Release Notes

On this page you can keep up to date with new functionality that has been added to Spaaza (from January 2023). We typically release updates every 3-4 weeks, with major changes described here.

25 Nov 2024 - Spaaza API additions and improvements

Improved - when all purchase items in a basket have both item_price and item_original_price fields populated, the difference between the two values is used to calculate the redemption amount and distribution of vouchers being redeemed instead of making any reference to previously calculated voucher redemption values. This allows client-specific discounts to still be applied between calls to the get-basket-price and add-basket endpoints, although we recommend caution. See the subsection called Basket Discounts and Vouchers for more information about voucher redemption. (versions >= 1.5.4)
Improved - added address fields to Profile Completion campaign
Improved - excluded delete campaigns from campaign groups in responses
Improved - return a warning in basket endpoints when a returned item cannot be matched to an original purchase transaction
Improved - return a warning in basket endpoints when sum of item_price amounts for items does not match basket_total_price value. (versions >= 1.5.4)
Fixed - fixed issue creating duplicate rewards in Profile Completion campaign
Fixed - fixed issue with checking active campaigns in basket campaigns
Fixed - fixed issue with transactions when using update_if_exists flag in add-user

18 Nov 2024 - Spaaza API additions and improvements

Fixed - allow basket campaigns to give 100% discount instead of 99.99%
Fixed - fixed issue resolving empty basket vouchers array in basket calls

7 Nov 2024 - Spaaza API additions and improvements

Added - added get-product-variants endpoint with pagination and the ability to filter by barcodes
Improved - add retailer_basket_code to referral relation and use in redemption tracking
Improved - added reward redemption count and progress to get-campaigns output for end users
Improved - allow editable campaign assignment groups
Improved - allow supplier contribution in a basket campaign to be set to null
Improved - check whether assigned_groups parameter for campaign is an array
Improved - database improvements in communications with Magento 2 REST API and module
Improved - extended product endpoints to allow product, product variant and barcode deletion
Fixed - fixed issue with max_reward_quantity when successive baskets do not contain complete reward complement
Fixed - fixed rounding issue when meal deal and free basket competition are used at the same time

20 Oct 2024 - Spaaza API additions and improvements

Added - add-product and add-product-variant endpoints and products now indexed in analytics database
Added - added Campaign Groups to group campaigns together, and API endpoints to manage them
Improved - added meal_deal_monetary_discount and cheapest_product_discount promotion types to basket campaigns
Improved - added external funding ratio to promotional campaigns allowing 3rd party brands to sponsor them
Improved - added max_reward_quantity recurrence limit to basket campaigns
Improved - added warning for unrecognised branch by branch_business_owner_code in basket calls
Improved - allowed multiple campaign assignment groups to be used in meal deal and other promotional basket campaigns
Improved - campaign assignments added to responses for content zones
Improved - improvements to user signature upload flow
Fixed - fixed issue with content zone filtering not working properly in get-content-page
Fixed - fixed issue with content zones returned when applying business filter
Fixed - fixed issue with ordering business by distance in get-businesses
Fixed - issue with returning only active campaigns when searching

1 Oct 2024 - Spaaza API additions and improvements (API version 1.5.4)

Added - basket_minimum_total_value - minimum required basket value in basket endpoints in order to redeem a voucher
Improved - added Item Purchase Count and Progress campaigns to output of user-wallet-ledger
Improved - added business filtering to get-content-page endpoint
Improved - added campaign type and tag filtering to content pages
Improved - added extra user information to the response of get-basket-price and add-basket in version >= 1.5.4
Improved - added privileged authentication to get-businesses API endpoint
Improved - aligned business term search with expected in get-businesses
Improved - allow chain_id and remove entity_type requirement in basket calls in version >= 1.5.4
Improved - remove campaign_budget_constraint_monetary from competition campaign
Improved - restrict competition budget period to single day or entire competition validity period for clarity
Fixed - fixed issue with basket voucher distribution when basket voucher and percentage discount voucher were being redeemed together
Fixed - issued competition vouchers for later use now indexed in get-basket-price call

9 Sep 2024 - Spaaza API additions and improvements

Improved - added campaign active from/until date to voucher analytics
Improved - allow admin and end-user access to get-businesses endpoint
Improved - enable rewards creation via add-user-purchase-progress for Item Purchase Count campaign and other non-wallets
Improved - make chain_id optional in get-businesses as it’s only needed for admin authentication
Fixed - fixed issue calculating previous balance in some circumstances in add-user-purchase-progress
Fixed - issue with BasketCampaign fixed_monetary_discount and add-basket when item_original_price is missing.

