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Functions

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GET Promotions Function

Retrieves an array of promotions, optionally filtered by one or more properties.

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Syntax

GET https://api.commissionfactory.com/V1/Merchant/Promotions?apiKey=[apiKey]&affiliateId=[affiliateId]&affiliateContactName=[affiliateContactName]&affiliateBusinessName=[affiliateBusinessName]

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
apiKey Required	String	A valid API key that represents a merchant account.
affiliateId Optional	Integer	If specified, filters results by affiliate ID.
affiliateContactName Optional	String	If specified, filters results by affiliate contact name.
affiliateBusinessName Optional	String	If specified, filters results by affiliate business name.

Return Value

Type	Description
PromotionArray	Represents zero or more promotions.

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.
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/Merchant/Promotions?apiKey=ABC123 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Host: api.commissionfactory.com

GET /V1/Merchant/Promotions?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",
        "Description": "10% off when you spend $100 or more",
        "TargetUrl": "https://www.example.com/",
        "TermsAndConditions": "Cannot be combined with any other offer.",
        "StartDate": null,
        "EndDate": null,
        "AffiliateId": 123,
        "AffiliateContactName": "John Smith",
        "AffiliateBusinessName": "Example Pty Ltd"
    },
    {
        "Id": 1,
        "DateCreated": "2000-01-01T00:00:00.000",
        "DateModified": "2000-01-01T00:00:00.000",
        "Description": "20% off when you spend $300 or more",
        "TargetUrl": "https://www.example.com/",
        "TermsAndConditions": "Cannot be combined with any other offer.",
        "StartDate": null,
        "EndDate": null,
        "AffiliateId": null,
        "AffiliateContactName": null,
        "AffiliateBusinessName": null
    },
    {
        "Id": 1,
        "DateCreated": "2000-01-01T00:00:00.000",
        "DateModified": "2000-01-01T00:00:00.000",
        "Description": "30% off when you spend $500 or more",
        "TargetUrl": "https://www.example.com/",
        "TermsAndConditions": "Cannot be combined with any other offer.",
        "StartDate": null,
        "EndDate": null,
        "AffiliateId": null,
        "AffiliateContactName": null,
        "AffiliateBusinessName": null
    }
]

<PromotionArray xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="https://api.commissionfactory.com/V1/Merchant">
    <Promotion>
        <Id>1</Id>
        <DateCreated>2000-01-01T00:00:00.000</DateCreated>
        <DateModified>2000-01-01T00:00:00.000</DateModified>
        <Description>10% off when you spend $100 or more</Description>
        <TargetUrl>https://www.example.com/</TargetUrl>
        <TermsAndConditions>Cannot be combined with any other offer.</TermsAndConditions>
        <StartDate i:nil="true" />
        <EndDate i:nil="true" />
        <AffiliateId>123</AffiliateId>
        <AffiliateContactName>John Smith</AffiliateContactName>
        <AffiliateBusinessName>Example Pty Ltd</AffiliateBusinessName>
    </Promotion>
    <Promotion>
        <Id>1</Id>
        <DateCreated>2000-01-01T00:00:00.000</DateCreated>
        <DateModified>2000-01-01T00:00:00.000</DateModified>
        <Description>20% off when you spend $300 or more</Description>
        <TargetUrl>https://www.example.com/</TargetUrl>
        <TermsAndConditions>Cannot be combined with any other offer.</TermsAndConditions>
        <StartDate i:nil="true" />
        <EndDate i:nil="true" />
        <AffiliateId i:nil="true" />
        <AffiliateContactName i:nil="true" />
        <AffiliateBusinessName i:nil="true" />
    </Promotion>
    <Promotion>
        <Id>1</Id>
        <DateCreated>2000-01-01T00:00:00.000</DateCreated>
        <DateModified>2000-01-01T00:00:00.000</DateModified>
        <Description>30% off when you spend $500 or more</Description>
        <TargetUrl>https://www.example.com/</TargetUrl>
        <TermsAndConditions>Cannot be combined with any other offer.</TermsAndConditions>
        <StartDate i:nil="true" />
        <EndDate i:nil="true" />
        <AffiliateId i:nil="true" />
        <AffiliateContactName i:nil="true" />
        <AffiliateBusinessName i:nil="true" />
    </Promotion>
</PromotionArray>

Related Links

• GET Promotions/[id] Function
• Promotion Type
• PromotionArray Type