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Affiliate Accounts

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Merchant Accounts

Functions

Types

GET Merchants/[id] Function

Retrieves a single merchant by its ID.

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Syntax

GET https://api.commissionfactory.com/V1/Affiliate/Merchants/[id]?apiKey=[apiKey]

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
id Required	Integer	The ID of a single merchant to retrieve.
apiKey Required	String	A valid API key that represents an affiliate account.
targetUrl Optional	String	If specified, A valid URL that must begin with the merchant's default campaign URL. More Info
uniqueId Optional	String	If specified, a unique ID to add to the tracking link. More Info
uniqueId2 Optional	String	If specified, a unique ID to add to the tracking link. More Info
uniqueId3 Optional	String	If specified, a unique ID to add to the tracking link. More Info
uniqueId4 Optional	String	If specified, a unique ID to add to the tracking link. More Info

Return Value

Type	Description
Merchant	Represents a single merchant.

Errors

Error	Description
400 Bad Request	One or more parameters could not be parsed correctly.
401 Unauthorised	The API key is missing, invalid, or for a different account type; or the user account has been suspended or closed.
404 Not Found	The requested item could not be found.
429 Too Many Requests	The API call rate limit for the user account has been exceeded.
500 Internal Server Error	An unexpected error occurred while processing your request.

JSON XML

Example

Request

GET /V1/Affiliate/Merchants/1?apiKey=ABC123 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Host: api.commissionfactory.com

GET /V1/Affiliate/Merchants/1?apiKey=ABC123 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Host: api.commissionfactory.com

Response

{
    "Id": 1,
    "DateCreated": "2000-01-01T00:00:00.000",
    "DateModified": "2000-01-01T00:00:00.000",
    "Name": "Example Pty Ltd",
    "AvatarUrl": "https://c.cfjump.com/Avatars/0.png",
    "CommissionType": "Percent per Sale",
    "CommissionRate": 10.00,
    "CommissionMinimum": 5.00,
    "CommissionMaximum": 15.00,
    "CommissionZero": false,
    "Category": "Children Games and Toys",
    "Category2": "Sports and Fitness",
    "Category3": null,
    "Summary": "Example Pty Ltd sells the best childrens toys.",
    "TargetUrl": "https://www.example.com/",
    "Status": "Joined",
    "TrackingUrl": "https://t.cfjump.com/0/t/1",
    "TrackingCode": "<a href=\"https://t.cfjump.com/0/t/1\">Example Pty Ltd</a>",
    "TargetMarket": "Australia",
    "TermsAndConditions": "<p>Affiliates must agree to...</p>"
}

<Merchant xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="https://api.commissionfactory.com/V1/Affiliate">
    <Id>1</Id>
    <DateCreated>2000-01-01T00:00:00.000</DateCreated>
    <DateModified>2000-01-01T00:00:00.000</DateModified>
    <Name>Example Pty Ltd</Name>
    <AvatarUrl>https://c.cfjump.com/Avatars/0.png</AvatarUrl>
    <CommissionType>Percent per Sale</CommissionType>
    <CommissionRate>10.00</CommissionRate>
    <CommissionMinimum>5.00</CommissionMinimum>
    <CommissionMaximum>15.00</CommissionMaximum>
    <CommissionZero>false</CommissionZero>
    <Category>Children Games and Toys</Category>
    <Category2>Sports and Fitness</Category2>
    <Category3 i:nil="true" />
    <Summary>Example Pty Ltd sells the best childrens toys.</Summary>
    <TargetUrl>https://www.example.com/</TargetUrl>
    <Status>Joined</Status>
    <TrackingUrl>https://t.cfjump.com/0/t/1</TrackingUrl>
    <TrackingCode>&lt;a href="https://t.cfjump.com/0/t/1"&gt;Example Pty Ltd&lt;/a&gt;</TrackingCode>
    <TargetMarket>Australia</TargetMarket>
    <TermsAndConditions>&lt;p&gt;Affiliates must agree to...&lt;/p&gt;</TermsAndConditions>
</Merchant>

Related Links

• GET Merchants Function
• Merchant Type
• MerchantArray Type
• MerchantCategory Enumeration
• MerchantStatus Enumeration
• MerchantType Enumeration