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You can use as reference the code below to implement this call in your preferred language.
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const brevo = require('@getbrevo/brevo');
let defaultClient = brevo.ApiClient.instance;

let apiKey = defaultClient.authentications['api-key'];
apiKey.apiKey = 'xkeysib-YOUR_API_KEY';

let apiInstance = new brevo.TransactionalEmailsApi();
let sendSmtpEmail = new brevo.SendSmtpEmail();

sendSmtpEmail.subject = "My {{params.subject}}";
sendSmtpEmail.htmlContent = "<html><body><h1>Common: This is my first transactional email {{params.parameter}}</h1></body></html>";
sendSmtpEmail.sender = { "name": "John", "email": "[email protected]" };
sendSmtpEmail.to = [
  { "email": "[email protected]", "name": "sample-name" }
];
sendSmtpEmail.replyTo = { "email": "[email protected]", "name": "sample-name" };
sendSmtpEmail.headers = { "Some-Custom-Name": "unique-id-1234" };
sendSmtpEmail.params = { "parameter": "My param value", "subject": "common subject" };


apiInstance.sendTransacEmail(sendSmtpEmail).then(function (data) {
  console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + JSON.stringify(data));
}, function (error) {
  console.error(error);
});

<?php
require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');

// Configure API key authorization: api-key
$config = Brevo\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKey('api-key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
// $config = Brevo\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKeyPrefix('api-key', 'Bearer');
// Configure API key authorization: partner-key
$config = Brevo\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKey('partner-key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
// $config = Brevo\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKeyPrefix('partner-key', 'Bearer');

$apiInstance = new Brevo\Client\Api\TransactionalEmailsApi(
    // If you want use custom http client, pass your client which implements `GuzzleHttp\ClientInterface`.
    // This is optional, `GuzzleHttp\Client` will be used as default.
    new GuzzleHttp\Client(),
    $config
);
$sendSmtpEmail = new \Brevo\Client\Model\SendSmtpEmail([
  	 'subject' => 'from the PHP SDK!',
     'sender' => ['name' => 'Brevo', 'email' => '[email protected]'],
     'replyTo' => ['name' => 'Brevo', 'email' => '[email protected]'],
     'to' => [[ 'name' => 'Max Mustermann', 'email' => '[email protected]']],
     'htmlContent' => '<html><body><h1>This is a transactional email {{params.bodyMessage}}</h1></body></html>',
     'params' => ['bodyMessage' => 'made just for you!']
]); // \Brevo\Client\Model\SendSmtpEmail | Values to send a transactional email

try {
    $result = $apiInstance->sendTransacEmail($sendSmtpEmail);
    print_r($result);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'Exception when calling TransactionalEmailsApi->sendTransacEmail: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}
?>

from __future__ import print_function
import time
import sib_api_v3_sdk
from sib_api_v3_sdk.rest import ApiException
from pprint import pprint

configuration = sib_api_v3_sdk.Configuration()
configuration.api_key['api-key'] = 'YOUR API KEY'

api_instance = sib_api_v3_sdk.TransactionalEmailsApi(sib_api_v3_sdk.ApiClient(configuration))
subject = "My Subject"
html_content = "<html><body><h1>This is my first transactional email </h1></body></html>"
sender = {"name":"John Doe","email":"[email protected]"}
to = [{"email":"[email protected]","name":"Jane Doe"}]
cc = [{"email":"[email protected]","name":"Janice Doe"}]
bcc = [{"name":"John Doe","email":"[email protected]"}]
reply_to = {"email":"[email protected]","name":"John Doe"}
headers = {"Some-Custom-Name":"unique-id-1234"}
params = {"parameter":"My param value","subject":"New Subject"}
send_smtp_email = sib_api_v3_sdk.SendSmtpEmail(to=to, bcc=bcc, cc=cc, reply_to=reply_to, headers=headers, html_content=html_content, sender=sender, subject=subject)

try:
    api_response = api_instance.send_transac_email(send_smtp_email)
    pprint(api_response)
except ApiException as e:
    print("Exception when calling SMTPApi->send_transac_email: %s\n" % e)

const SibApiV3Sdk = require('sib-api-v3-typescript');
 
