Brand Comprehensive Lookup Service

Summary

This API provides capabilities to retrieve information about a single brand, including its defined products, demographics, deployment types, and other cross referencing information. This service is useful for building your own data mapping service when reading or writing from/to other Omeda services. Results from this API should be cached and then refreshed at an interval by the user. This API is not intended to be hit real time by web traffic or otherwise hit with a great frequency.

General Technical Requirements

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

Base Resource URI

CODE

Production: https://ows.omeda.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/comp/*

Testing:    https://ows.omedastaging.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/comp/*

brandAbbreviationis the abbreviation for the brand

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.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:

GET : See W3C’s GET specs for details.

Comprehensive Lookup by Brand

Retrieves all information about a single brand.

Field Definition

The following tables describe the hierarchical 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.

Brand Elements

Element Name	Always Returned…	Data Type	Description
Id	Yes	Integer	The brand identifier.
Description	Yes	String	The name of the brand.
BrandAbbrev	Yes	String	The abbreviation for the brand (used in most web service URLs).
CustomerCount	Yes	Integer	The count of all customers that are associated with the brand (regardless of status).
Demographics	Yes	List	A list of Demographic elements. These define the customized information that is being collected about a customer for this brand.
Products	Yes	List	A list of Product elements. These specify the products that can be associated with customers for this brand.
ContactTypes	Yes	List	A list of ContactType elements. These decode the different forms of contact a customer can have.
DeploymentTypes	Yes	List	A list of DeploymentType elements. These decode the opt-out codes that emails are sent out under.

Demographics Elements

Element Name	Always Returned…	Data Type	Description
Id	Yes	Integer	This is the Omeda demographic id, and is the value used for the OmedaDemographicId attribute when utilizing the Save Customer and Order API.
DemographicType	Yes	Integer	Type of demographic. See Demographic Types for the list of values and their descriptions
Description	Yes	String	The name of the demographic, and the value used for the ClientDemographicId attribute when utilizing the Save Customer and Order API.
DemoLegacyId	Yes	String	This is the Demographic ID that is used in the Omeda’s V10 system.
DemographicValues	Yes	List	a list of DemographicValue elements. These define the values associated with the customized demographic information that is being collected about a customer
AuditedProducts	No	List	This is a list of Product Ids that the demo is audited for. If the demo is not audited for any product, this will not be returned.
OmedaWebformText	Yes	String	Omeda INTERNAL use only
OmedaWebformViewCode	Yes	Integer	Omeda INTERNAL use only. See View Codes for the list of values and their descriptions
OmedaWebformSequence	Yes	Integer	Omeda INTERNAL use only

DemographicValues Elements

Element Name	Always Returned…	Data Type	Description
Id	Yes	Integer	This is the Omeda demographic value id, and the value used for the OmedaDemographicValue attribute when utilizing the Save Customer and Order API.
Description	Yes	String	The name of the demographic value.
ShortDescription	Yes	String	The short name of the demographic value.
DemographicValueType	Yes	Integer	Type of demographic value. See Demographic Value Types for the list of values and their descriptions
AlternateId	Yes	String	The client’s associated value to Omeda’s demographic value, and the value used for the ClientDemographicValue attribute when using the Save Customer and Order API.
Sequence	Yes	Integer	Order in which to display demographic items. If you would like this order to be adjusted, please contact your Account Representative.
OmedaWebformText	Yes	String	Omeda INTERNAL use only
OmedaWebformViewCode	Yes	Integer	Omeda INTERNAL use only. See View Codes for the list of values and their descriptions
OmedaWebformSequence	Yes	Integer	Omeda INTERNAL use only

Products Elements

Element Name	Always Returned…	Data Type	Description
Id	Yes	Integer	The product identifier.
Description	Yes	String	Name of the product.
ProductType	Yes	Integer	“Type” of Product. See Product Types.
AlternateId	Yes	String	This is the Product ID that is used in Omeda’s V10 system.
Frequency	No	Integer	Frequency of the product issues per year.
FrequencyType	No	String	The possible frequency types (Daily – DY, Weekly – WK, Monthly – MO, Yearly – YR, bi-weekly – BIW, bi-monthly – BIM, Manual – MA)
DeploymentTypeId	Yes	Integer	If the product is linked to a DeploymentType (Omail), then this ID will be returned.
MarketingClasses	No	List	A list of MarketingClasses elements. These elements will only be returned if the Product Types is 1 (Magazine) or 2 (Newsletter) or 7 (Website).
Issues	No	List	A list of Issues elements. These elements will only be returned if the Product Types is 1 (Magazine).

MarketingClasses Elements

Element Name	Always Returned…	Data Type	Description
Id	Yes	Integer	Marketing class identifier.
Description	Yes	String	Name of the marketing class.
ShortDescription	Yes	String	A short name of the marketing class.
ClassId	Yes	String	Marketing class identifier associated with legacy products.
StatusCode	Yes	Integer	See Marketing Class Statuses for a list of status codes and their associated values

Issues Elements

Element Name	Always Returned…	Data Type	Description
Id	Yes	Integer	Issue identifier.
Description	Yes	String	A description for the Issue.
IssueDate	Yes	Datetime	Date of the issue in yyyy-MM-dd format. Example: 2012-05-01.
AlternateId	Yes	String	Omeda’s legacy Issue ID.
StatusCode	Yes	Byte	See Issue Status Codes for a list of status codes and their associated values.

