Email Audience Assignment Status
- Bettina Lippisch
Summary
The List Assignment Status API provides the ability to get the status of a customer list that is currently being assigned from the Omail FTP Site to a deployment. For more information on triggering the assignment process, please see Deployment Audience Service.
Base Resource URI
For Production, use: https://ows.omeda.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/omail/deployment/audience/status/{listId}/*
For Testing, use: https://ows.omedastaging.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/omail/deployment/audience/status/{listId}/*
brandAbbreviationis the abbreviation for the brand to which the data is being posted.listIdis the numeric list id returned from Deployment Add Audience.
Technical Requirements
The HTTP header must contain the following elements: x-omeda-appid a unique id provided to you by Omeda to access your data. The request will fail without a valid id.content-typea content type supported by this resource. See Supported Content Types for more details. If omitted, the default content type is application/json.
Supported Content Types
If omitted, the default content type is application/json.JSONapplication/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:GETSee W3C’s GET specs for details.
Field Definition
The following tables describe the hierarchical data elements.
List Assignment Response Elements
Attribute Name | Required? | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ListId | required | integer | Numeric identifier for the list. |
AssignmentStatusCode | required | string | The current status of the list as it is being assigned. Valid values are:”LIST_REMOVED”, “QUEUED”, “IN_PROCESS”, “DONE”, “WARNING”, and “ERROR”. |
TrackId | required | string | The unique identifier for the deployment that the list belongs to. |
SplitNumber | required | integer | The deployment split that the list belongs to. |
RecipientList | conditional | string | The name of the list for the list id being queried. |
RecipientCount | conditional | integer | If the AssignmentStatus object returns DONE, this will return the number of Recipient records that were attached to the Deployment. |
QueryName | conditional | string | The name of the Query that is being assigned. |
Message | conditional | string | Optional message. Example: ‘There were 4 invalid recipient records; 4 of which contain invalid email addresses.’ |
Response Examples
Two responses are possible: a successful POST (200 OK Status) or a failed POST (400 Bad Request/403 Forbidden/404 Not Found/405 Method Not Allowed Statuses). See W3C’s Status Codes.
Successful Submission
{
"SubmissionId" : "C95AE90C-BEC6-41F2-91E2-2BA9168D1D1F",
"ListId":100345,
"TrackId":"FOO020030012",
"AssignmentStatus":"IN_PROCESS",
"SplitNumber": 1,
"RecipientList": "subscribers.csv"
}
Failed Submission
Potential errors:
File not found for audience list id '{listId}'
No deployment found for '{listId}'
Deployment '{trackId}' associated with this file was created within the Omail portal and is not eligible for API access.
Deployment '{trackId}' assocated with this file has been edited from the Omail portal and is not eligible for API access. Last edited by {userName} on {changedDate}.
List removed: Audience list '{fileName}' was removed by {userId} on {removalDate}.
A failed POST submission may be due to several factors:
Status | Description |
|---|---|
400 Bad Request | Typically, this error occurs when the request does not follow the specifications. |
403 Forbidden | Typically, this error occurs when the credentials are erroneous. Potentially, an incorrect x-omeda-appid. |
404 Not Found | Typically, this error occurs with a malformed URL or the resource that is searched for is not found. This can occur if the ListId submitted in the url is not found in Omail. |
405 Method Not Allowed | Typically, this error occurs when the resource accessed is not allowed by the HTTP Method utilized. Make sure you employ the correct HTTP Method (GET) for this request. |
409 Conflict | Typically, this error occurs when their was a problem during the list assignment process associated with the content of the list. Example: File contained no valid recipient records. |
This is not an exhaustive list of errors, but common ones. If an error occurs repeatedly, please contact your Omeda representative.
JSON Example