let apiInstance = new SibApiV3Sdk.TransactionalEmailsApi();

let apiKey = apiInstance.authentications['apiKey'];
apiKey.apiKey = 'YOUR API KEY';

let sendSmtpEmail = new SibApiV3Sdk.SendSmtpEmail(); 

sendSmtpEmail.subject = "My {{params.subject}}";
sendSmtpEmail.htmlContent = "<html><body><h1>This is my first transactional email {{params.parameter}}</h1></body></html>";
sendSmtpEmail.sender = {"name":"John Doe","email":"[email protected]"};
sendSmtpEmail.to = [{"email":"[email protected]","name":"Jane Doe"}];
sendSmtpEmail.cc = [{"email":"[email protected]","name":"Janice Doe"}];
sendSmtpEmail.bcc = [{"name":"John Doe","email":"[email protected]"}];
sendSmtpEmail.replyTo = {"email":"[email protected]","name":"John Doe"};
sendSmtpEmail.headers = {"Some-Custom-Name":"unique-id-1234"};
sendSmtpEmail.params = {"parameter":"My param value","subject":"New Subject"};

apiInstance.sendTransacEmail(sendSmtpEmail).then(function(data) {
  console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + JSON.stringify(data));
}, function(error) {
  console.error(error);
});

package sibApi;

import sendinblue.ApiClient;
import sendinblue.Configuration;
import sendinblue.auth.ApiKeyAuth;
import sibModel.*;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.List;

public class Program {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ApiClient defaultClient = Configuration.getDefaultApiClient();
        // Configure API key authorization: api-key
        ApiKeyAuth apiKey = (ApiKeyAuth) defaultClient.getAuthentication("api-key");
        apiKey.setApiKey("YOUR API KEY");

      try {
                    AllRouteExamples obj = new AllRouteExamples();
                    TransactionalEmailsApi api = new TransactionalEmailsApi();
                    SendSmtpEmailSender sender = new SendSmtpEmailSender();
                    sender.setEmail("[email protected]");
                    sender.setName("John Doe");
                    List<SendSmtpEmailTo> toList = new ArrayList<SendSmtpEmailTo>();
                    SendSmtpEmailTo to = new SendSmtpEmailTo();
                    to.setEmail("[email protected]");
                    to.setName("John Doe");
                    toList.add(to);
                    List<SendSmtpEmailCc> ccList = new ArrayList<SendSmtpEmailCc>();
                    SendSmtpEmailCc cc = new SendSmtpEmailCc();
                    cc.setEmail("[email protected]");
                    cc.setName("Janice Doe");
                    ccList.add(cc);
                    List<SendSmtpEmailBcc> bccList = new ArrayList<SendSmtpEmailBcc>();
                    SendSmtpEmailBcc bcc = new SendSmtpEmailBcc();
                    bcc.setEmail("[email protected]");
                    bcc.setName("John Doe");
                    bccList.add(bcc);
                    SendSmtpEmailReplyTo replyTo = new SendSmtpEmailReplyTo();
                    replyTo.setEmail("[email protected]");
                    replyTo.setName("John Doe");
                    SendSmtpEmailAttachment attachment = new SendSmtpEmailAttachment();
                    attachment.setName("test.jpg");
                    byte[] encode = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("local_filepath\\test.jpg"));
                    attachment.setContent(encode);
                    List<SendSmtpEmailAttachment> attachmentList = new ArrayList<SendSmtpEmailAttachment>();
                    attachmentList.add(attachment);
                    Properties headers = new Properties();
                    headers.setProperty("Some-Custom-Name", "unique-id-1234");
                    Properties params = new Properties();
                    params.setProperty("parameter", "My param value");
                    params.setProperty("subject", "New Subject");
                    SendSmtpEmail sendSmtpEmail = new SendSmtpEmail();
                    sendSmtpEmail.setSender(sender);
                    sendSmtpEmail.setTo(toList);
                    sendSmtpEmail.setCc(ccList);
                    sendSmtpEmail.setBcc(bccList);
                    sendSmtpEmail.setHtmlContent("<html><body><h1>This is my first transactional email {{params.parameter}}</h1></body></html>");
                    sendSmtpEmail.setSubject("My {{params.subject}}");
                    sendSmtpEmail.setReplyTo(replyTo);
                    sendSmtpEmail.setAttachment(attachmentList);
                    sendSmtpEmail.setHeaders(headers);
                    sendSmtpEmail.setParams(params);
                    List<SendSmtpEmailTo1> toList1 = new ArrayList<SendSmtpEmailTo1>();
                    SendSmtpEmailTo1 to1 = new SendSmtpEmailTo1();
                    to1.setEmail("[email protected]");
                    to1.setName("John Doe");
                    toList1.add(to1);
                    List<SendSmtpEmailMessageVersions> messageVersions = new ArrayList<>();
                    SendSmtpEmailMessageVersions versions1 = new SendSmtpEmailMessageVersions();
                    SendSmtpEmailMessageVersions versions2 = new SendSmtpEmailMessageVersions();
                    versions1.to(toList1);
                    versions2.to(toList1);
                    messageVersions.add(versions1);
                    messageVersions.add(versions2);
                    sendSmtpEmail.setMessageVersions(messageVersions);
                    sendSmtpEmail.setTemplateId(1L);
                    CreateSmtpEmail response = api.sendTransacEmail(sendSmtpEmail);
                    System.out.println(response.toString());
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    System.out.println("Exception occurred:- " + e.getMessage());
                }
    }
}

