email

1. Yes you can do it via Automation, indeed. I think this topic is covering what you wish to achieve: [Setup automation for weekly newsletter](https://community.brevo.com/t/setup-automation-for-weekly-newsletter/732)

What do you think?

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**Author:** ![hardik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/919ad9/32.png) [@hardik](https://community.brevo.com/u/hardik)\
**Post date:** [Mars 13, 2024, 12:39 UTC](https://community.brevo.com/t/adding-contact-with-api-and-automate-sending-welcome-email/953/3 "2024-03-13T12:39:58Z")

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Thanks. Looks Perfect. Will try it out.