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JSON or XML

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Affiliate Accounts

Functions

Types

Merchant Accounts

Functions

Types

GET Promotions/[id] Function

Retrieves a single promotion by its ID.

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Syntax

GET https://api.commissionfactory.com/V1/Merchant/Promotions/[id]?apiKey=[apiKey]

Return Value

Type	Description
Promotion	Represents a single promotion.

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/Merchant/Promotions/1?apiKey=ABC123 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Host: api.commissionfactory.com

GET /V1/Merchant/Promotions/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",
    "Description": "Free shipping for July",
    "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"
}

<Promotion xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="https://api.commissionfactory.com/V1/Merchant">
    <Id>1</Id>
    <DateCreated>2000-01-01T00:00:00.000</DateCreated>
    <DateModified>2000-01-01T00:00:00.000</DateModified>
    <Description>Free shipping for July</Description>
    <TargetUrl>https://www.example.com/</TargetUrl>
    <TermsAndConditions>Cannot be combined with any other offer.</TermsAndConditions>
    <StartDate>null</StartDate>
    <EndDate>null</EndDate>
    <AffiliateId>123</AffiliateId>
    <AffiliateContactName>John Smith</AffiliateContactName>
    <AffiliateBusinessName>Example Pty Ltd</AffiliateBusinessName>
</Promotion>

Related Links

• GET Promotions Function
• Promotion Type
• PromotionArray Type