using sib_api_v3_sdk.Api;
using sib_api_v3_sdk.Client;
using sib_api_v3_sdk.Model;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Sendinblue
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Configuration.Default.ApiKey.Add("api-key", "YOUR API KEY");

            var apiInstance = new TransactionalEmailsApi();
            string SenderName = "John Doe";
            string SenderEmail = "[email protected]";
            SendSmtpEmailSender Email = new SendSmtpEmailSender(SenderName, SenderEmail);
            string ToEmail = "[email protected]";
            string ToName = "John Doe";
            SendSmtpEmailTo smtpEmailTo = new SendSmtpEmailTo(ToEmail, ToName);
            List<SendSmtpEmailTo> To = new List<SendSmtpEmailTo>();
            To.Add(smtpEmailTo);
            string BccName = "Janice Doe";
            string BccEmail = "[email protected]";
            SendSmtpEmailBcc BccData = new SendSmtpEmailBcc(BccEmail, BccName);
            List<SendSmtpEmailBcc> Bcc = new List<SendSmtpEmailBcc>();
            Bcc.Add(BccData);
            string CcName = "John Doe";
            string CcEmail = "[email protected]";
            SendSmtpEmailCc CcData = new SendSmtpEmailCc(CcEmail, CcName);
            List<SendSmtpEmailCc> Cc = new List<SendSmtpEmailCc>();
            Cc.Add(CcData);
            string HtmlContent = "<html><body><h1>This is my first transactional email {{params.parameter}}</h1></body></html>";
            string TextContent = null;
            string Subject = "My {{params.subject}}";
            string ReplyToName = "John Doe";
            string ReplyToEmail = "[email protected]";
            SendSmtpEmailReplyTo ReplyTo = new SendSmtpEmailReplyTo(ReplyToEmail, ReplyToName);
            string AttachmentUrl = null;
            string stringInBase64 = "aGVsbG8gdGhpcyBpcyB0ZXN0";
            byte[] Content = System.Convert.FromBase64String(stringInBase64);
            string AttachmentName = "test.txt";
            SendSmtpEmailAttachment AttachmentContent = new SendSmtpEmailAttachment(AttachmentUrl, Content, AttachmentName);
            List<SendSmtpEmailAttachment> Attachment = new List<SendSmtpEmailAttachment>();
            Attachment.Add(AttachmentContent);
            JObject Headers = new JObject();
            Headers.Add("Some-Custom-Name", "unique-id-1234");
            long? TemplateId = null;
            JObject Params = new JObject();
            Params.Add("parameter", "My param value");
            Params.Add("subject", "New Subject");
            List<string> Tags = new List<string>();
            Tags.Add("mytag");
            SendSmtpEmailTo1 smtpEmailTo1 = new SendSmtpEmailTo1(ToEmail, ToName);
            List<SendSmtpEmailTo1> To1 = new List<SendSmtpEmailTo1>();
            To1.Add(smtpEmailTo1);
            Dictionary<string, object> _parmas = new Dictionary<string, object>();
            _parmas.Add("params", Params);
            SendSmtpEmailReplyTo1 ReplyTo1 = new SendSmtpEmailReplyTo1(ReplyToEmail, ReplyToName);
            SendSmtpEmailMessageVersions messageVersion = new SendSmtpEmailMessageVersions(To1, _parmas, Bcc, Cc, ReplyTo1, Subject);
            List<SendSmtpEmailMessageVersions> messageVersiopns = new List<SendSmtpEmailMessageVersions>();
            messageVersiopns.Add(messageVersion);
            try
            {
                var sendSmtpEmail = new SendSmtpEmail(Email, To, Bcc, Cc, HtmlContent, TextContent, Subject, ReplyTo, Attachment, Headers, TemplateId, Params, messageVersiopns, Tags);
                CreateSmtpEmail result = apiInstance.SendTransacEmail(sendSmtpEmail);
                Debug.WriteLine(result.ToJson());
                Console.WriteLine(result.ToJson());
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Debug.WriteLine(e.Message);
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
        }
    }
}

