Example Usage of campaign_list
View one or many campaigns.
Description: | View campaign settings and information. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Endpoint: |
/admin/api.php?api_action=campaign_list
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HTTP method: | GET |
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Supported output formats: | xml, json, serialize |
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Requires authentication: | true |
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Parameters: |
* indicates requirement. Underlined params include in URL, otherwise as part of the post body. POST data must be formatted as
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded. We don't accept any other input formats like JSON.
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Example response: |
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PHP Example
This is an example of using the campaign_list
call with PHP.
You can replicate the same idea in virtually any other programming language.
The example shown is using serialize
as the output format.
You can change that to XML
or JSON
if you would like.
<?php // By default, this sample code is designed to get the result from your ActiveCampaign installation and print out the result $url = 'https://account.api-us1.com'; // the API Key can be found on the "Your Settings" page under the "API" tab. // replace this with your API Key $api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'; $params = array( // this is the action that fetches campaign info based on the ID you provide 'api_action' => 'campaign_list', // define the type of output you wish to get back // possible values: // - 'xml' : you have to write your own XML parser // - 'json' : data is returned in JSON format and can be decoded with // json_decode() function (included in PHP since 5.2.0) // - 'serialize' : data is returned in a serialized format and can be decoded with // a native unserialize() function 'api_output' => 'serialize', // a comma-separated list of IDs of campaigns you wish to fetch 'ids' => '1,2,3,4,5', // filters: supply filters that will narrow down the results // Campaign ID: only include campaigns with an ID greater than some integer // 'filters[id_greater]' => '44', // Campaign ID: only include campaigns with an ID less than some integer // 'filters[id_less]' => '44', // perform a pattern match (LIKE) for Campaign Name // 'filters[name]' => 'General', // campaign type // 'filters[type]' => 'single', // possible values: // - 'single' // - 'recurring' // - 'split' // - 'responder' // - 'reminder' // - 'activerss' // - 'text' // Campaigns sent to certain lists: exact match - provide single list ID, or comma-separated list ID's // 'filters[listid]' => '4', // Campaigns created *since* a specified date in the past: exact match - provide MySQL-formatted date/time string // 'filters[cdate_since_datetime]' => '2009-10-22 00:00:00', // Campaigns that started sending *since* a specified date in the past: exact match - provide MySQL-formatted // date/time string // 'filters[sdate_since_datetime]' => '2009-10-22 00:00:00', // Campaigns that last sent *since* a specified date in the past: exact match - provide MySQL-formatted date/time // string // 'filters[ldate_since_datetime]' => '2009-10-22 00:00:00', // Campaigns created by users of specific group(s). Please note your API user must be in the "Admin" Group to // retrieve different group data // 'filters[groupids]' => '5,7,9', // whether or not to return ALL data, or an abbreviated portion (set to 0 for abbreviated) 'full' => 1, // optional: change how results are sorted (default is below) // 'sort' => 'id' // possible values: // - 'id' (campaign id) // - 'cdate' // 'sort_direction' => 'DESC' // possible values: // - 'ASC' // - 'DESC' // pagination - results are limited to 10 per page, so specify what page to view (default is 1) // 'page' => 2, ); // This section takes the input fields and converts them to the proper format $query = ""; foreach( $params as $key => $value ) $query .= urlencode($key) . '=' . urlencode($value) . '&'; $query = rtrim($query, '& '); // clean up the url $url = rtrim($url, '/ '); // This sample code uses the CURL library for php to establish a connection, // submit your request, and show (print out) the response. if ( !function_exists('curl_init') ) die('CURL not supported. (introduced in PHP 4.0.2)'); // If JSON is used, check if json_decode is present (PHP 5.2.0+) if ( $params['api_output'] == 'json' && !function_exists('json_decode') ) { die('JSON not supported. (introduced in PHP 5.2.0)'); } // define a final API request - GET $api = $url . '/admin/api.php?' . $query; $request = curl_init($api); // initiate curl object curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('API-TOKEN: ' . $api_key)); // Provide the API Token via the API-TOKEN header curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); // set to 0 to eliminate header info from response curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); // Returns response data instead of TRUE(1) //curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE); // uncomment if you get no gateway response and are using HTTPS curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true); $response = (string)curl_exec($request); // execute curl fetch and store results in $response // additional options may be required depending upon your server configuration // you can find documentation on curl options at http://www.php.net/curl_setopt curl_close($request); // close curl object if ( !$response ) { die('Nothing was returned. Do you have a connection to Email Marketing server?'); } // This line takes the response and breaks it into an array using: // JSON decoder //$result = json_decode($response); // unserializer $result = unserialize($response); // XML parser... // ... // Result info that is always returned echo 'Result: ' . ( $result['result_code'] ? 'SUCCESS' : 'FAILED' ) . '<br />'; echo 'Message: ' . $result['result_message'] . '<br />'; // The entire result printed out echo 'The entire result printed out:<br />'; echo '<pre>'; print_r($result); echo '</pre>'; // Raw response printed out echo 'Raw response printed out:<br />'; echo '<pre>'; print_r($response); echo '</pre>'; // API URL that returned the result echo 'API URL that returned the result:<br />'; echo $api;?>
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