Feature Request: Ability to Send Direct Messages to Supporters via API

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Hi everyone,

I’d like to request (or at least understand the feasibility of) an API endpoint for sending messages to patrons.

Why this matters

Many Patreon creator pages are being fully mirrored by piracy sites. In my case, I’ve had to build my own DRM and distribution backend to protect downloadable content. This works — but it creates a new problem:

When I release new builds, I must send every supporter an individual email outside Patreon, because there is no API endpoint that lets me message supporters directly inside the Patreon platform.

What the API currently allows

  • Listing members

  • Reading pledge tiers

  • Fetching posts

  • OAuth verification (great, works fine)

But there is no way to contact supporters programmatically.

What I’m hoping for

A simple endpoint such as:

POST /messages
{
    "recipient_member_id": "...",
    "subject": "...",
    "body": "..."
}

Or even a bulk endpoint to message all active supporters for a campaign.

This would allow:

  • automated release notifications

  • DRM key delivery for each supporter

  • avoiding external email systems entirely

  • keeping the conversation inside Patreon (better UX, less fragmentation)

Why this is good for Patreon

It would significantly reduce creators’ dependence on external messaging, especially for creators dealing with mirrored/pirated pages. More content would stay inside Patreon’s ecosystem instead of being forced into external mailing tools.

If full messaging isn’t feasible, even a limited version (e.g., templated messages, or a webhook-triggered Patreon DM) would help a lot.

Thanks for considering this — and if this is already being discussed somewhere, I’d love to know!

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I actually have a similar problem. My best friend who I code for, has a rather big influx of new patrons monthly and sending each of them a message by hand gets tedious. So we thought about sending messages via Webhook. Email will not work, since many Patreon users use email relay services which only allow to send emails from an email address under the patreon.com domain.