type herepackage main
import (
	"fmt"
	"context"
    sib_api_v3_sdk "./lib"
)

func main() {
	var ctx context.Context
	var cli = sib_api_v3_sdk.APIClient{
		cfg: sib_api_v3_sdk.NewConfiguration(),
	}
	//Configure API key authorization: api-key
	cli.cfg.AddDefaultHeader("api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

	sib := sib_api_v3_sdk.NewAPIClient(cli.cfg)
	body := SendSmtpEmail{
		HtmlContent: "<html><body><h1>This is my first transactional email </h1></body></html",
		Subject:     "New Subject",
		TemplateId:  int64(5),
    Sender: &SendSmtpEmailSender{
      Name: "John Doe"
      Email:"[email protected]"
    },
    To: []string {"[email protected]",},
    Cc: []string{"[email protected]",},
    Bcc: []string {"[email protected]",},
    ReplyTo: SendSmtpEmailReplyTo{
      Name: "John Doe"
      Email:"[email protected]"
    }
    Headers: map[string]interface{}{
      "Some-Custom-Name":"unique-id-1234",
    }
    Params: = map[string]interface{}{
      "parameter":"My param value",
      "subject":"New Subject",
    }
	}
	obj, resp, err := sib.TransactionalEmailsApi.SendTransacEmail(ctx, body)
    if err!=nil{
        fmt.Println("Error in TransactionalEmailsApi->SendTransacEmail ",err.Error())
        return
    }
	fmt.Println( "SendTransacEmail, response:",resp,"SendTransacEmail object",obj)
	return 
}

# load the gem
require 'sib-api-v3-sdk'
# setup authorization
SibApiV3Sdk.configure do |config|
  # Configure API key authorization: api-key
  config.api_key['api-key'] = 'YOUR API KEY'
end

api_instance = SibApiV3Sdk::TransactionalEmailsApi.new

send_smtp_email = SibApiV3Sdk::SendSmtpEmail.new # SendSmtpEmail | Values to send a transactional email

send_smtp_email = {
  'subject'=> 'My {{params.subject}}',
  'htmlContent'=> '<html><body><h1>This is my first transactional email {{params.parameter}}</h1></body></html>',
  'sender'=> {
    'name'=> 'John Doe',
    'email'=> '[email protected]'
  },
  'to'=> [{'email'=>'[email protected]','name'=>'John Doe'}],
  'cc'=> [{'email'=>'[email protected]','name'=>'Janice Doe'}],
  'bcc'=> [{'email'=>'[email protected]','name'=>'Jane Doe'}],
  'replyTo'=> {'email'=>'[email protected]','name'=>'John Doe'},
  'headers'=> {'Some-Custom-Name'=>'unique-id-1234'},
  'params'=> {'parameter'=>'My param value','subject'=>'New Subject'}
}

begin
  #Send a transactional email
  result = api_instance.send_transac_email(send_smtp_email)
  p result
rescue SibApiV3Sdk::ApiError => e
  puts "Exception when calling TransactionalEmailsApi->send_transac_email: #{e}"
end
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