27 Aug 2024 - Spaaza API additions and improvements

Added - added Fixed Unit basket voucher and fixed_unit_basket_voucher reward method to campaign award which provides a fixed monetary discount per purchase unit of a matching item
Added - added content zones functionality and alter-content-page and get-content-page API endpoints to API
Improved - added totalvalue transaction message parameter
Improved - adjusted win spread for competition campaigns relative to budget to avoid win clustering
Improved - changed default Purchase Count logic to not include baskets purchased before campaign live date
Improved - extended add-user-purchase-progress endpoint to allow adding Progress and Item Purchase Count campaign amounts
Improved - improve min_earn_quantity logic for Matching Item campaign
Improved - make budget_period_quantity nullable in competition campaign
Improved - use campaign voucher text field for voucher text when creating competition vouchers
Fixed - fixed issue where it was possible for one competition budget period parameter to be null
Fixed - fixed issue where wrong returned basket item field was indexed leading to erroneous analytics data for returns
Fixed - fixed issue with BasketCampaign fixed_monetary_discount and add-basket when item_original_price is missing
Fixed - fixed issue with recurrence logic in purchase count campaign

14 Jul 2024 - Spaaza API additions and improvements

Added - added quantity_unit promotion type to basket campaigns - single unit monetary discount
Added - added business_format and business_region as campaign assignments
Added - added campaign minimum_matching_item_value to basket and other campaigns
Added - added end-user signature storage
Improved - allow PurchaseCount campaign to define the number of times a customer can be rewarded
Improved - campaign assignments exclude option now only applies to barcode assignments
Fixed - fixed bug in competition campaign award calculation and returns

10 Jun 2024 - Spaaza API additions and improvements (API version 1.5.3)

Added - entries wallets for competitions
Improved - made chain_id parameter as mandatory with admin authentication in claim-voucher and unclaim-voucher endpoints for requests >= 1.5.3
Improved - extended Competition campaign functionality by adding budget and budget-based probability calculation
Improved - added call processing queuing to assigning a member_number in MyPrice App
Improved - added a minimum basket value for instant win competitions
Improved - added business_region and business_format as campaign assignment fields
Improved - added entryreference variable to transaction messages
Improved - added new user identifiers to claim-voucher and unclaim-voucher
Improved - added segment checking to birthday campaign issue script
Improved - added several variables to transaction messages: firstname, itemsneeded, value, eligibleitems
Improved - added total count to get-businesses response
Improved - allow increased competition budget amounts
Improved - competition campaigns decide whether to award wins based on supplied basket timestamp rather than processing timestamp
Improved - extended matching item campaign to issue points on value of basket if a basket contains a defined number of matching items
Improved - extended user-wallet-ledger to include branch business ID in the response
Improved - improved admin user authentication permissions-checking and input validation
Improved - improved user/customer synchronisation with Garden Connect API
Improved - removed member_number from user on obfuscation
Improved - removed redundant user eligibility check from event handling in birthday campaign
Improved - the way in which creating a dummy email address works
Fixed - edge-case in promotional basket reward calculation
Fixed - rounding issue in BasketCampaign
Fixed - issue with promotions display for wallet and points wallet
Fixed - parameter name issue when searching for businesses
Fixed - issue where user’s dummy email address could be changed inadvertently
Fixed - reintroduced missing log_message in user_purchase_progress points and wallet ledger entries and notifications
Fixed - stop returning unredeemed competition vouchers in response to get-basket-price

14 May 2024 - Spaaza API additions and improvements (API version 1.5.2)

Added competition campaigns and functionality
Added claim-vouchers endpoint to allow claiming (and optional locking) of multiple vouchers in a single call
Added new business endpoints get-business, get-businesses, delete-business
Users can now be created in add-user without requiring an email address or any other parameters
Added third party id to voucher object when chain configuration is set to allow third party id
Added default 400 HTTP response code for certain older API errors when request version is >= 1.5.2
Added template-based transaction messages to created vouchers and purchase progress in get-basket-price and add-basket responses
Garden Connect/Green Solutions integration now supports adding users with password

