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Summary

This API provides the ability look up customers using their Hashed Email Address.  The response will include a list of customer records including the Customer Id(s) and the Customer Lookup URL(s).

General Technical Requirements

The following technical requirements apply to all requests for this API.

Base Resource URI

Code Block
Production: https://ows.omeda.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/customer/hashedemail/{hashedEmailAddress}/*

Testing:    https://ows.omedastaging.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/customer/hashedemail/{hashedEmailAddress}/*  

brandAbbreviation is the abbreviation for the brand

hashedemail is the Hashed value of the email address for which we are requesting customer information

HTTP Headers

The HTTP header must contain the following element: x-omeda-appid a unique id provided to you by Omeda to access your data. The request will fail without a valid id.

Content Type

The content type is application/json. JSON application/json

JSON is the preferred data exchange format, because it is lightweight and, in most cases, faster to process and utilizes less bandwidth. There are many available open-source JSON libraries available. See json.org for details.

Supported HTTP Methods

There is one HTTP method supported:

  1. GET : See W3C’s GET specs for details.

Lookup All Customers for Hashed Email Address

Retrieves all customers for the hashed email address.

Field Definition

The following table describes the data elements present on the response from the API.

In addition to the below elements, a SubmissionId element will also be returned with all responses. This is a unique identifier for the web services response. It can be used to cross-reference the response in Omeda’s database.

Customers Elements

Element Name

Always Returned…

Data Type

Description

Id

Yes

Integer

the internal customer identifier

Url

Yes

Link

a link reference to the customer data as a resource.

Response

HTTP Response Codes

It is possible that multiple customers are returned for the same email address. If only one is found, a 200 OK status is returned. If more than one is found, a 300 Multiple Choices status is returned.

Status

Description

200 OK

The request has succeeded. See Example Response below.

300 Multiple Choices

This response will be returned when more than one customer was found for that email address. Response body will contain a list of all customers that have that email address.

403 Forbidden

Typically, this error occurs when the credentials are erroneous. Potentially, an incorrect x-omeda-appid.

404 Not Found

This response occurs when the email address submitted was not found.

500 Internal Server Error

In the rare case that there is a server-side problem, this response will be returned. This generally indicates a problem of a more serious nature, and submitting additional requests may not be advisable. Please contact your Omeda Account Representative if the issue continues.

Success

Code Block
{
   "Customers":[
      {
         "Url":"http://ows.omedastaging.com/webservices/rest/brand/FOO/customer/111/*"
         "Id":111
      },
      {
         "Url":"http://ows.omedastaging.com/webservices/rest/brand/FOO/customer/2222/*"
         "Id":2222
      }
   ]
}

Failure

Code Block
{
   "SubmissionId":"ec0c2ba6-13f4-4934-8efa-74c2ccb33f1d",
   "Errors":[
      {
         "Error":"Hashed Email address 12345646 not found"
      }
   ]
}
Possible Error Messages

In the event of an error, an error response will be returned. Here are some of the possible responses you might receive.

Code Block
Hashed Email address {emailAddress} not found.