beehiiv

Access the beehiiv API with managed OAuth authentication. Manage newsletter publications, subscriptions, posts, custom fields, segments, tiers, and automations.

Quick Start

# List publications
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/beehiiv/v2/publications')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://api.maton.ai/beehiiv/{native-api-path}

Maton proxies requests to api.beehiiv.com and automatically injects your OAuth token.

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

Environment Variable: Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

1. Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
2. Go to maton.ai/settings
3. Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your beehiiv OAuth connections at https://api.maton.ai.

List Connections

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections?app=beehiiv&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'beehiiv'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "{connection_id}",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2026-02-11T00:25:10.464852Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-02-11T00:27:00.816431Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "beehiiv",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned url in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

Delete Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple beehiiv connections, specify which one to use with the Maton-Connection header:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/beehiiv/v2/publications')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', '{connection_id}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

If you have multiple connections, always include this header to ensure requests go to the intended account.

Security & Permissions

• Access is scoped to newsletter publications, subscriptions, posts, custom fields, segments, and automations within the connected beehiiv account.
• All write operations require explicit user approval. Before executing any create, update, or delete call, confirm the target resource and intended effect with the user.

API Reference

All beehiiv API endpoints follow this pattern:

/beehiiv/v2/{resource}

Publications

List Publications

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications

Query Parameters:

Response:

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "pub_c6c521e4-91ac-4c14-8a52-06987b7e32f2",
      "name": "My Newsletter",
      "organization_name": "My Organization",
      "referral_program_enabled": true,
      "created": 1770767522
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 10,
  "total_results": 1,
  "total_pages": 1
}

Get Publication

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}

Subscriptions

List Subscriptions

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/subscriptions

Query Parameters:

Response:

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "sub_c27d9640-f418-43a8-a0f9-528c20a05002",
      "email": "subscriber@example.com",
      "status": "active",
      "created": 1770767524,
      "subscription_tier": "free",
      "subscription_premium_tier_names": [],
      "utm_source": "direct",
      "utm_medium": "",
      "utm_channel": "website",
      "utm_campaign": "",
      "referring_site": "",
      "referral_code": "gBZbSVal1X",
      "stripe_customer_id": ""
    }
  ],
  "limit": 10,
  "has_more": false,
  "next_cursor": null
}

Get Subscription by ID

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/subscriptions/{subscription_id}

Query Parameters:

Get Subscription by Email

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/subscriptions/by_email/{email}

Create Subscription

POST /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/subscriptions
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "email": "newsubscriber@example.com",
  "utm_source": "api",
  "send_welcome_email": false,
  "reactivate_existing": false
}

Request Body:

Update Subscription

PATCH /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/subscriptions/{subscription_id}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "utm_source": "updated-source",
  "custom_fields": [
    {"name": "First Name", "value": "John"}
  ]
}

Delete Subscription

DELETE /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/subscriptions/{subscription_id}

Posts

List Posts

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/posts

Query Parameters:

Response:

{
  "data": [],
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 10,
  "total_results": 0,
  "total_pages": 0
}

Get Post

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/posts/{post_id}

Delete Post

DELETE /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/posts/{post_id}

Custom Fields

List Custom Fields

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/custom_fields

Response:

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "95c9653f-a1cf-45f0-a140-97feef19057b",
      "kind": "string",
      "display": "Last Name",
      "created": 1770767523
    },
    {
      "id": "4cfe081e-c89b-4da5-9c1a-52a4fb8ba69e",
      "kind": "string",
      "display": "First Name",
      "created": 1770767523
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 10,
  "total_results": 2,
  "total_pages": 1
}

Field Kinds: string, integer, boolean, date, datetime, list, double

Create Custom Field

POST /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/custom_fields
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "display": "Company",
  "kind": "string"
}

Update Custom Field

PATCH /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/custom_fields/{custom_field_id}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "display": "Company Name"
}

Delete Custom Field

DELETE /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/custom_fields/{custom_field_id}

Segments

List Segments

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/segments

Response:

{
  "data": [],
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 10,
  "total_results": 0,
  "total_pages": 0
}

Get Segment

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/segments/{segment_id}

Delete Segment

DELETE /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/segments/{segment_id}

Tiers

List Tiers

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/tiers

Get Tier

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/tiers/{tier_id}

Create Tier

POST /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/tiers
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "Premium",
  "description": "Premium tier with exclusive content"
}

Update Tier

PATCH /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/tiers/{tier_id}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "Updated Tier Name"
}

Automations

List Automations

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/automations

Get Automation

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/automations/{automation_id}

Referral Program

Get Referral Program

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/referral_program

Pagination

beehiiv supports two pagination methods:

Cursor-Based (Recommended)

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications/{publication_id}/subscriptions?limit=10&cursor={next_cursor}

Response includes:

{
  "data": [...],
  "limit": 10,
  "has_more": true,
  "next_cursor": "eyJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOiIyMDI0LTA3LTAyVDE3OjMwOjAwLjAwMDAwMFoifQ=="
}

Use the next_cursor value for subsequent requests.

Page-Based (Deprecated)

GET /beehiiv/v2/publications?page=2&limit=10

Response includes:

{
  "data": [...],
  "page": 2,
  "limit": 10,
  "total_results": 50,
  "total_pages": 5
}

Note: Page-based pagination is limited to 100 pages maximum.

Code Examples

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.maton.ai/beehiiv/v2/publications',
  {
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`
    }
  }
);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.data);

Python

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.maton.ai/beehiiv/v2/publications',
    headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}'}
)
data = response.json()
for pub in data['data']:
    print(f"{pub['id']}: {pub['name']}")

Notes

• Publication IDs start with pub_
• Subscription IDs start with sub_
• Timestamps are Unix timestamps (seconds since epoch)
• Custom fields must be created before use in subscriptions
• Cursor-based pagination is recommended for better performance
• Page-based pagination is deprecated and limited to 100 pages
• IMPORTANT: When using curl commands, use curl -g when URLs contain brackets to disable glob parsing
• IMPORTANT: When piping curl output to jq or other commands, environment variables like $MATON_API_KEY may not expand correctly in some shell environments

Error Handling

Troubleshooting: API Key Issues

1. Check that the MATON_API_KEY environment variable is set:

echo $MATON_API_KEY

1. Verify the API key is valid by listing connections:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Troubleshooting: Invalid App Name

1. Ensure your URL path starts with beehiiv. For example:

• Correct: https://api.maton.ai/beehiiv/v2/publications
• Incorrect: https://api.maton.ai/v2/publications

Resources

• beehiiv Developer Documentation
• beehiiv API Reference
• beehiiv Help Center
• Maton Community
• Maton Support