Send Notification
Send a referral notification to somebody
The result output is a JSON array with its results section being something to the lines of the following:
{
"result": {
"code": 1,
"status": "ok"
},
"results": {
"send_notification": {
"notification": {
"message": {
"body": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut cursus scelerisque erat id ultricies. Maecenas sit amet ornare ex. Nam massa tellus, feugiat at arcu sit amet, euismod lobortis nunc. Suspendisse mollis pulvinar nunc, sed ultrices lorem fermentum quis. Mauris consequat metus dictum, sollicitudin nulla ut, aliquam erat. Ut quam erat, scelerisque at sodales vel, mollis sit amet ipsum. Vestibulum vel felis risus. Donec cursus pellentesque neque ac tincidunt. Curabitur pellentesque tempus quam sed eleifend. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Donec vehicula hendrerit imperdiet. Phasellus vitae magna ultrices, porttitor ex et, cursus dui.",
"subject": "Use my referral_code"
},
"referral_email": "joe.bloggs@example.com",
"referral_phone_number": "1234567890",
"referral_type": "email"
},
"referring_user": {
"address_housenumber": null,
"address_housenumber_extension": null,
"address_latitude": null,
"address_line_2": null,
"address_line_3": null,
"address_longitude": null,
"address_postalcode": null,
"address_regionstate": null,
"address_streetname": null,
"address_towncity": null,
"authentication_point": null,
"authentication_point_identifier": "23t24ty3464373",
"auxiliary_identifier": null,
"average_basket_value": "0.00",
"country_code": null,
"days_since_last_purchase": null,
"entity_code": {
"code": "3627395",
"type": "regular"
},
"first_name": "John",
"frequency": 0,
"id": 3627395,
"is_employee": false,
"is_influencer": false,
"language": null,
"last_name": "Smith",
"loyalty_status": null,
"mailing_list": {
"mailing_list_sub_offered": false,
"mailing_list_subscribed": false,
"printed_mailing_list_subscribed": false
},
"member_number": "3627395",
"monetary": 0,
"number_of_purchases": 0,
"obfuscated": false,
"offline_shopper": false,
"online_shopper": false,
"opt_in_programme": {
"join_date": "2020-04-07T15:41:54+00:00",
"programme_opted_in": true
},
"opt_in_secondary": null,
"opt_in_secondary_last_modified_date": null,
"overall": 0,
"push_notification_subscription": {
"subscribed": false,
"subscriptions": []
},
"recency": 0,
"referral_channel": null,
"referral_code": "h4u8db",
"referring_user": null,
"registered": true,
"signup_channel": "webshop",
"stores": "",
"user_id": 3627395,
"username": "john.smith@spaaza.com"
}
},
"result_type": "send-notification"
}
}
- Call name: send-notification
- Endpoint URL: https://{API hostname}/send-notification
- Request methods: GET
- Response Content-Type: application/json
- Auth required: yes
This endpoint allows a referring_user to send a notification to a potential referred_user to join a loyalty programme. A successful response will trigger a notification-webhook webhook or event.
JSON POST Request
The JSON file posted to the API call should be in the following format. Annotation is provided below:
{
"entity": {
"entity_type": "chain",
"entity_id": 1743
},
"referring_user": {
"user_id": 3627395
},
"campaign": {
"campaign_id": 2098
},
"message": {
"subject": "Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit...",
"body": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut cursus scelerisque erat id ultricies. Maecenas sit amet ornare ex. Nam massa tellus, feugiat at arcu sit amet, euismod lobortis nunc. Suspendisse mollis pulvinar nunc, sed ultrices lorem fermentum quis. Mauris consequat metus dictum, sollicitudin nulla ut, aliquam erat. Ut quam erat, scelerisque at sodales vel, mollis sit amet ipsum. Vestibulum vel felis risus. Donec cursus pellentesque neque ac tincidunt. Curabitur pellentesque tempus quam sed eleifend. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Donec vehicula hendrerit imperdiet. Phasellus vitae magna ultrices, porttitor ex et, cursus dui."
},
"referral_type": "email",
"referral_email": "joe.bloggs@example",
"referral_phone_number": "1234567890"
}
JSON request parameters:
Below is a description of the JSON request paramters for the send-notification endpoint:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| entity (mandatory) | Details of the retailer which is submitting the request. |
| entity_type (mandatory) | The type of entity of the retailer. If the retailer is a chain with branches, this will be “chain”. If the retailer is an independent business with a single branch, this will be “business”. |
| entity_id (mandatory) | The Spaaza ID of the retailer entity. |
| campaign (mandatory) | Details of the referral campaign that that referring_user will participate in. |
| campaign_id (mandatory) | The campaign_id of a referral campaign. |
| referring_user (mandatory for Admin and Privileged authentication) | The referring_user is the user who's referral_code was used by the referred_user during their signup. The referring_user can be identified by either their referral_code, authentication_point_identifier, user_id, username or member_number. |
| message (mandatory) | Details about the message the referring_user is sending. |
| subject (mandatory) | Subject line of the message. |
| body (mandatory) | Body of the message. |
| referral_type (mandatory) | The type of referral messsage. |
| referral_email or referral_phone_number (at least one must be present) | The email address or phone_number of the individual that will receive the message. Note: The referral_email must not already be registered as a user in the system. |
Permissions and Authentication
This API call requires a valid Spaaza session. The session can be as follows:
- Admin authentication: the performing user needs to be logged in and have
write accessto the chain to which the user is connected. - Privileged authentication: the use of privileged authentication is permitted for this endpoint.
Permissions
This API call requires the following permissions scenarios: Write permissions for the entity on behalf of which the call is being made.
Possible error responses
The following represents a list of possible error responses for the send-notification endpoint:
| Code | Name and Description | HTTP Status Code |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | http_vars_missing This script is missing some required variables which must be submitted. | 400 |
| 6 | no_valid_session The user needs to be logged in and a valid session key needs to be sent | 401 |
| 68 | permission_denied_or_non_existent This user has insufficient permissions for this object or the object does not exist. | 500 |
| 403 | campaign_type_not_supported This type of campaign is not supported | 400 |
| 154 | user_id_invalid The user_id passed must be an integer up to 10 digits long | 400 |
| 217 | chain_id_not_found No record has been found for that chain_id | 400 |
| 228 | auth_method_invalid The given auth_method parameter has an invalid value. | 500 |
| 405 | entity_mismatch The entities or chains supplied do not match. Unable to find a user matching the chain_id supplied | 400 |
| 413 | campaign_not_found The campaign was not found | 400 |
| 403 | campaign_type_not_supported This type of campaign is not supported. The campaign must be a referral campaign | 400 |
| 264 | myprice_app_without_entity The requested MyPrice app does not have an entity associated with it. | 400 |
| 265 | authorization_invalid The given authorization header is invalid. | 400 |
| 267 | no_valid_user A valid username needs to be specified | 401 |
| 269 | no_myprice_app Myprice app is required | 400 |
| 270 | user_not_found No user was found | 404 |
| 416 | multiple_parameter_mismatch Multiple parameters supplied when fewer are required | 400 |
| 419 | parameter_invalid One of the parameters is invalid and should be in a different format | 400 |
| 424 | access_denied Access is denied | 400 |