civicrm_api('mailing', 'create')

civicrm_api_mailing_create.php

<?php

/**
 * Handle a create event
 *
 * @param array $params
 * @return array
 */
function civicrm_api3_mailing_create($params, $ids = array()) {
        $required = array(
                // need to have either 'groups' OR 'mailings'
                'groups',
                'subject',
                'body_html',
                // maybe extrapolate
                'name',
                'created_id',
                'body_text',
                'contact_id',
        );
        $session =& CRM_Core_Session::singleton();
        $current_user = $session->get('userID');
        $defaults = array(
                'created_date'    => date('YmdHis'),
                // load the default config settings for each
                'reply_id'        => 7,
                'unsubscribe_id'  => 5,
                'optout_id'       => 6,
                'resubscribe_id'  => 8,
                'override_verp'   => TRUE,
                'forward_replies' => FALSE,
                'open_tracking'   => TRUE,
                'url_tracking'    => TRUE,
                'visibility'      => 'User and User Admin Only',
                'replyto_email'   => '[email protected]',
                'header_id'       => 1,
                'footer_id'       => 2,
                'from_email'      => '[email protected]',
                'from_name'       => 'From Name',
                'msg_template_id' => NULL,
                'contact_id'      => $current_user,
                'created_id'      => $current_user,
        );
        $params = array_merge($defaults, $params);
        dpm($params, 'with defaults');
        // expected this to work, but complains about missing param 'version'
        // civicrm_api3_verify_mandatory ($params, 'CRM_Mailing_BAO_Mailing', $required, FALSE );
        // as does this
        // civicrm_api3_verify_mandatory ($params, null, $required, FALSE );
        // le sigh

        $mailing = CRM_Mailing_BAO_Mailing::create($params, $ids);
        if (!civicrm_api3_error($mailing)) {
                $job = new CRM_Mailing_BAO_Job();
                $job->mailing_id = $mailing->id;
                $job->status = 'Scheduled';
                $job->scheduled_date = date('YmdHis');
                $job->save();
                $mailing->approval_date  = CRM_Utils_Date::isoToMySQL(date('YmdHis'));
                $mailing->approver_id = $current_user;
                $mailing->approval_status_id = 1;
                $mailing->scheduled_id = $current_user;
                $mailing->scheduled_date  = date('YmdHis');
                $mailing->created_date = CRM_Utils_Date::isoToMySQL(date('YmdHis'));
                $mailing->save();
                dpm($job, 'job');
                dpm($mailing, 'mailing');
        }
        return $mailing;
}