# Generate text

To generate text you need a [premise ID](https://developers.copyfactory.io/api/premises) and a dictionary containing **keys** that are the the **required fields** for the premise fields and **values** that contain the actual **data**. 

Here is a basic example for a **sentence** premise where the required datapoints would have been \[' first\_name'*, '*person\_description'].

```
{
	"first_name": "Mark",
	"person_description": "This is my description of someone..."
}
```

If you do not know the required fields for your premise ID use the [get premise endpoint](https://developers.copyfactory.io/api/premises/get-a-premise).

{% hint style="warning" %}
If you receive an empty sentence back this is likely due to an error in your variables. Make sure to check the required fields and try again. All generations will contain meta data on the request.
{% endhint %}

## Generate text for personalizing contacts or for generating entire emails.

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://app.copyfactory.io/api/v2/generate/`

#### Headers

| Name                                            | Type   | Description              |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------ |
| Authorization<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | string | Your Copyfactory API key |

#### Request Body

| Name                                          | Type   | Description                                                                                                  |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| premise\_id<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | int    | The ID of the sentence premise you wish to use.                                                              |
| variables<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>   | object | A dictionary with keys containing the required data fields and values which contain the actual contact data. |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK " %}

```javascript
{
	"status": "success",
	"content": "This is the generated sentence based on the prospect data.",
	"meta_data": {
		"sentence_premise": {
			"id": 20,
			"order": 1,
			"is_active": False,
			"required_variables": ["first_name", "company_description"],
			"sentence_premise_name": "Company - Edited",
			"profile_name": "Copyfactory"
		},
		"variables": {
			"first_name": "Mark",
			"company_description": "This is my company description"
		}
	}
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Shell" %}

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://app.copyfactory.io/api/v2/generate/' \
--header 'Authorization: API-KEY' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
            "premise_id": PREMISE_ID,
            "variables": {"field_name":"field data"}
}'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```
import requests
import json

url = "https://app.copyfactory.io/api/v2/generate/"

payload = json.dumps({
  "premise_id": PREMISE_ID,
  "variables": {
    "field_name": "field data"
  }
})

headers = {
  'Authorization': 'API-KEY',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}