21 March 2024 - Spaaza API additions and improvements (API version 1.5.1)

Google and Apple wallet integration for showing membership passes
Allow an end user to request to update their own password
“Favorite Store” - added functionality calculating and returning a user’s favorite store in API endpoints, based on their recent purchase history
“ARTS POSlog” - added functionality to import ARTS (Association for Retail Technology Standards) POSlog transaction files into the Spaaza system
Added cost price functionality to basket items in get-basket-price and add-basket endpoints in order to allow profit margin calculations and analytics sliced by various parameters such as store, product, user segment etc
Standardised custom headers to use X-Spaaza- prefix
Services API now returns standardised error codes and messages
Upgraded unit price rounding to max 4 decimal places in basket items and receipt line items in get-basket-price, add-basket and ARTS POSLog endpoints endpoints
Added authentication_point_identifier as a parameter in get-user-vouchers endpoint

5 March 2024 - Spaaza Console improvements

New transactions section: view, filter and export transactions.
New transaction overview page: see details of transaction and view the customers receipt.
New category report with top products per category.
Signup channels report.
Improvements to signups report.
Top signup channels report.
Improvements to stores report export - comparison dates and KPIs now included.
Improved task export with ability to export JSON or CSV (transactions and wallet mutations only for now, vouchers and people export coming soon).
Bug fixes: issue with customer comparative date ranges, bug with filters on geo coordinates.

9 Jan 2024 - Spaaza Console improvements

Rich text editor for notes fields: format campaign notes and voucher notes in Markdown with visual feedback as selectors to be used in app/website client.
Voucher expiry notifications: add and manage task triggers related to a specific voucher expiry notification.
Product price trends graph: visualized product price changes over time on the dashboard.
Local time zone for analytics: reports and analytics automatically align with your local time.
External URLs in app content section: link to external resources within app/website client.
Sorted country codes: selection of countries when creating new users.
Chain ID visible in settings: view chain ID in the settings page.
General improvements and bug fixes: enhanced performance and reliability of the console.

4 Dec 2023 - Spaaza API additions and improvements (API version 1.5.0)

“Business Groups” - features to group chain branches and introduce the concept of a user belonging to a business group, which can be used as a region and based on user location, and used to target campaigns.
“Meal Deal Promotions” - promotional campaigns allowing grouping of campaign assignments, and redemption in basket calls
“Client-Led promotions” - allow basket API endpoint clients (e.g. a POS or e-commerce) to define which promotions are applied to items in a basket, rather than requiring a call to get-basket-price to do that
“Fixed Monetary Discount” - promotional campaigns allowing a fixed monetary discount to be applied to each matching item in a basket
Various performance improvements, bug fixes and deprecation notices

1 Nov 2023 - Spaaza Console improvements

Activate and de-activate webhook triggers
Refresh people segment search with a button
Improve rounding support for contributor campaigns and add rounding support on wallets

8 May 2023 - Updates to get-basket-price and add-basket API endpoint responses (API version 1.4.8)

The purchase_progress section of the response to get-basket-price and add-basket now includes an array of objects - one for each active wallet or progress campaign. Each object contains general wallet or progress campaign information, the previous and new balance for the customer, and an array of individual mutations. This allows API clients to build a full picture for inclusion in e.g. receipts.
The response to get-basket-price and add-basket now includes a voucher_created section describing vouchers which may have (provisionally) been created as a result of a transaction.

9 Feb 2023 - Improvements to CSV-based import scripts

Improvements made to robustness of CSV-based import scripts, accessed via Console and used for importing wallet amounts to be awarded to end-users.

30 Jan 2023 - Updates to Wallet Dashboards

Wallets are used in Spaaza for points, cashback, charity savings and other use cases. We updated the Console Wallet Dashboard to provide a lot more detail on mutations in a particular wallet during a period of time. For example, it is now possible to see how many mutations were made as a result of returned items or due to successful referrals.