ContactTypes Elements

Element Name	Always Returned…	Data Type	Description
Id	Yes	Integer	Contact type identifier.
Description	Yes	String	Name of the contact type. See Contact Types for detailed list of contact type descriptions.

DeploymentTypes Elements

Element Name	Always Returned…	Data Type	Description
Id	Yes	Integer	Deployment type identifier.
Name	Yes	String	The name of the deployment type.
Description	Yes	String	The name of the deployment type.Use the Name field instead, this field will be depreciated soon!
LongDescription	No	String	The text description of the deployment type.
AlternateId	Yes	String	The client’s associated value to Omeda’s deployment type identifier.
StatusCode	Yes	Byte	See Deployment Type Status Codes for a list of status codes and their associated values.

Response

HTTP Response Codes

Status	Description
200 OK	The request has succeeded. See Example Response below.
404 Not Found	In the event no Brand Information is found, an HTTP 404 (not found) response will be returned.

Success

CODE

{ 
  "SubmissionId":"C95AE90C-BEC6-41F2-91E2-2BA9168D1D1F",
  "Id":3000,
  "Description":"AppDev Today",
  "BrandAbbrev":"APPDEV",
  "CustomerCount":4,
  "Demographics":[
    {
      "Id":1,
      "DemographicType":1,
      "Description":"Job Title",
      "AuditedProducts":[
         101,
         102,
         103
      ],
      "DemographicValues":[
        {
          "Id":1, 
          "Description":"Owner, President, CEO", 
          "ShortDescription":"Owner",
          "AlternateId":"02"
        },       
        { 
          "Id":2, 
          "Description":"CIO, CFO, CXO", 
          "ShortDescription":"CIO, CFO, CXO",
          "AlternateId":"04"
        },
        {
          "Id":3, 
          "Description":"Vice President", 
          "ShortDescription":"VPs",
          "AlternateId":"05"
        },
        { 
          "Id":4, 
          "Description":"Management", 
          "ShortDescription":"Management",
          "AlternateId":"09"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "Id":2,
      "DemographicType":2,
      "Description":"Technology",
      "DemographicValues":[
        {
          "Id":11, 
          "Description":"Java", 
          "ShortDescription":"Java",
          "AlternateId":"23"
        },
        { 
          "Id":12, 
          "Description":"C#", 
          "ShortDescription":"C#",
          "AlternateId":"34"
        },
        { 
          "Id":13, 
          "Description":"C, C++", 
          "ShortDescription":"C, C++",
          "AlternateId":"35"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "Products":[
    { 
      "Id":1, 
      "Description":"AppDev Today Web Access", 
      "ProductType":3, 
      "MarketingClasses":[
        {
          "StatusCode":0,
          "ShortDescription":"Need More Info",
          "ClassId":"2",
          "Description":"Need More Information",
          "Id":24
        },
        {
          "StatusCode":1,
          "ShortDescription":"Frmwk",
          "ClassId":"3",
          "Description":"Framework",
          "Id":22
        }
      ],
      "Issues":[
        {
          "Id":478437,
          "Description":"March 2012 Issue",
          "IssueDate": "2012-05-01",
          "AlternateId": "201205",
          "StatusCode": 30
        },
        {
          "Id":478438,
          "Description":"April 2012 Issue",
          "IssueDate": "2012-04-01",
          "AlternateId": "201205",
          "StatusCode": 30
        }
      ]
    },
    { 
      "Id":2, 
      "Description":"AppDev Today Magazine", 
      "ProductType":1
    }
  ],
  "ContactTypes":[ 
    { 
      "Id":100, 
      "Description":"Business Address" 
    },
    { 
      "Id":200, 
      "Description":"Business Phone" 
    },
    { 
      "Id":300, 
      "Description":"Primary Email" 
    },
    { 
      "Id":310, 
      "Description":"Secondary Email" 
    }
  ],
  "DeploymentTypes":[
    {
      "Id":2344,
      "Description":"Framework Building",
      "AlternateId":"Frmwk Bldg",
      "StatusCode":1
    }
  ]
}

Failure

CODE

{
   "SubmissionId":"ec0c2ba6-13f4-4934-8efa-74c2ccb33f1d",
   "Errors":[
      {
         "Error":"Brand 12345 was 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

Brand {brandId} was not found.

Additional Information

Demographics – DemographicType

StatusCode	Description
1	A single-choice-allowed type of question. (Two or more choices – one answers)
2	A multiple-choice-allowed type of question. (Two or more choices – many answers)
3	An open-form short answer question. (No choices – text input)
5	A yes/no answer.
6	A date answer.
7	A whole number answer.
8	A decimal answer.

Demographics – DemographicValueType

StatusCode	Description
0	Standard Choice: Type indicating a single-choice-allowed type of question. (Two or more choices – one answers).
3	None-of-the-above Choice: None-of-the-above choice value type. A type of standard choice whose selection may force some special validation.
4	‘Other’ Choice: This value type will represent the “Other” option ( Open ended Coding ).

MarketingClasses – StatusCode

StatusCode	Description
0	Customers with this StatusCode may or may not receive the product.
1	Customers with this StatusCode will receive the product.

DeploymentTypes – StatusCode

StatusCode	Description
0	Inactive
1	Active

Issues – StatusCode

StatusCode	Description
0	Planned
10	Open
20	Locked
30	Closed
40	Current Supplement
45	Current Supplement Closed
50	In Progress
55	In Progress Closed

Webforms – ViewCode

StatusCode	Description
0	Hidden
1	Required
2	Optional

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