> ## Documentation Index
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# Start Chat Session

> Start a new chat session for creating a sender profile.

Initiates a conversational interface that guides users through
creating a comprehensive sender profile.

Returns:
    Initial chat message with session ID



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://api.bavlio.com/openapi.json post /api/v1/sender-profile-chat/start
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Bavlio API
  description: >-
    Outreach automation API — lead enrichment, email campaigns, LinkedIn
    automation, and AI agent. Full docs at https://docs.bavlio.com.
  version: 1.0.0
servers: []
security: []
tags:
  - name: API Keys
    description: >-
      Create, list, and revoke API keys for programmatic access. JWT
      authentication required.
  - name: credits
    description: Credit balance, cost estimates, and transaction history.
  - name: campaigns
    description: Create, manage, launch, and monitor email campaigns.
  - name: campaign-personalization
    description: AI-powered email subject and body personalization for campaigns.
  - name: email-finder
    description: Find and verify email addresses for prospects.
  - name: email-verification
    description: Validate email addresses and prune invalid entries from datasets.
  - name: sender-profiles
    description: Manage sender identity profiles for outreach.
  - name: sender-profile-chat
    description: Interactive chat for building sender profiles.
  - name: templates
    description: Email template CRUD.
  - name: suppression
    description: Do-not-contact suppression list management.
  - name: datasets
    description: Lead dataset listing, download, and updates.
  - name: user-extractions
    description: Uploaded lead file management and processing.
  - name: enrichment-chat
    description: Interactive chat for data enrichment sessions.
  - name: enrichment-processing
    description: Batch lead enrichment processing.
  - name: File Upload (CSV/Excel)
    description: Upload and preview CSV/Excel lead files.
  - name: connected-accounts
    description: LinkedIn account connections via Unipile.
  - name: linkedin-content
    description: LinkedIn post creation, scheduling, and management.
  - name: linkedin-playground
    description: Direct LinkedIn actions (profile lookup, messaging, engagement).
  - name: bavimail-proxy
    description: BaviMail domain, alias, and email management.
  - name: agent
    description: Bavi AI agent chat with SSE streaming.
  - name: notifications
    description: Notification preferences and delivery.
  - name: referral
    description: Referral code management and stats.
  - name: feedback
    description: User feedback submission.
  - name: authentication
    description: JWT token verification and user info.
  - name: Google OAuth
    description: Google OAuth login flow and access tokens.
  - name: Google Sheets OAuth
    description: Google Sheets import and access management.
  - name: stripe
    description: Stripe checkout, billing portal, and subscription status. JWT only.
  - name: users
    description: User quota and usage information.
  - name: Health
    description: Health checks and system status.
  - name: Personalization
    description: Core lead personalization engine.
  - name: Session Management
    description: Enrichment session lifecycle.
  - name: Session Processing
    description: Session data processing.
  - name: webhooks
    description: Inbound webhook handlers (Stripe, BaviMail, Unipile).
paths:
  /api/v1/sender-profile-chat/start:
    post:
      tags:
        - sender-profile-chat
      summary: Start Chat Session
      description: |-
        Start a new chat session for creating a sender profile.

        Initiates a conversational interface that guides users through
        creating a comprehensive sender profile.

        Returns:
            Initial chat message with session ID
      operationId: start_chat_session_api_v1_sender_profile_chat_start_post
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing JWT token
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - Insufficient permissions
      security:
        - HTTPBearer: []
components:
  schemas:
    ChatResponse:
      properties:
        session_id:
          type: string
          title: Session Id
        message:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatMessage'
        is_complete:
          type: boolean
          title: Is Complete
          description: Whether profile collection is complete
          default: false
        collected_data:
          anyOf:
            - additionalProperties: true
              type: object
            - type: 'null'
          title: Collected Data
          description: All collected profile data so far
        next_field:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Next Field
          description: The field we're expecting next
        suggestions:
          anyOf:
            - items:
                type: string
              type: array
            - type: 'null'
          title: Suggestions
          description: Suggested responses or examples
      type: object
      required:
        - session_id
        - message
      title: ChatResponse
      description: Response model for chat interactions.
    ChatMessage:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          title: Id
        role:
          type: string
          title: Role
          description: 'Message sender: ''user'' or ''assistant'''
        content:
          type: string
          title: Content
          description: Message content
        timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          title: Timestamp
        metadata:
          anyOf:
            - additionalProperties: true
              type: object
            - type: 'null'
          title: Metadata
          description: Additional metadata like field name, validation rules
      type: object
      required:
        - role
        - content
      title: ChatMessage
      description: Represents a single message in the chat conversation.
  securitySchemes:
    HTTPBearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````