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Event Triggered Campaign

One Time Campaign

Campaign Launch

Campaign Pause

Error Codes & Responses

Event Triggered Campaign

You can use the following api to create and launch an event triggered campaign

Sample Call:

cURL

 curl  -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST -d '{
  "name": "Event Triggered campaign - 1",
  "startdate": "2017-08-21T20:09:26Z",
  "enddate": "2017-09-21T20:09:26Z", 
  "triggering_event_name": "enrolled",
  "bypass_message_limits": true,
  "send_to_unsubscribed": false,
  "triggers": [
    {
      "template_uuid": "0f09e1d8-7a4a-4e0d-85f5-987e47cf95dd",
      "utm_source": "blueshift", 
      "utm_campaign": "event_triggered_campaign_1",
      "utm_medium": "email"
    }
  ]
}' -u <USER_API_KEY>:  https://api.getblueshift.com/api/v1/campaigns/event_triggered

Sample Response:

JSON

{
    "campaign": {
        "uuid": "21f20429-a2ab-477d-8d66-ddd9a6308fe1",
        "name": "Event Triggered campaign - 1",
        "startdate": "2017-08-21T20:09:26Z",
        "enddate": "2017-09-21T20:09:26Z",
        "triggering_event_name": "enrolled",
        "bypass_message_limits": true,
        "send_to_unsubscribed": false,
        "journey_concurrency": "multiple"
    }
}

Attributes:

Attribute	Description	Sample
name	Campaign Name	"Event Triggered campaign - 1"
startdate	Campaign start time, in iso8601 format, default's to the current time (The campaign will launched immediately)	"2017-08-21T20:09:26Z"
enddate	Campaign end time, in iso8601 format, default is null (will run forever)	"2017-09-21T20:09:26Z"
triggering_event_name	The event which trigger's this campaign. If this attribute is not set it defaults to "api endpoint is called"	"enrolled"
bypass_messaging_limits	Exclude from messaging limits, boolean value. Default is false	true
send_to_unsubscribed	Send to Unsubscribed users, boolean value. Default is false	false
journey_concurrency	Allowed values ["once_per_lifetime"," once_at_any_time", "multiple"]. Default value is once_at_any_time	"once_at_any_time"
triggers.templates_uuid	UUID of the template to be used for the trigger, this will determine the channel too (Email, Push or SMS)	"0f09e1d8-7a4a-4e0d-85f5-987e47cf95dd"
triggers.utm_source	UTM Source, default value is "blueshift"	"blueshift"
triggers.utm_campaign	UTM Campaign, default value is campaign name	"event_triggered_campaign_1"
triggers.utm_medium	UTM Medium, default value is the inferred from the template type (Ex: "email" )	"email"
triggers.utm_content	UTM Content
triggers.utm_term	UTM Term

Sample Data:

JSON

{
  "name": "Event Triggered campaign - 1",
  "startdate": "2017-08-21T20:09:26Z",
  "enddate": "2017-09-21T20:09:26Z", 
  "triggering_event_name": "enrolled",
  "bypass_message_limits": true,
  "send_to_unsubscribed": false,
  "triggers": [
    {
      "template_uuid": "0f09e1d8-7a4a-4e0d-85f5-987e47cf95dd",
      "utm_source": "blueshift", 
      "utm_campaign": "event_triggered_campaign_1",
      "utm_medium": "email"
    }
  ]
}

One Time Campaign

You can use the following api to create and launch a one time campaign

Sample Call:

cURL

 curl  -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST -d '{
  "name": "One time campaign",
  "startdate": "2018-08-21T20:09:26Z",
  "segment_uuid": "7ffeb874-c059-431d-a54c-c7fbae08cb98",
  "send_summary_emails": "test@test.com",
  "bypass_message_limits": true,
  "send_to_unsubscribed": false,
  "triggers": [
    {
      "template_uuid": "0f09e1d8-7a4a-4e0d-85f5-987e47cf95dd",
      "utm_source": "blueshift", 
      "utm_campaign": "one_time_campaign_1",
      "utm_medium": "email"
    }
  ]
}' -u <USER_API_KEY>:  https://api.getblueshift.com/api/v1/campaigns/one_time

Sample Response:

{
    "campaign": {
        "uuid": "21f20429-a2ab-477d-8d66-ddd9a6308fe1",
        "name": "One time campaign - 1",
        "startdate": "2018-08-21T20:09:26Z",
        "bypass_message_limits": true,
        "segment_uuid": "7ffeb874-c059-431d-a54c-c7fbae08cb98",
        "send_summary_emails": "test@test.com",
        "send_to_unsubscribed": false
    }
}

Attributes:

Attribute	Description	Sample
name	Campaign Name	"One time campaign"
startdate	Campaign start time, in iso8601 format, default's to the current time (The campaign will launched immediately)	"2017-08-21T20:09:26Z"
segment_uuid	Uuid of the segment, this is a required field	"1ffec874-c059-431d-a54c-c7fbae18cb98"
send_summary_emails	The email address for the campaign execution summary report	"test@test.com,test1@test.com"
bypass_messaging_limits	Exclude from messaging limits, boolean value. Default is false	true
send_to_unsubscribed	Send to Unsubscribed users, boolean value. Default is false	false
triggers.utm_source	UTM Source, default value is "blueshift"	"blueshift"
triggers.utm_campaign	UTM Campaign, default value is campaign name	"event_triggered_campaign_1"
triggers.utm_medium	UTM Medium, default value is the inferred from the template type (Ex: "email" )	"email"
triggers.utm_content	UTM Content
triggers.utm_term	UTM Term

Campaign Launch

You can use the following api to launch a campaign

curl -X PUT -u <USER_API_KEY>:  https://api.getblueshift.com/api/v1/campaigns/<campaign_uuid>/launch

Campaign Pause

You can use the following api to pause a campaign

curl -X PUT -u <USER_API_KEY>: https://api.getblueshift.com/api/v1/campaigns/<campaign_uuid>/pause

Error Codes & Responses:

Code	Text	Description
400	Bad Request	The request was invalid or cannot be otherwise served. An accompanying error message will explain further
404	Resource not found	Can happen due to resource conflict's, re-try with exponential backoff, if the issue is not resolved please contact blueshift
409	Conflict error, please retry	The request could not be completed due to a conflict with the current state of the target resource, re-try with exponential backoff
413	You can upload maximum 50 users in one api call	The server is refusing to process a request because the request payload is larger than the server is willing or able to process.
429	Rate limit exceeded	Too many requests, please contact blueshift for recommended throughput's.
500	Internal Server Error	Please contact Blueshift for more information
502	Service unavailable, please retry	Bad Gateway, re-try with exponential backoff
503	Service unavailable, please retry	Service Unavailable, re-try with exponential backoff
504	Service unavailable, please retry	Gateway Timeout, please re-try with exponential backoff